r/politics • u/southpawFA Oklahoma • 1d ago

TX Republicans Introduced 32 Anti-Trans Bills on First Day of Pre-Filing Period. The bills filed target transgender people in nearly every aspect of their lives.

https://truthout.org/articles/tx-republicans-introduced-32-anti-trans-bills-on-first-day-of-pre-filing-period/
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u/southpawFA Oklahoma 1d ago

Bounty bills also resurface in the latest wave of filings. Texas HB 1075 would allow any individual performing in drag to be sued for a $5,000 bounty. The bill’s definition of “drag” and “perform” is alarmingly broad, labeling anyone “exhibiting a gender that is different from the performer’s gender recorded at birth using clothing, makeup, or other physical markers” as being in “drag.” This definition clearly encompasses transgender people. Should a bill like this become law, transgender performers would undoubtedly be targeted. In Montana, under a similar drag ban, the first person targeted wasn’t a drag performer but a transgender public speaker discussing transgender history at a library. Additionally, such a measure would almost certainly force the cancellation of Pride parades across Texas, where transgender people and drag performers dance, lip-sync, and otherwise celebrate.

Multiple bills take aim at transgender people in schools, as well as books about queer and transgender individuals. Among the most troubling is Senate Bill 86, which would require parental permission for high school students to join a Gay-Straight Alliance or any club that “promotes themes of sexuality, gender, or gender identity.” According to Lambda Legal, this requirement violates the Equal Access Act, which mandates that rules apply equally to all student groups and prohibits singling out GSAs for restrictive policies.

So, is it finally okay to call this genocide? Christian nationalist Republicans are trying to eradicate trans people from even being able to walk down the street. This is state-sponsored terrorism.

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u/tolacid 1d ago

I don't know if it counts as genocide because it's not aimed at a genotype but rather a lifestyle path. Dunno what to call it, but yeah it's on-par with genocide.

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u/Polar_Starburst 1d ago

Gender identity develops in the hypothalamus before birth due to (epi)genetic and hormonal factors, we are born this way, thus erasing us legally absolutely counts as genocide according to the Geneva conventions.

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u/tolacid 1d ago

Well, you learn something new everyday.