It’s pretty obvious why. They’re trying to criminalize merely being trans.
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Making a list, checking it twice, etc etc.
Nothing good comes of this.
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This should be obvious to anyone: they’re making a list. Why do some people act like this is the first time this has happened?
ETA: Beverage of your choice to @Docosc
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I’m sure they just want to send us a nice gift from Harry & David.
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So now they’re looking at making it so supporting gender non-conformity can get you sued for up to $10MM.
So much hate directed at such a tiny minority. Don’t they have anything better to do?
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The bill also allows Arkansas parents to sue people or medical providers outside of the state who help Arkansas youth access gender-affirming care.
I would anticipate this would be chilling on providers offering to help these kids. Not at all sure this would stand up in court, but I am guessing someone is going to try.
But also, have we really entered an era of state-approved haircuts for God’s sake?
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What 1st Amendment?
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Make America Afraid of Pronouns and Haircuts Again
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There is no way to enforce such a judgment. So this law sets civil penalties. In other words, it allows someone to sue someone else who is providing gender affirming care. So, in civil lawsuits, when the two parties are from different states, you have to sue in federal district court. The reason for this is that, for example, Arkansas state courts have no jurisdiction over residents of California. However, then you have to figure out which federal court to sue in. In this case, you’d have to sue in California, because, again, the federal courts in Arkansas have no jurisdiction over residents of California. But, when you sue over state claims in federal court, the court has to follow the law of the state in which the court resides. In other words, you sue in federal court in California, the court follows California state law. And in this case, California has no such law. So no lawsuit. The only way you could sue someone from another state using this law is if that person is advertising their services directly to people in Arkansas. In other words, if a California gender clinic ran ads on local Arkansas television stations, then that would give that clinic enough contact with the state of Arkansas to be subject to its courts’ jurisdiction.
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Figured as much, but intimidation is every bit as much of a goal for this kinda shit as actual enforcement. And most doctors are raised with a deep fear and distrust of the courts, and will go to great lengths to avoid them. It certainly could result in providers refusing out-of-state patients, just on the threat. Although I have to say, the folks I know who provide gender care are some of the ballsiest, most defiant docs I have run across. So there is also the “Yeah, you and what army” attitude that could come up. I don’t know, I hate this shit deeply.
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It’s also bigotry signaling.
By making their statement they’ve proved themselves to be anti-woke (aka, absolute shitheads) and can blame “activist judges” for getting in the way.
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Weird how judges are only “activist” when they don’t decide in favor of Republican/reactionary whims.
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This reminded me of something from my youth.
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so, a trans teacher is getting death threats because she’s being bullied by a sitting member of congress on Xitter
and this has been happening for days
and not a single mainstream news outlet has even covered it
the tldr is nancy mace found a month old transition timeline post by a trans teacher
used it to ask rfk jr to restrict access to hormone replacement therapy for all trans ppl
all while stoking rampant online harassment against this random woman in the process
https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-nancy-mace-death-threats
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Hey Nancy!!
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From her Congressional account.
That should be a censure by the House.
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This is really, really bad.
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