Right-Wing Hysteria Over Maine’s Trans Refugee Bill Reaches New Levels of Stupidity
Channel: The Humanist Report
Date: 2024-01-24

As more GOP-controlled states pass laws criminalizing trans existence, some states have responded by passing trans refugee laws to protect residents from Republican persecution and prosecution. Maine is the latest state to propose a trans refugee law, and transphobic Republicans have concocted utterly insane lies about it. In this video we’ll explain how they’re lying and dive into the legislation. We’ll also look at an interview between Joy Reid and a co-founder of Moms for Liberty.

Read the Full Bill Here: https://legislature.maine.gov/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1114&item=1&snum=131

Sources:
LGBTQ Nation (1/22/24) - “Conservatives freak out & claim Maine’s trans refuge bill promotes child trafficking”: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/01/conservatives-freak-out-claim-maines-trans-refuge-bill-promotes-child-trafficking/
Associated Press (12/10/23) - “Things to know about efforts to block people from crossing state lines for abortion”: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-texas-idaho-alabama-state-lines-trafficking-d314933f3f7db93858561a0c6ad0b188
Erin In The Morning (1/18/24) - “Maine Could Become The 15th State To Pass A Trans Refuge Law”: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/maine-could-become-the-15th-state?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=994764&post_id=140813300&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2keifb&utm_medium=email
Rolling Stone (1/23/24) - “Libs of TikTok Fueled Bomb Threats at Oklahoma Schools. The Superintendent Just Hired Her”: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/chaya-raichik-libs-tiktok-oklahoma-schools-committee-1234952518/
Truthout (1/22/24) - “Trans People in Utah Could Face 6 Months in Jail for Bathroom Use Under New Bill”: https://truthout.org/articles/trans-people-in-utah-could-face-6-months-in-jail-for-bathroom-use-under-new-bill/

Videos:
Fox News (1/19/24) - “Maine pushes to become a ‘transgender safe haven’”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4jQUi-K5WM
The Reid Out on MSNBC (1/19/24) - “Moms for Liberty co-founder defends de facto book bans with 'graphic' example”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GtGRPls40o

Chapters:
0:00 Right-Wing Lies About Maine's Bill
1:48 The Truth About Maine's Bill
6:05 More Absurd Lies About Maine's Bill
10:09 Bigots Are Against Parental Rights
13:17 More Draconian Anti-Trans Laws
13:56 Point Out Their Hypocrisy & Conclusion
15:58 Outro

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