LGBT+ News and Discussions

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Court Victories
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Iowa Don’t Say Gay Law, book ban blocked in court. This ruling is one of the first rulings saying that firing teachers for discussing LGBTQ+ people is unconstitutional.

Florida drag ban blocked in court and even the Supreme Court refused to allow DeSantis to enforce it.

Montana drag ban blocked in a state court after they attempted to use it to stop a transgender woman from speaking at a library.

Texas drag ban blocked and declared an unconstitutional restriction on free speech.

Tennessee drag ban blocked and declared to be an unconstitutional restriction on free speech.

Montana gender affirming care ban blocked in state court, with the judge citing overwhelming medical evidence behind trans care.

Idaho gender affirming care ban blocked citing violations of protections on parental rights in a major federal victory for trans people.

Chino Valley forced outing in California blocked with the judge ruling that it unconstitutionally targets the transgender community.

Ohio trans access to bathrooms upheld in a major win for bathroom rights for students.

Natalie Ryan wins right to play disc golf after winning several court cases.

No “right to misgender” trans students in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Supreme Court allows trans student to continue to play sports in West Virginia in one of the few Supreme Court decisions seen in 2023.

Texas book ban blocked, which was one of the harshest book bans in the nation.

7th Circuit Court rules that trans students have the right to use the bathroom of their gender identity in Indiana in a major victory for bathroom access.

Arkansas trans care ban blocked in court and ruled as unconstitutional.

Indiana gender affirming care ban blocked in court.

Adult care restrictions blocked in Missouri.

Helena Pride allowed to go on after legal threats.

BoroPride allowed to go on after legal threats.

Blount County Pride allowed to go on after legal threats.

Idaho bathroom ban blocked in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Legislative And Policy Victories

DeWine vetoes gender affirming care ban in Ohio in one of the few examples of a Republican vetoing an anti-trans bill.

Anti-trans provisions removed from NDAA after republicans threatened to hold national funding hostage if anti-trans provisions were not included.

15 states pass shield laws protecting trans care. These laws have already proven useful when out of state attorneys general have attempted to get medical records on people traveling to obtain care.

Arkansas bathroom ban changed at the last minute to not ban trans people from bathrooms.

West Virginia trans ban exception for severe dysphoria added after local activists successfully plead for at least some access to care.

Michigan equality act expands protections to transgender people in the state under civil rights laws.

Wyoming gender affirming care ban defeated in one of the few examples of a red state ban being failing to pass.

South Dakota drag ban defeated in the state legislature.

Drag ban gutted in Arkansas so that it no longer targets drag performances.

Murfreesboro homosexuality ordinance overturned after previously banning “public homosexuality.”

Kansas gender affirming care ban vetoed making it one of the few states in the region to no longer have a ban on gender affirming care for trans youth.

Wisconsin anti-trans bills vetoed by Governor Tony Evers.

Maryland Trans Health Equity Act passed securing gender affirming care coverage for an expanded list of procedures for trans people in the state.

Kids Online Safety Act that could target LGBTQ+ content tabled.

Oregon passes mandatory coverage for all trans healthcare in a major move expanding healthcare access in the state.

Washington bill protecting trans runaways passes which would mean that trans runaways would not need to be automatically reported to parents if they fear conversion therapy.

Francis Howell school district stops trans bathroom ban.

Conestoga Valley School District blocks sports ban.

Largest school district in Vermont codifies trans rights for students.

School boards reject Youngkin’s anti-trans model policies.

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[Tadasuke]

What I've been wondering for years, is why people who advocate for transsexualism are so binary in that regard.

It's not like the so called "cisgender" people are 100% satisfied with their bodies. Every person I asked that question replied that they are not fully satisfied with their bodies. Vast majority of all people on Earth aren't fully satisfied with bodies they currently have. It's more of a scale from 0 to 1000, than simply 0 or 1. Everyone is dissatisfied to some degree.

[firestar464]

It's the change from "literally suicidal" to "vastly improved mental health" that is the issue here.

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It's the change from "literally suicidal" to "vastly improved mental health" that is the issue here.

Exactly,

Transgenderism is a biological reality that a few percent of the population has to live with based on dozens of research papers in science. Confirmed by real science, confirmed by brainscans and confirmed by results of the therapy. Some people have the brain set up of the opposite sex and so trying to force them to live a certain way or to rob them of the hormones that they need to feel themselves is likely to end up in death.

The republican solution is to use religion to force people and doing so will result in death and suffering.