So far, cis people have failed to care or insist for legislators to #ProtectTransKids. On this #TransAwarenessTuesday I need every cis ally to make a tangible move to #ProtectTransLives. Details for action, by state, in this 🧵 https://twitter.com/AP/status/1387051691888029696
This is a map, updated as of 4/27/21, showing existential threats to trans people in the United States. All states in red have LEGISLATION BEING CONSIDERED. This is where your voice matters.
If you, understandably, think that the sports bills “aren’t so bad”, please read this detailed thread I did on the hidden implications of this legislation. Most of these bills are copycat bills that have identical language. Meaning the consequences are the same in other states. https://twitter.com/alexpetrovnia/status/1382025045787168779
If you need information on the seriousness of this situation, please read my past threads about it. Or google it. Seriously. Trans people (and those who love us) are begging you to pay attention. We are literally dying. https://twitter.com/alexpetrovnia/status/1383152650041106433
So what can you do? Trans people desperately need CIS PEOPLE to kick up a fuss. Contact representatives. Express complaints to major businesses or employers in your state. Be vocal about your support for trans rights TO THE PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THEM.
It's far, far too late for lip service. If you are able, please consider supporting trans people during this desperate time. Trans people, feel free to add your need posts here. Many of those in need can also be found under #TransCrowdFund.
Okay, now onto state by state actions.
ALL THREATENED STATES will be listed here. Click on the tweet with your state to open the thread for that state, to learn information and action to be taken.
WASHINGTON STATE 🧵
1 bill - Sports Bill
MONTANA STATE 🧵
7 bills - Sports Bills, Trans Healthcare Restrictions, Legislation to Make Trans Affirming Healthcare a Human Rights Violation, "Religious Freedom", Changes to Medical Ethics Laws, Changes to Legalities Governing Birth Certificates
ARIZONA STATE 🧵
3 bills - Sports Bill, Bill to Classify Trans-Affirming Care as Child Abuse, Sex Documentation Changes
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 🧵
1 bill - Sex Documentation on Birth Certificates Changes
KANSAS STATE 🧵
4 bills - 2 bills Making it a Crime to Provide Trans-Affirming Care, 2 Sports Bills
OKLAHOMA STATE 🧵
4 bills - 2 bills Making it a Crime to Provide Trans-Affirming Care, 2 Sports Bills
TEXAS STATE 🧵
12 bills - Sports Bills, Removing Insurance Protections for Trans-Affirming Care, Multiple Bills to Classify Trans-Affirmation (including social affirmation) as Child Abuse, Sex Documentation Changes
MINNESOTA STATE 🧵
4 bills - Sports Bills
IOWA STATE 🧵
8 bills - Sports Bills, Criminalization of Trans-Affirmation, Revision of Civil Rights Laws, Bathroom Bill, Legislation of School Usage of Pronouns
MISSOURI STATE 🧵
9 bills - Sports Bills, Retraction of State Funding for Universities that Allow Trans Athletes, "Religious Freedom", Ban on Trans-Affirming Medical Care for Minors (Including Puberty Blockers)
ARKANSAS STATE 🧵
4 bills in progress, 3 passed to fight in court - Ban on Schools or Universities from Using "pronouns inconsistent with biological sex", Bathroom Bill, Bans on Trans-Affirming Medical Care for Minors, Sports Bills
LOUISIANA STATE 🧵
3 bills - Sports Bill, Bans on "Gender Therapy"
ALABAMA STATE 🧵
3 bills - Ban on "Gender Therapy", Legally Mandates Schools to Out Students to their Parents, Sports Bill
GEORGIA STATE 🧵
4 bills - Sports Bill, Legally Defines "Sex" and "Gender" as Synonymous, Ban on Trans-Affirming Medical Care for Minors
FLORIDA STATE 🧵
3 bills - Sports Bills, Bans on Trans-Affirming Medical Care
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 🧵
4 bills - Sports Bills, Bans on Trans-Affirming Medical Care
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 🧵
1 bill - Sports Bill
TENNESSEE STATE 🧵
10 bills - Sports Bills, Bans on Trans-Affirming Medical Care, Bathroom Bill, Changes to Sex Documentation
KENTUCKY STATE 🧵
5 bills - Bans on Trans-Affirming Medical Care, Sports Bills, Criminalization of Parents Seeking Trans-Affirming Medical Care for Children, Defining Trans-Affirming Actions as Child Abuse
WISCONSIN STATE 🧵
2 bills - Sports Bills, Legal Definitions
HAWAII STATE 🧵
1 bill - Sports Bill
MICHIGAN STATE 🧵
1 bill - Sports Bill
INDIANA STATE 🧵
3 bills - Bathroom Bill, Bans on Trans-Affirming Medical Care
OHIO STATE 🧵
2 bills - Sports Bills
WEST VIRGINIA STATE 🧵
7 bills - Sports Bills, Bans on Trans-Affirming Medical Care
PENNSYLVANIA STATE 🧵
1 bill - Sports Bill
NEW JERSEY STATE 🧵
1 bill - Sports Bill
CONNECTICUT STATE 🧵
2 bills - Sports Bills, Criminalization of Trans Athletes
RHODE ISLAND STATE 🧵
1 bill - Sports Bill
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE 🧵
2 bills - Sports Bill, Definition of Trans-Affirmation as Child Abuse
MAINE STATE 🧵
1 bill - Sports Bill
Please, please read your state's action items, spread this thread of threads, and CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. These bills won't end here. The recent escalation against trans youth shows that once the anti-trans lobby gets a foothold, they will only push harder.
The United States was hailed as a world leader for #LGBTRights only 6 years ago, when #MarriageEquality was legalized. Please don't let us lose that progress.
Trans people are the first step. They will keep pushing until we push BACK. And in the meantime, people will die. Kids will die.
#ProtectTheKids #ProtectTransKids #ProtectTransYouth #ProtectTransLives #TransRightsAreHumanRights
The people who are trying to eliminate trans people will come for cis queers next, and will also enforce misogyny and control of women, because our struggles are interrelated. Even if you don’t value us, protecting trans people is in everyone’s best interest. #ProtectTransKids
Oh also the Literal Nazis came for trans people nearly a decade before WWII, so jot that down.
If this rhetoric seems familiar, that’s because IT IS! This isn’t the end of the rise of fascism in the United States, it’s the beginning. https://twitter.com/AlexPetrovnia/status/1352425088323362819
Look up, “Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute of Sexual Sciences)” for more information.
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