Hayes Brown: CPAC speech calling to eradicate 'transgenderism' signals a new, violent chapter in the GOP's anti-LGBTQ culture war.
, one that would sanction any recipient of federal education funding that “operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.”H.R. 734 may win over a majority of the Republican-controlled committee. It may even be voted on and approved by the full House. It will not become law, not with Democrats controlling the Senate and White House.
Proponents of these bills sometimes insist that they are narrow in scope and wide-reaching in their positive impact. Tell that to a drag queen walking to a gig in Nashvilleunder Tennessee’s new law. Tell that to the teacher fearful for their job should they call a teen by the correct pronouns. Tell that to the student being shunned for wanting to play baseball instead of softball.
And tell that to the legislators who are already moving to the next phase of the anti-trans project. Lawmakers in at least five states have introduced bills that would
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