⚠️HB1475 AND WHY YOU NEED TO CARE⚠️ /SRS (contains mentions of pedophilia and transphobia)
the bill was passed today and is formally called 'hb1475.' it bans trans people from playing on their same genders team, forcing them to play on their assigned sexes team. not only does this further isolate us, it pushes the idea that we will never be "real" enough.
If someone suspects you are not playing on your biological sexes team, they can call you into question, and literally force you to prove if your cis or trans. They supposedly are doing this through testosterone tests and consulting a physician, but they're allowed to look at a students reproductive area to see if they're trans. Our educators, the ones we are supposed to trust, can look at children's genitals, without reprecuasions because they believe the student is trans and has "an unfair advantage" against other peers.
This doesnt even mention that you legally do not need the students consent for an examination of their "pelvic regions."
No one in that house thought it was remotely wrong to be able to look at a minors genitals when they are not a certified doctor, and are certainly not preforming tests actually beneficial to a students wellbeing, and making sure they are okay. The doctors who do that go to school for ten years and they can still be held legally accountable if they act out of line. Our teachers dont even need our consent.
Thats not "ensuring equality," thats furthering the problem by enforcing rules that will lead to even more discrimination. Dont claim that this is in pursuit of equality, its blatantly transphobic and pedophilic.
There's no way to excuse looking at a minors genitals, especially when you do not have a doctorate or a reasonable cause. Their "reasoning" for this intrusion of privacy and the right of bodily autonomy is that a student does not meet their idea of cis.
What do you do if theres a cis women who presents extremely masculine and/or androgynous? Do you say that they might not be cis? Where is that determination made, between who should be examined and who shouldn't? If someone binds or just naturally looks femine or masculine and they play on their "assigned" team, can they be tested? If someone doesn't meet an adults standard of a women or man, if they dont look cis, according to that person, it's legally okay to examine their genitals without consent due to myth of an unfair advantage?
Name one case where a trans student won due to the unfair advantage of being trans, I'll wait. Senator Tuck, the literal one proposed the bill could not name a case in Florida, citing one from Connecticut where a trans female won the race due to her being biologically male and therefore stronger. A) studies have shown that this difference is not nearly as impactful as one might think. B) Does that not imply that males are superior to females down to their basic biology? Does that not translate to the mindset of one being inherently better? Doesn't sound like a push for equality to me.
This goes against the very fundamentals of sports, if we ban everyone for having a "biological advantage" then anyone above average height should be banned from basketball, no? Is it not unfair that someone who is average height is playing against someone who is 6"6? Is that not a biological advantage that allows them to be better than others who are not above average? With this logic we should be banning most Olympians.
Not to mention you can literally be sued for "violating" this act. You can be sued for playing on the "wrong team" according to them.
TLDR: HB1475 is a bill in FL that prohibits trans athletes from competing on the team they identify with, and failure to comply can lead to a literal lawsuit. This bill also allows for a student to be examined under a "reasonable" belief that they may be trans, and does not require the students consent.
