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** [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://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] | ** [https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-asa-hutchison-medical-conscience-objections-law-0029a0e454624d7f0ce00fd6f74bb5c2 Arkansas governor signs medical conscience objections law] | ||
| + | ==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] | ||
| + | * '''2021-04-15''' | ||
| + | ** [https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2021/04/15/florida-house-passes-anti-transgender-bill-that-would-allow-for-genital-examinations-of-high-school-athletes Florida House passes anti-transgender bill that would allow for genital examinations of high school athletes] | ||
| + | ** [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-anti-trans-bill_n_6077da61e4b020e576c0ba14 Florida’s GOP-Controlled House Passes Anti-Trans Bill Targeting Young Athletes] | ||
==MS: SB 2536== | ==MS: SB 2536== | ||
This bill was signed into law in March, and will take effect 2021-07-01. | This bill was signed into law in March, and will take effect 2021-07-01. | ||
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* 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. | * 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. | ||
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...and also, being gay is apparently still not ok in NC: | ...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] | * '''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] | ||
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==TX SB 1646: Trans Care = Abuse== | ==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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 15:53, 16 April 2021
AR: 2 new laws
- 2021-03-25 Arkansas governor signs transgender sports ban into law
- 2021-03-26
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
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
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