#addthewords

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Idaho bill to criminalize health care for transgender minors heads to House

A committee approved the bill on a party-line vote after hours of tense public testimony

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Idaho trans kids fear losing gender-affirming medical care as bill moves to House floor

The Idaho House State Affairs Committee on Friday sent a bill that would criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender children to the House floor

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Conservative groups asks court to let Idaho enforce trans sports law

A socially conservative legal group is asking a federal appeals court to let the state of Idaho enforce a law barring transgender girls and women from playing on female high school and college teams

[trespasser]

So glad to see the supportive presence of more and more area churches each year. #addthewords (at Idaho State Capitol)

[thenextfamily]

Add the Words documentary trailer shows the gut-wrenching fight that the LGBT community & allies have faced in Idaho as they asked the government to Add the Words, “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the state’s discrimination laws. 

Check out a small glimpse of the social movement that has faced violence and hate at the state’s capitol.  

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SOAPBOX SATURDAY CONTINUES:

Hundreds of people crowded into the Idaho Capitol on Monday for a hearing on the proposed bill to ban discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender people. After nine years of asking, it's the first time backers have gotten their bill, commonly referred to as Add the Words, introduced and set for a public hearing...

Among the people who testified before the committee, which voted down the measure Thursday, was Autostraddle's Mey V. Rude, whose report can be found here

[bucketofqueers]

I love waking up to the smell of ignorant assholes in the morning