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I'm not aware of any recent laws that restrict the rights of LGBT individuals, could you please name them?

mathewsanders 3y ago
Both ACLU and HRC have convenient tracking for these bills. Last year over 300 bills were introduced, and 29 were signed into law (still far too many). https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/human-rights-campaign-working-to-defeat-340-anti-lgbtq-bills-at-state-level-already-150-of-which-target-transgender-people-highest-number-on-record https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/human-rights-campaign-wor... https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/how-the-aclu-tracks-anti-lgbtq-bills https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/how-the-aclu-tracks-a...
kweingar 3y ago
Just one example: Tennessee has recently passed a law banning “male or female impersonators” from performing in public places. Tennessee also does not alter sex on birth certificates for trans people. Arguably this means that Tennessee banned trans people from performing in public in any capacity.
- stOneskull 3y ago
  seems to be about the Ts rather than about the Ls, Gs, and Bs.
  - unmole 3y ago
    LGBT as an umbrella term has never made any sense to me. One of These Things Is Not Like the Others.
    - stOneskull 3y ago
      as well as individuals being different to each other. lots of different lesbians, with lots of different ideas, opinions.. everyone is an individual. it's not like one heterosexual is the same as another.
      - kweingar 3y ago
        I am trying to understand this. People can be different from each other but still share relevant attributes. For example, two women can have different ideas and opinions, but they are both women. I don’t see the problem here
  - kweingar 3y ago
    I don’t see how you can come to that conclusion. “Male and female impersonators” as written in the law was meant to refer to drag shows, which are definitely not just trans people.
- kortilla 3y ago
  You do know that LGBTQ refers to 5+ different things, right?
  - kweingar 3y ago
    Of course I do. What’s the purpose of this question?

Both ACLU and HRC have convenient tracking for these bills. Last year over 300 bills were introduced, and 29 were signed into law (still far too many). https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/human-rights-campaign-working-to-defeat-340-anti-lgbtq-bills-at-state-level-already-150-of-which-target-transgender-people-highest-number-on-record https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/human-rights-campaign-wor... https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/how-the-aclu-tracks-anti-lgbtq-bills https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/how-the-aclu-tracks-a...

kweingar 3y ago

Just one example: Tennessee has recently passed a law banning “male or female impersonators” from performing in public places. Tennessee also does not alter sex on birth certificates for trans people. Arguably this means that Tennessee banned trans people from performing in public in any capacity.

stOneskull 3y ago
seems to be about the Ts rather than about the Ls, Gs, and Bs.
- unmole 3y ago
  LGBT as an umbrella term has never made any sense to me. One of These Things Is Not Like the Others.
  - stOneskull 3y ago
    as well as individuals being different to each other. lots of different lesbians, with lots of different ideas, opinions.. everyone is an individual. it's not like one heterosexual is the same as another.
    - kweingar 3y ago
      I am trying to understand this. People can be different from each other but still share relevant attributes. For example, two women can have different ideas and opinions, but they are both women. I don’t see the problem here
- kweingar 3y ago
  I don’t see how you can come to that conclusion. “Male and female impersonators” as written in the law was meant to refer to drag shows, which are definitely not just trans people.
kortilla 3y ago
You do know that LGBTQ refers to 5+ different things, right?
- kweingar 3y ago
  Of course I do. What’s the purpose of this question?