Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.
  • BallShapedMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’m not crying, you are! This is a photo of my youngest five years ago today when they finally got approved for HRT. If you don’t see honest, genuine, and pure joy and delight in their face and the beauty of this moment I don’t know what to say.

    Trans people are beautiful, wonderful, and are perfect just the way they are. Don’t oppress them, celebrate and love them.

    And hug your kids damnit!

        • TranstronautEnglish
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          2 days ago

          They (the glasses) remind me of Spider Jerusalem, in a good way. We need his kind of energy in times like these.

  • proleEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Wow… So they can change their minds?

    • neuracnuEnglish
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      2 days ago

      …when presented with an argument that relies on having children. Because apparently being a parent grants you some kind of special privilege for additional consideration. Consider the first Republican’s response:

      A Republican, Representative Sherry Essman, rose to defend Rep. Zephyr and chastised the bill’s sponsor. “I’m speaking as a parent and a grandmother. And I’m very emotional because I know the representative in seat 20 is also a parent. No matter what you think of that, she is doing her best to raise a child. I did my best to raise my children as I saw fit, and I’m taking it for granted that my children are going to raise my grandchildren as they see fit,” she began.

      “Everybody in here talks about how important parental rights are. I want to tell you, in addition to parental rights, parental responsibility is also important. And if you can’t trust a decent parent to decide where and when their kids should see what, then we have a bigger problem,” she turned to parental rights and spoke about how people who claim those rights should vote against the bill.

      I’ll take all the victories I can get, but this is the most dipshit reasoning imaginable to get to the right answer.

  • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Thanks for sharing a good one. I drove through Montana once. That was over 20 years ago. I’ve driven through almost all of the States. Montana had one of the highest numbers of pretty girls I encountered.