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OldBaldy1701E

(11,661 posts)
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:09 AM May 26

Umm... WTF is this? [View all]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/8-democrats-pass-bill-forcing-teachers-to-out-trans-students_n_6a0f2d3ee4b084c012e3b6d4


Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Donald Davis (N.C.), Cleo Fields (La.), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.) and Eugene Vindman (Va.) all voted for this bill.



What’s more, three of those Democrats — Gillen, Gluesenkamp Perez and Vindman — are members of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which advocates for LGBTQ+ rights.


The Republican bill they just supported, the Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act, requires elementary and middle schools to get parental consent before changing a student’s pronouns or preferred names on any school forms, or for making gender-based accommodations for things like locker rooms or bathrooms.



It also bars teachers from talking about transgender people or issues in the classroom, which means books that include transgender characters or that address the existence of transgender people would be banned. It would also ban LGBTQ+ school groups.


I swear, Don Davis is going to singlehandedly flip that area to red for the first time since 1972, and that was a one off!

IDIOTS!
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Umm... WTF is this? [View all] OldBaldy1701E May 26 OP
Wow. WTAF? PittBlue May 26 #1
This is so frustrating. Why can't they just leave people alone? LoisB May 26 #2
They were Indoctrinated by their sponsors. dave99 May 26 #4
Yes, that's the real indoctrination. LoisB May 26 #31
My Grand daughter in kindergarten crud May 26 #3
Maybe it's time for parents to give newborns the middle name "You" Attilatheblond May 26 #5
It sounds to me like teachers are afraid of being fired if the parents don't give permission FakeNoose May 26 #6
I must have misread the op orangecrush May 26 #7
Because some parents can't handle their kid being trans EdmondDantes_ May 26 #9
Nope. ShazzieB May 26 #12
Public School Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators Operate Under... ColoringFool May 26 #13
I can't subscribe to that interpretation. Mad_Machine76 May 26 #20
In Ohio our representatives were attempting to make women going braless in T shirts illegal!! Hope22 May 26 #8
They Would Have Had Many Job Applicants! 😉😛🧐😳 ColoringFool May 26 #14
Yes so many.... Hope22 May 26 #16
Whatever heppened to... Totally Tunsie May 26 #10
The School Building Is A State Unto Itself When It Comes To..... ColoringFool May 26 #15
ColoringFool's Law: "If It's A Republican Idea, It's Bad." I Was..... ColoringFool May 26 #11
MAGA'S modus operandi is to attack B.See May 26 #17
*Transgender People* Mad_Machine76 May 26 #21
Is this bill likely to die in the Senate? ShazzieB May 26 #18
Maybe Dems are tired of getting the shit kicked out of them when they suport 0.00001% of the population maxrandb May 26 #19
There is no justification for this garbage. Mad_Machine76 May 26 #22
It's .6-1.2%, actually. Quite a bit more than are, say, coal miners. WhiskeyGrinder May 26 #23
Politicians aren't losing elections for supporting coal miners maxrandb May 26 #27
So, people should suffer and die in the name of making sure we don't endanger the infrastructure. OldBaldy1701E May 26 #28
Of course not maxrandb May 26 #30
"Not one single one of the issues... would be a frickin' issue if Dems held the majority!" OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #32
I guess it depends on what you define as real change maxrandb Wednesday #33
Since I have lived through both, I would say it is about the same, no matter who is in office. OldBaldy1701E Thursday #34
I get it. maxrandb Thursday #35
I never said I would not support them. OldBaldy1701E Friday #36
Sorry maxrandb Friday #37
I also wish you the best. OldBaldy1701E Saturday #38
I spent 30 years in the Navy maxrandb Saturday #39
Thank you. It's politics. betsuni May 26 #24
Fuck any lawmakwer who speaks against or votes against trans rights. TheProle May 26 #25
Here is the bill on congress.gov mahina May 26 #26
"Maybe Dems are tired of getting the shit kicked out of them when they suport 0.00001% of the population" J_William_Ryan May 26 #29
It's depressing that Democrats cannot find a good response to this issue. kentuck Saturday #40
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