Notice they let only the anti-trans bigots speak, to back up the unpopular and unneeded laws. They then abruptly ended the debate, preventing the dozens of attendees opposed to the bill from speaking. Please notice the large number of people apposed to the bill that the republicans not only did not allow to speak but ignored. In the minds of the republicans their hate is the only thing that matters. These are the last gasps of desperate fundamentalist bigot haters to attack tolerance and acceptance. I laugh at the idea that these republicans are claiming it is the trans people only they hate, but as we have seen in other states they started with trying to stop trans kids in schools, and moved to trying to stop all the LGBTQIA people everywhere in public. Also these bills are always directed at public schools, the religious ones tend to be more conservative and the more wealthy secular ones the wealthy people don’t want their schools messed with by bigots. Hugs. Scottie
The Georgia Recorder reports:
A controversial bill dubbed Georgia’s version of “Don’t Say Gay” moved forward in a Senate committee Tuesday after three years of work and multiple failures to move, largely over Republican opposition to the inclusion of private schools. The bill passed committee on a 6-3 party line vote during a committee meeting in which proponents were given 15 minutes to speak but opponents did not receive time to talk. Dozens of people attended the meeting.
Jeff Cleghorn, an attorney who called himself a gay rights advocate opposed to gender ideology, said LGBTQ+ acceptance has increased because of the hard work of gay, lesbian and bisexual activists, but he said transgender people have attempted to “piggyback” off that struggle. “SB 88 is necessary because the former gay rights movement has been hijacked by those pushing this dishonest gender ideology on children,” he said.
The Los Angeles Blade reports:
Immediately after the bill’s sponsor spoke about the bill, he ceded the floor to Jeff Cleghorn, a gay anti-trans activist who calls transgender people “mentally ill sex fetishists” and regularly shares content from groups like Gays Against Groomers and Libs of TikTok.
Following an incendiary speech in which he advocated for separating transgender individuals from the LGBTQ+ community, Republicans allowed four people to speak.
These included a former president of the Young Republicans, a representative from Gays Against Groomers, and a representative from the Georgia Log Cabin Republican. They then abruptly ended the debate, preventing the dozens of attendees opposed to the bill from speaking.
Jeff Cleghorn, an attorney who called himself a gay rights advocate opposed to gender ideology,
Don’t make me post it again.
*sigh*
I’m going to have to post it again, aren’t I.
Any member of our community that doesn’t support trans rights doesn’t deserve to be part of the community at all.
Any member of the human community that doesn’t support everyone’s rights doesn’t deserve to be part of the community at all.
Piggy back my ass. Trans persons have been standing alongside of us since day one. That queen needs a little snap out of it action. I could handle that.
The fact is that drag queens and trans have been with us gay men since the beginning. They were there in the stonewall bar when the cops raided it.
Here is the PROOF! Marsha P. Johnson at the First Christopher Street Liberation Day March, 1970. Leonard Fink / LGBT Community Center Archive.
It is always shocking to discover trans-phobic gays among us. I stopped reading Americablog long ago when it’s owner, John Aravosis, was increasingly saying why should “we” help “them” as if we are not them.
No one is free until we are all free!
Fuck off. Do you think they’ll stop at Trans folks?
Gays, Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims, Jews, Atheists, Mormons, Catholics, they’ll keep narrowing the scope of acceptable people because Authoritarianism only thrives when there’s an Other to villainize.
My niece is now my nephew and is much happier that way. I’ll say no more.
Mine as well
Ashley to Oliver.
Oliver is so much happier than Ashley ever was.
living your authentic life is always best.
They are desperate to slam through as much hate bills as possible before they get their asses handed to them in November
” in which proponents were given 15 minutes to speak but opponents did not receive time to talk.”
WTF?
“SB 88 is necessary because the former gay rights movement has been hijacked by those pushing this dishonest gender ideology on children,” he said.”
What the ever loving fuck?
That “former gay rights movement” was lead by transexuals and drag queens…
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