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Now they are voting on HB 113 - the anti-trans health care bill. This bill will truly cause kids to die. It hurts that we are here. Here is the link: http://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00309/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20210125/-1/39915#handoutFile_
The sponsor is fully lying. Claiming that our health is not improved with treatment. Comparing us to a veteran who identified with an amputee and wanted a limb removed. Yeah, that's a no.
The sponsor is now claiming that what trans people need is counseling to get us to live in our assigned sex. (Note that the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the Endocrine Society all disagree). This is deadly conversion therapy.
Rep. Farris-Olson again explaining the extreme harms of the bill. The threat to the economy. He is being told to stick to the bill. Though this is about the bill.
Noting that the bill is unconstitutional under federal and state constitutions.
Republican lawmaker talks about how the party should be about less regulation and more personal freedom and opposes the law.
"Personal freedom to be a parent". You would give up your life for your kid and if the kid is struggling and you have to help them. I am crying to hear just a moment of a compassion in this hateful hellscape.
Finally someone speaking accurately. This is just about giving youth time. #MTLeg
Minority speaker Abbott talking about how painful this is for trans people. This is about banning medical professionals from making the best decisions for their patients.
Now someone talking about how "changing someone's body does not solve a mental health problem". Let me just say that changing my body saved my life so I can sit here and tweet against this horror. #MTLeg
We are seeing a lot of lies about this care, about trans lives, about our bodies. Do not believe these lies even if some of these people do.
"Affirm the value of our children" - just not the trans ones.
Apparently proponents of the bill believe that this bill is not about "restricting rights" but rather about "protecting" children from an elective medical procedure. This is not elective care. This is survival care.
Rep. Gillette acting like she is an expert on this because she has patients. SHE IS A DENTIST! Seriously this is outrageous. She is now distorting the Tavistock decision in the UK. cc: @Genderintell @stonewalluk
OMG SHE IS CLAIMING THAT HORMONES MAKE YOU NOT ABLE ORGASM. HELLO?!!!!!
I want to scream about the lies. We cannot win. Apparently the "real danger" is "cross-sex hormones" but we have to ban "blockers" because apparently they make you trans. But excuse me ma'am we are trans and that is why we need the care.
This Dentist does not understand the law. #MTLeg
Apparently the dentist knows medicine better than the AAP, the AMA, the Endocrine Society, the Pediatric Endocrine Society, the APA but go off.
Rep. Bishop speaking about how there are over 50 high-quality studies showing that youth who receive gender-affirming care reduce suicidality by 70%. I knew Bishop would be opposed to the bill BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WEARING A MASK.
Now voting on the bill. Sponsor closes by saying it is not discriminatory.
