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| + | ==AR: 2 new laws== | ||
| + | * '''2021-03-25''' [https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-asa-hutchinson-kristi-noem-gender-identity-62fb40814df14f67780f1b57c8d522db Arkansas governor signs transgender sports ban into law] | ||
| + | * '''2021-03-26''' | ||
| + | ** [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/arkansas-governor-signs-bill-allowing-medical-workers-to-refuse-treatment-to-lgbtq-people Arkansas governor signs bill allowing medical workers to refuse treatment to LGBTQ people] | ||
| + | ** [https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-asa-hutchison-medical-conscience-objections-law-0029a0e454624d7f0ce00fd6f74bb5c2 Arkansas governor signs medical conscience objections law] | ||
| + | ==MS: SB 2536== | ||
| + | This bill was signed into law in March, and will take effect 2021-07-01. | ||
| + | * [http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2536IN.htm official text] | ||
| + | * '''2021-03-11''' [https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/mississippi-governor-signs-bill-banning-trans-athletes-school-sports-n1260709 Mississippi governor signs bill banning trans athletes from school sports] | ||
| + | ==NC: Multiple bills== | ||
| + | From the Human Rights Campaign: | ||
| + | <blockquote> | ||
| + | * HB 358 would ban transgender girls from playing sports that match their gender identity. | ||
| + | * SB 514 would prohibit transgender people under the age of 21 from receiving best practice, medically necessary and affirming care while penalizing medical providers. It would also force government officials like teachers to notify parents if students demonstrate gender nonconforming behavior, and it would expressly protect the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy. | ||
| + | * SB 515 would allow any medical provider to discriminate against patients by allowing providers the option to refuse care to anyone to whom they morally object to on the basis of conscience. | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ...and also, being gay is apparently still not ok in NC: | ||
| + | * '''2021-04-13''' [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/4/13/2025693/-Wedding-venue-turns-away-same-sex-couple-in-yet-another-state-lacking-LGBTQ-protections Grooms turned away from wedding venue in North Carolina for precisely the reason you might expect] | ||
==FL HB 1475: Trans Girls Must Compete as Boys, Cis Girls Will Be Groped== | ==FL HB 1475: Trans Girls Must Compete as Boys, Cis Girls Will Be Groped== | ||
| + | * '''2021-03-24''' [https://www.axios.com/florida-trans-community-speaks-out-against-youth-sports-bill-62070e48-0f24-461f-8b1a-ca6500d8fd7a.html Florida trans community speaks out against youth sports bill] | ||
* '''2021-04-14''' [https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-transgender-athlete-ban-bill-20210414-ymbkk44ppbaglpybvtjfyyyv74-story.html Florida House votes to block transgender athletes from girls’ school sports teams] | * '''2021-04-14''' [https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-transgender-athlete-ban-bill-20210414-ymbkk44ppbaglpybvtjfyyyv74-story.html Florida House votes to block transgender athletes from girls’ school sports teams] | ||
* '''2021-04-15''' | * '''2021-04-15''' | ||
Revision as of 15:52, 16 April 2021
AR: 2 new laws
- 2021-03-25 Arkansas governor signs transgender sports ban into law
- 2021-03-26
MS: SB 2536
This bill was signed into law in March, and will take effect 2021-07-01.
NC: Multiple bills
From the Human Rights Campaign:
- HB 358 would ban transgender girls from playing sports that match their gender identity.
- SB 514 would prohibit transgender people under the age of 21 from receiving best practice, medically necessary and affirming care while penalizing medical providers. It would also force government officials like teachers to notify parents if students demonstrate gender nonconforming behavior, and it would expressly protect the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy.
- SB 515 would allow any medical provider to discriminate against patients by allowing providers the option to refuse care to anyone to whom they morally object to on the basis of conscience.
...and also, being gay is apparently still not ok in NC:
- 2021-04-13 Grooms turned away from wedding venue in North Carolina for precisely the reason you might expect
FL HB 1475: Trans Girls Must Compete as Boys, Cis Girls Will Be Groped
- 2021-03-24 Florida trans community speaks out against youth sports bill
- 2021-04-14 Florida House votes to block transgender athletes from girls’ school sports teams
- 2021-04-15
TX SB 1646: Trans Care = Abuse
Texas Senate Bill 1646, introduced 2021-03-29, would have defined giving kids puberty blockers "for the purpose of gender transitioning or gender reassignment" as child-abuse. Note that it specifically excludes (a) intersex kids and (b) uses other than transgender therapy; it is therefore squarely targeted at transgender kids.
The bill appears to have died by being "left pending in committee", but there's nothing to stop parts of it from being re-introduced into other legislation.
- 2021-03-29 full text
- 2021-04-14 Cruel Texas Bill Brands Parents of Trans Kids “Child Abusers" video by Jesse Gender: a trans woman explains the problem