A national social transition ban is slowly working its way through Congress. While the bill is framed around parental consent, this means that any child with unaffirming parents is legally barred from social transition, and teachers are prohibited from being affirming in *any* way.
![Status Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0) Status: Introduced on February 1 2023 - 25% progression Action: 2024-10-01 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 599. Text: Latest bill text (lntroduced) [PDF]
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Summary To require elementary and middle schools that receive Federal funds to obtain parental consent before changing a minor child's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or allowing a child to change the child's sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/bafkreibijwwjkyqzyojnjpmnfhdj46ac45a7lzvawe5uiat6z2h4lusfha@jpeg)
I'm well distant from the paths of the storms, and wish all the good fortune to every one affected by them. Looking at earth.nullschool.net just now is foreboding even at this distance
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In honor of National Poetry Day, one of the all time classics.
So once again, we must ask: Are the cis ok? What the actual?
A school district in Pennsylvania approved nearly $9,000 ‘to cut windows into the ‘gender-identity’ student bathrooms so passerby can look inside’
These adults want to make it easier for other people to watch your children while they’re in the bathroom. It’s absolutely mind-boggling.
I've been absolutely bursting to talk about this project I've been a part of for the last few months!!!
No dates yet for arguments, but this (Judicial) year we'll see SCOTUS make a decision on gender affirming care bans for minors, based on this case out of the 6th Circuit based on laws from Tennessee (and Kentucky). www.scotusblog.com/case-files/c...
Per Boston Globe, Mass General Hospital is reporting it’s experiencing a severe IV fluid shortage due to Helene damage to one of the biggest suppliers in the US. I’d imagine that’s not unique to MGH.
I'm glad Walz put out there that Vance and others were scapegoating mental health and emphasized that suicide by gun is one of the big gun problems.
So... semi-automatic weapons and extended magazines are stopped by a locked school door?