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OldBaldy1701E

(11,647 posts) Tue May 26, 2026, 09:09 AM Tuesday

Umm... WTF is this? [View all]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/8-democrats-pass-bill-forcing-teachers-to-out-trans-students_n_6a0f2d3ee4b084c012e3b6d4

Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Donald Davis (N.C.), Cleo Fields (La.), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.) and Eugene Vindman (Va.) all voted for this bill.

What’s more, three of those Democrats — Gillen, Gluesenkamp Perez and Vindman — are members of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which advocates for LGBTQ+ rights.

The Republican bill they just supported, the Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act, requires elementary and middle schools to get parental consent before changing a student’s pronouns or preferred names on any school forms, or for making gender-based accommodations for things like locker rooms or bathrooms.

It also bars teachers from talking about transgender people or issues in the classroom, which means books that include transgender characters or that address the existence of transgender people would be banned. It would also ban LGBTQ+ school groups.

I swear, Don Davis is going to singlehandedly flip that area to red for the first time since 1972, and that was a one off!

IDIOTS!

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Wow. WTAF? PittBlue Tuesday #1

This is so frustrating. Why can't they just leave people alone? LoisB Tuesday #2

They were Indoctrinated by their sponsors. dave99 Tuesday #4

Yes, that's the real indoctrination. LoisB Tuesday #31

My Grand daughter in kindergarten crud Tuesday #3

Maybe it's time for parents to give newborns the middle name "You" Attilatheblond Tuesday #5

It sounds to me like teachers are afraid of being fired if the parents don't give permission FakeNoose Tuesday #6

I must have misread the op orangecrush Tuesday #7

Because some parents can't handle their kid being trans EdmondDantes_ Tuesday #9

Nope. ShazzieB Tuesday #12

Public School Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators Operate Under... ColoringFool Tuesday #13

I can't subscribe to that interpretation. Mad_Machine76 Tuesday #20

In Ohio our representatives were attempting to make women going braless in T shirts illegal!! Hope22 Tuesday #8

They Would Have Had Many Job Applicants! 😉😛🧐😳 ColoringFool Tuesday #14

Yes so many.... Hope22 Tuesday #16

Whatever heppened to... Totally Tunsie Tuesday #10

The School Building Is A State Unto Itself When It Comes To..... ColoringFool Tuesday #15

ColoringFool's Law: "If It's A Republican Idea, It's Bad." I Was..... ColoringFool Tuesday #11

MAGA'S modus operandi is to attack B.See Tuesday #17

*Transgender People* Mad_Machine76 Tuesday #21

Is this bill likely to die in the Senate? ShazzieB Tuesday #18

Maybe Dems are tired of getting the shit kicked out of them when they suport 0.00001% of the population maxrandb Tuesday #19

There is no justification for this garbage. Mad_Machine76 Tuesday #22

It's .6-1.2%, actually. Quite a bit more than are, say, coal miners. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #23

Politicians aren't losing elections for supporting coal miners maxrandb Tuesday #27

So, people should suffer and die in the name of making sure we don't endanger the infrastructure. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #28

Of course not maxrandb Tuesday #30

"Not one single one of the issues... would be a frickin' issue if Dems held the majority!" OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #32

I guess it depends on what you define as real change maxrandb Wednesday #33

Since I have lived through both, I would say it is about the same, no matter who is in office. OldBaldy1701E Thursday #34

I get it. maxrandb Thursday #35

I never said I would not support them. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #36

Sorry maxrandb Yesterday #37

I also wish you the best. OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #38

I spent 30 years in the Navy maxrandb 8 hrs ago #39

Thank you. It's politics. betsuni Tuesday #24

Fuck any lawmakwer who speaks against or votes against trans rights. TheProle Tuesday #25

Here is the bill on congress.gov mahina Tuesday #26

"Maybe Dems are tired of getting the shit kicked out of them when they suport 0.00001% of the population" J_William_Ryan Tuesday #29

It's depressing that Democrats cannot find a good response to this issue. kentuck 8 hrs ago #40