Arkansas Bill Would Make "Contributing To Social Transitioning" Of Trans Youth Against The Law

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Mira Lazine (17 March 2025)

On March 4, Arkansas lawmakers introduced HB1668, the Vulnerable Youth Protection Act, a sweeping bill that would criminalize support for the social transition of transgender youth. The bill allows parents to sue anyone who affirms a child's gender identity, defining social transition broadly as "any act by which a minor adopts or espouses a gender identity that differs from the minor's biological sex... including without limitation changes in clothing, pronouns, hairstyle, and name." It also serves as a total ban on youth gender-affirming care, prohibiting both surgeries and hormone therapy for transgender minors. But the bill goes even further: it asserts extraterritorial jurisdiction, meaning lawsuits could be brought against people outside of Arkansas if they are deemed to have helped a transgender child transition. The penalties are staggering—minimum damages of $10,000 per defendant, with punitive damages reaching up to $10 million for those involved in medical care.

Social transition is a critical way for transgender youth to affirm their identities. It typically involves changes in name, pronouns, clothing, and hairstyle—steps that help young people feel more comfortable in their own skin. Notably, even by the bill's own definition, social transition does not involve any medical interventions. Yet HB1668 seeks to criminalize it, despite clear protections under the First Amendment, which guarantees the right to freedom of speech and expression.

Naziism.  How we have to wear our hair and wardrobe choices is coming.  So girls won't be approved to wear jeans and T-shirts.  It seems that thi culture is taking us back to pre women's rights days.

Quote from: Jessica_Rose on March 25, 2025, 10:49:46 AMArkansas Bill Would Make "Contributing To Social Transitioning" Of Trans Youth Against The Law

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/arkansas-bill-would-make-contributing

Mira Lazine (17 March 2025)

On March 4, Arkansas lawmakers introduced HB1668, the Vulnerable Youth Protection Act, a sweeping bill that would criminalize support for the social transition of transgender youth. The bill allows parents to sue anyone who affirms a child's gender identity, defining social transition broadly as "any act by which a minor adopts or espouses a gender identity that differs from the minor's biological sex... including without limitation changes in clothing, pronouns, hairstyle, and name." It also serves as a total ban on youth gender-affirming care, prohibiting both surgeries and hormone therapy for transgender minors. But the bill goes even further: it asserts extraterritorial jurisdiction, meaning lawsuits could be brought against people outside of Arkansas if they are deemed to have helped a transgender child transition. The penalties are staggering—minimum damages of $10,000 per defendant, with punitive damages reaching up to $10 million for those involved in medical care.

Social transition is a critical way for transgender youth to affirm their identities. It typically involves changes in name, pronouns, clothing, and hairstyle—steps that help young people feel more comfortable in their own skin. Notably, even by the bill's own definition, social transition does not involve any medical interventions. Yet HB1668 seeks to criminalize it, despite clear protections under the First Amendment, which guarantees the right to freedom of speech and expression.

Quote from: D'Amalie on March 25, 2025, 10:56:14 AMNaziism.  How we have to wear our hair and wardrobe choices is coming.  So girls won't be approved to wear jeans and T-shirts.  It seems that thi culture is taking us back to pre women's rights days.

That is exactly what I was thinking. Back in the 1950s where every woman was expected to stay in the kitchen making sandwiches.

Stepford Wives.

I'm so baffled.  How can we be turning back the clock 70 years?  I thought we learned that it really doesn't matter what folks wear, and that allowing children some independence is good? 

Now that we have the internet, can the adversary really censor that thoroughly?  Can you imagine our school children in full uniform, girls in skirts only, boys in trousers...the emotional distress caused by those that are between the two "genders".  I know!  I've been there!  I didn't like it then, I don't like it now or the results.  How many millions of people have suffered, for what end!

Women's rights and tolerance is what led to us being able to express ourselves.  Women fought for those rights that help lead to societal change.  Gay rights contributed massively!  Picking and choosing which groups are legislated.

I'm more than seventy years old. I not only can imagine it, I survived it. I'm new to Susan's Place and exploring various topics. I regret stopping at this site, but I will visit again. History does repeat itself.