Competing against Miller and Yearwood, the complaint said, left the plaintiffs with “materially fewer opportunities to stand on the victory podium, fewer opportunities to participate in postseason elite competition, fewer opportunities for public recognition as champions, and a much smaller chance of setting…

Wait a minute, isn’t this the guy who doesn’t/didn’t recognize his own kids (meaning he had kids on the side and didn’t acknowledge them until forced to)??

“I believe in the Lord, Jesus Christ, through Him all things are possible... except recognizing a trans kid. That shit is impossible.” - Georgia repubs, probably

something something free will something logical paradox that we should all just ignore because faith something something.

So God is too stupid to recognize the person?  Can’t see their soul?  No, Herschel, you’re not smart.

Oh, rats. I had no idea that someone was going to be checking for my tits if I wanted in. Totally rethinking that surgery now!

“Jesus may not recognize you. Because he made you a boy. He made you a girl,”

A hallmark of authoritarians is to more actively target those within the population less able to garner resources with which to defend themselves, and use their “otherness” as a way to present the authoritarian as a champion of “normal”.

The order also directed mandated reporters – including teachers, nurses, and doctors to report families suspected of giving their children gender-affirming care to child services.

It’s ironic that Democrats are accused of playing “identity politics” and focusing on “cultural issues”, when it’s Texas Republicans who launched their attacks on trans people right after the deep freeze. You know, the one where the Dollar Store Zodiac Killer ditched to Cancun, around 250 people died, and countless…

You wait until the end of the school day to interview the kid and you make sure that there is an advocate or one of the kid’s parents present.

My mom was born in the 1930s and the nuns and the teachers would beat her because she was left handed. To them, Being left handed was a sign of the devil. THAT is religion in schools and so is this abusive conduct by the State of Texas. People who bully children are monsters and need to be voted OUT. Also, my mom is…

“It’s normal for a kid in 2022 to have a trans phase.”

Monstrous.

Are they checking IDs at the bathroom door???

“Though Gov. DeSantis’ anti-gay imperatives have been aimed at the youth and education system, they’ve also caused an adverse affect on LGBTQ adults who’ve already embraced the freedom to identify as they wish.”

It’s almost like they hate ALL LGBTQ people and not just the kids or the adults.

And just to even the playing field, all students (and board members) who want to use the bathrooms should have to file similar paperwork.

Agreed. I’m usually a pacifist, but when you start threatening to execute women (for abortions) and doctors (for that and LGBQTIA+ care), you deserve to be treated like Muammar Gaddafi.

i was a suicide prevention counselor for the trevor project for 4 years.  fuck all these asshats.  the universe as a whole is wholly uncaring.  why do we insist on inflicting these cruelties upon one another?  i just don’t understand.  faith in humanity -1000000