If the U.S. right wing has its way, educational programming during Women’s History Month will sideline Billie Jean King, Rosa Parks and Gloria Steinem in favor of Amy Coney Barrett, Nikki Haley and Condoleezza Rice.
and Heritage Action for America — have lined up to support this legislation. Likewise, lawmakers Lauren Boebert , Andrew Clyde , Doug Lamborn , Yvette Herrell and Marjorie Taylor-Greene are among its cosponsors and their transphobic messaging has been amplified byThat the bill rests on patently false assumptions about gender identity seems not to faze them.states that, “policymakers who formulate sex categorizations and definitions overwhelmingly rely on biological features to ground membership.
Day Al-Mohamed is a Washington, D.C.-based writer, filmmaker and disability policy expert who has taught sex education. She says that current conservative campaigns — against CRT, sex education, trans athletes, as well as against COVID-19 proactive masks and vaccines — are predicated on a deep distrust of science and government, and infused with transphobia, racism and misogyny.
“I wish the folks who are making legislative decisions about trans health care and acceptance could see the faces of the children and adults who are being impacted by their policies and laws.” “In the short run,” Kempner concludes, “a lot of people are going to suffer because of these short-sighted regulatory restrictions. But you can’t squeeze the genie back into the bottle. In the long run, the right wing will lose because society is becoming more accepting and appreciative of diversity.”
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