Republicans force Vote to Erase Transgender Students

LGBTQ Pride is celebrated every June in honor of the Stonewall riot.

H.R. 2616: PROTECT Kids Act would force transgender students to publicly out themselves to their school and their parents. The bill would require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.

On April 29, lawmakers voted 216-210 along party lines to advance a rule allowing consideration of the bill, along with several other measures, including an agriculture funding package, budget proposals, a Clean Air Act amendment, and legislation addressing misidentified American-Jewish service members buried overseas.

The rule allows consideration of the PROTECT Kids Act under a closed process, with one hour of debate, meaning no amendments can be offered before an up-or-down vote. A final vote is expected in the coming weeks, Metro Weekly reports.

H.R. 2617 Say No to Indoctrination Act: would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prevent the use of funds under such Act to teach or advance concepts related to “gender ideology”,and for other purposes.

This bill would require public schools to follow trump’s toxic anti transgender executive orders or risk losing federal funding.

HR 2617 has a 60% chance of being enacted according to Gov.track.

How you can help protect the angels.

Download the 5calls app to your phone and select “Oppose Attacks on LGBTQ+ Students” and make the call.

Texas Children’s Hospital Capitulates to Paxton: to Hold “Detransition Clinics” and halt GAC

Texas Children’s Hospital in a devastating betrayal choose money over children’s lives agreeing to stop Gender Affirming Care (GAC) for children suffering from gender dysphoria. In addition the hospital has agreed to hold free “Detransition Clinics” where “conversion therapy” would likely be the only option.

Texas Children’s Hospital in a statement said:

“Today, we made the difficult decision to settle with the Texas attorney general and the Department of Justice, closing a chapter that has been wrought with falsehoods and distractions,” the statement read, adding, “To be clear — we are settling to protect our resources from endless and costly litigation. This settlement will allow us to redirect those precious resources to focus on life-saving care and groundbreaking discoveries of our exceptional clinicians and scientists.”

That statement appears to have since been deleted from the Texas Children’s website, Them US reports with the original hyperlink returning a 404 error. As of this writing, it has not been reposted to the hospital’s media release page.

Conversion therapy when performed on minors it is considered to be a form of child abuse. It has been described by experts as torture; cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment; and contrary to human rights. Laws on conversion therapy vary, ranging from constitutional protection to a criminal offense.

“Paxton is blackmailing a hospital system into creating a resource that no one is asking for,” Equality Texas CEO Brad Pritchett said in a statement to the AP. “It ignores the actual science and years of data about the overwhelming benefits of gender-affirming care.”

Under Trump, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has moved to use its regulatory power to block gender-affirming care for minors, and the DOJ has demanded access to providers’ records. Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement Friday that the DOJ would “use every weapon at its disposal” to stop gender-affirming care for children.

Governor Abbott is obviously delighted that his promise to end transgender people in Texas is being fulfilled despite the fact that every American Medical Association supports Gender Affirming care for all ages.