Trans Rights and Gender Authoritarianism (w/ Gillian Branstetter)
ReImagining Liberty
DeSantis & Paxton meddling with parents
In 2023 we're nearly 500 pieces of legislation that have been introduced in state houses squarely targeting queer folks broadly but mostly transgender people and mostly transgender youth. I think the bills that were just signed by Rhonda Santas in Florida are pretty instructive here. He signed a bill outlawing trans people from using the restroom most consistent with their gender identity, threatening them with criminal penalty if they're calling using the wrong restroom. This monitors what we saw in Texas last year where not through statute but seemingly through edict, Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas and Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas issued an edict. We've seen bomb threats entered into children's hospitals like Boston Children
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