Desperate Georgia GOP rams last-minute anti-trans bills through legislature

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Desperate Georgia GOP rams last-minute anti-trans bills through legislature

In a last-ditch effort to pass anti-trans legislation previously declared dead in the Georgia legislature, conservative lawmakers are bundling a greatest-hits list of discriminatory proposals into two hateful omnibus packages. Originally a bill addressing high school athletes’ mental health, the amended H.B. 1104 now includes provisions, according to trans journalist Erin Reed, that would ban transgender students from playing on teams aligned wi…