Likely emboldened by their success with the recent anti-abortion bill, Texas has introduced a bill which would criminalize helping trans kids transition. It goes so far as to actively pull trans youth from puberty blockers, and effectively force them to detransition against their will by making it illegal to give them hormones. As if to hammer home exactly who it is targeting, the bill makes one exception, that being kids born as intersex, who will continue to be allowed to access the treatment being actively denied to trans youth.
What the fuck. The cruelty here is unbelievable. Make no mistake, this will kill trans kids. There will be deaths caused by this if it passes. If you know any trans folks living in Texas, make an active effort to lend them your support. I fear this is just the beginning of a new legal assault on trans rights in this country.
My heart is filled with rage and sorrow from this. I will never stop being infuriated by how our society treats trans folks. Solidarity forever, and I hope every single person who votes in favor of this bill catches COVID and dies choking on their own lungs.
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My personal experience is the exact opposite. Damn near everyone in my hometown just wants homeless people to disappear and don't care how it happens. There is one person who runs a homeless shelter there and while he certainly is flawed, he at least just wants to see homeless folks treated like humans. He's seen by libs and conservatives alike as public enemy #1.
A lot of people in CA feel the same way but a large number want actually help homeless folks - they see it as a social problem to solve, not just some annoyance they want to just go away.