Well, if I'd been in Utah, I would have broken the law today. Men's restroom was empty, no men around. Women's restroom had 7 women in line, I had a time deadline. So I opted to use the men's restroom, as did another woman. #utpol#utleg
"The mom said her daughter hates the attention and is 'just trying to be a normal kid.' But it’s hurt her to have her body judged and picked apart by adult.
"'She’s hanging in there,' van der Beek said. 'But she feels like she can’t be herself in her own skin.'"
Ok, #Utah. Take that empathy for a cis girl and apply it to all kids including trans kids.
Yes, there are only a handful who want to play sports, but they, like this girl, are just "trying to be normal kids."
Feeling like they can't be themselves in their own skin is what they are also feeling with gender dysphoria. They deserve the same empathy and understanding.
Stop it with the hate. Tell #utgop you want those #hate laws against trans people removed. Tell #utpol to remove them now.
#GovernorCox signed #HB257 today and put in his statement about it, "We want public facilities that are safe and accommodating for everyone and this bill increases privacy protections for all," so I guess he doesn't consider trans people and people who appear different to not be part of "all."
You know this will lead to violence and threats of violence in schools and other public buildings. Of course, it's not going to happen to Cox, so why should he care?
NEW: Utah's Dept. of Transportation confirms to me federal $$ for a feasibility study for high speed passenger rail from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas was not granted.
“At this time we have no current plans to move the study forward," the agency tells me. #utpol
JUST IN: All of Utah's congressional delegation (Moore, Maloy, Curtis & Owens) voted to expel Rep. George Santos, according to the Congressional vote record. #utpol
#utpol, when we already have a teacher shortage and an Ob-Gyn shortage, passing laws to make things worse will eventually translate to those corporations you love to woo refusing to move to #Utah
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Natalie Cline and her supporters are nothing more than bullies with power. That they would use that power against a very few children (while pretending that those children are anything more powerful than just individual human children) is monstrous.
She is preaching eliminationist, genocidal ideology and too many people are treating her as credible and tolerating her rhetoric.
Her job isn't to determine which kids deserve rights. All kids in Utah deserve full human rights. #utpol #SupportTransKids
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Ugh. I remember reading that article and that terrible, invasive ruling by the judge.
I'll have to hope somehow there's more people than just me in #Utah that are pushing their Representatives and Senators to change the law. I know mine support changing the law, but they're Dems in the super minority. #utpol