US EditionHouse moves forward with bills affecting transgender health care and identity
- On Friday, dozens of transgender Texans and their allies rallied at the Texas Capitol as House Bill 229 passed in the Texas House the next day in Austin.
- The bill arose amid ongoing debate over defining sex in state records strictly by reproductive anatomy at birth, overruling prior legal gender changes.
- House Bill 229 passed its second reading with an 86-36 vote and would require official state documents to list individuals' sex based on their birth anatomy rather than their gender identity, affecting more than 120,000 transgender Texans.
- Shelly Skeen of Lambda Legal explained revoking and preventing changed documents "affects every aspect of daily lives," including legal protections and risks of violence.
- If enacted, the bill aligns with Gov. Greg Abbott's order recognizing only two sexes and could cause legal and social challenges for transgender Texans in state facilities and healthcare.
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Texas House Passes Bill To Legally Erase Trans Identities
LGBTQNation reports that the Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill legally erasing trans identities; H.B. 229 claims that “males and females possess unique immutable biological differences that manifest prior to birth and increase as individuals age and experience puberty.” Read more at LGBTQNation
The Targeting Of Trans Texans Continues
As the Texas legislature enters the final sprint toward Sine Die (the final day of the legislative session), the pace has kicked up on the House floor. And with that increased speed has come rising tensions, most prominently with legislation impacting trans Texans.On Friday, LGBTQ+ activists and allies descended on the Capitol denouncing a bill, HB 229, which outlines a strict definition of man and woman based on reproductive organs. The debate …
JK Rowling Says She’s Found The Most ‘Bat-S*** Gender Identity’ Argument Yet
Author J.K. Rowling announced in a Saturday X post that she may have found the most “bat-s*** gender identity argument” yet, noting that the latest gem she’d come across had brought the Catholic Church into the discussion.Rowling’s efforts to stand for women’s sex-based rights and private spaces have provoked ire from the radical trans activist crowd — they’ve labeled her a Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF) — and they often target her o…
Texas House approves trans erasure bill HB 229 on 2nd reading
The Texas House of Representatives on Saturday approved on second reading House Bill 229, misleadingly entitled the “Women’s Bill of Rights,” which strictly defines men and women based on the reproductive organs they were born with, and orders state records to reflect the gender binary, according to reports by Texas Tribune. The bill, claims Republican state Rep. Ellen Troxclair, lays out “biological truth for anybody who is confused.” What it a…
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