GOP’s New Anti-LGBTQ Policies Are More Draconian Than Ever—And Blatantly Unconstitutional
Channel: The Humanist Report
Date: 2023-09-01

Republicans across the country are coming up with new ways to restrict LGBTQ rights; Oklahoma and Nebraska are defining trans people out of existence, a rogue District Attorney in Tennessee is illegally threatening to arrest pride organizers, and Texas has become the largest state to ban gender affirming care for trans and non-binary youth by revoking the medical licenses of doctors who treat gender dysphoria with the care recommended by experts. The silver lining is that data and anecdotal evidence suggests the GOP’s fixation on LGBTQ issues is starting to backfire; a new poll finds that even a majority of Republicans don’t support the GOP’s anti-LGBTQ education policies. 

Oklahoma Governor Signs Anti-Trans Executive Order - https://oklahoma.gov/governor/newsroom/newsroom/2023/august2023/governor-stitt-leads-the-nation-as-first-governor-to-issue-women.html
Oklahoma Governor Signs Anti-Abortion Law: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/26/1101428347/oklahoma-governor-signs-the-nations-strictest-abortion-ban
Nebraska Governor Defines Trans People Out of Existence - https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/08/nebraska-governor-offers-weird-definition-of-man-in-new-womens-bill-of-rights/
Tennessee DA Threatens Pride Using Drag Ban - https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/tennessee-prosecutor-threatens-to
Texas Ban on Gender Affirming Care Takes Effect on Friday - https://www.axios.com/2023/08/31/texas-supreme-court-trans-gender-affirming-care
Gender Affirming Care Bans By State - https://www.hrc.org/resources/attacks-on-gender-affirming-care-by-state-map
HRT Improves Quality of Life for Trans Youth - https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/gender-affirming-hormone-therapy-reduces-depression-anxiety-for-trans-and-non-binary-youth
LGBTQ Youth Statistics - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/
81% of Trans Adults Have Considered Suicide - https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/07/a-staggering-81-of-trans-adults-have-considered-suicide/
Anti-LGBTQ Policies Have Teachers on Edge - https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/30-new-lgbtq-education-laws-are-effect-students-go-back-school-rcna101897
Navigator Research Poll Spells Doom for GOP - https://navigatorresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Navigator-Education-08.30.2023.pdf
Transphobia is a Losing Issue for Republicans - https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/08/anti-trans-attacks-arent-the-winning-election-issue-the-right-thinks-it-is/

If you’re feeling suicidal thoughts, dial 988 to reach the suicide hotline or visit the queer lifeline for resources: https://988lifeline.org/help-yourself/lgbtq/

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