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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Nebraska legislator is 3 weeks into a filibuster over a trans bill
This lady has been doing amazing work
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It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mic on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week. She offered her support, then spent the next three days discussing everything but the bill, including her favorite Girl Scout cookies, Omahas best doughnuts and the plot of the animated movie Madagascar.
She also spent that time railing against an unrelated bill that would outlaw gender-affirming therapies for those 18 and younger. It was the advancement of that bill out of committee that led Cavanaugh to promise three weeks ago to filibuster every bill that comes before the Legislature this year even the ones she supports.
If this Legislature collectively decides that legislating hate against children is our priority, then I am going to make it painful painful for everyone, the Omaha married mother of three said. I will burn the session to the ground over this bill.....
Cavanaughs effort has drawn the gratitude of the LGBTQ community, said Abbi Swatsworth, executive director of LGBTQ advocacy group OutNebraska. The organization has been encouraging members and others to inundate state lawmakers with calls and emails to support Cavanaughs effort and oppose bills targeting transgender people.
We really see it as a heroic effort, Swatsworth said of the filibuster. It is extremely meaningful when an ally does more than pay lip service to allyship. She really is leading this charge.
She also spent that time railing against an unrelated bill that would outlaw gender-affirming therapies for those 18 and younger. It was the advancement of that bill out of committee that led Cavanaugh to promise three weeks ago to filibuster every bill that comes before the Legislature this year even the ones she supports.
If this Legislature collectively decides that legislating hate against children is our priority, then I am going to make it painful painful for everyone, the Omaha married mother of three said. I will burn the session to the ground over this bill.....
Cavanaughs effort has drawn the gratitude of the LGBTQ community, said Abbi Swatsworth, executive director of LGBTQ advocacy group OutNebraska. The organization has been encouraging members and others to inundate state lawmakers with calls and emails to support Cavanaughs effort and oppose bills targeting transgender people.
We really see it as a heroic effort, Swatsworth said of the filibuster. It is extremely meaningful when an ally does more than pay lip service to allyship. She really is leading this charge.
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A Nebraska legislator is 3 weeks into a filibuster over a trans bill (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2023
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Cavanaugh is nothing short of amazing! Major kudos to her and her incredible fight! nt
CaliforniaPeggy
Mar 2023
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Ilsa
(61,694 posts)1. Cavanaugh is my hero! nt
sheshe2
(83,747 posts)2. You go girl!
They really need to keep their hands off our bodies and voyeuristic minds out of our bedroom. The GOP are a party of perverts.
betsuni
(25,473 posts)3. K&R
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,595 posts)4. Cavanaugh is nothing short of amazing! Major kudos to her and her incredible fight! nt
LostOne4Ever
(9,288 posts)5. A real hero!
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,152 posts)6. Senator Cavanaugh is now three weeks into her filibuster