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RandySF

(58,777 posts)
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 04:43 PM Mar 2023

The Republican War On LGBTQ People Reaches A Fever Pitch

Nationwide, there are about 351 anti-LGBTQ bills in state legislatures right now, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The proposed measures, which are all sponsored by Republicans and come at a time when the GOP has been consumed by anti-LGBTQ hysteria, attempt to criminalize drag performances, bar trans youth from playing sports at school, and ban health care for transgender children and adults.

Some anti-LGBTQ bills have already worked their way through state legislatures — just this week, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed a law that bans gender-affirming care for trans youth.

“This Republican Party is playing politics with people’s lives and they’re painting a clear picture of what their priorities are,” said Heather Williams, the interim president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-attack-lgbtq-bills_n_63ff8636e4b072dc5957f39c

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The Republican War On LGBTQ People Reaches A Fever Pitch (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2023 OP
Wonder how the Log Cabins stand Cha Mar 2023 #1
The few I know are in this place now... hunter Mar 2023 #4
Really.. TY, hunter. Cha Mar 2023 #5
"This Republican Party is playing politics with people's lives and they're painting a clear picture Glamrock Mar 2023 #2
Is the drag queen/LGBTQ issue a distraction from republican/conservative/Christian values/morals? keithbvadu2 Mar 2023 #3

Glamrock

(11,795 posts)
2. "This Republican Party is playing politics with people's lives and they're painting a clear picture
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 04:55 PM
Mar 2023

Yes. Agreed. A party that is unwilling to step into the current century and accept that our society has moved beyond the mores of the past. The absolute inability to change with the times and the acceptance of the change that lets people be who they are. An unwavering embrace of outdated ideas. I fucking hate these people. And their outdated ideas.

keithbvadu2

(36,778 posts)
3. Is the drag queen/LGBTQ issue a distraction from republican/conservative/Christian values/morals?
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 05:43 PM
Mar 2023

Is the drag queen/LGBTQ issue a distraction from republican/conservative/Christian values/morals?
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