1. Montana will be the first state to hear an anti-trans bill in 2025 - an adult bathroom ban with 35 Republican cosponsors - on Friday. This as Republicans nationwide are prioritizing trans people in bathrooms, especially trans legislators McBride and Zephyr. Subscribe to support my journalism. - ThreadSky

erininthemorning.com • 46 days ago

1. Montana will be the first state to hear an anti-trans bill in 2025 - an adult bathroom ban with 35 Republican cosponsors - on Friday.

This as Republicans nationwide are prioritizing trans people in bathrooms, especially trans legislators McBride and Zephyr.

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gdeweese.bsky.social•46 days ago

I'm sorry.

jamieqmadison.bsky.social•46 days ago

How to they suppose they'll enforce this? I don't pass yet. I have a vagina though. What bathroom should I use? Should I just wear a diaper?

I'm so sick of this crap.

krissykate.bsky.social•46 days ago

Grr!

craftedbynahima.bsky.social•46 days ago

Remember fellow cis women, if you look too masculine this will effect you as well. Cause how will they know you are a woman? When laws affect trans people, it will affect cis people too. But I Guess you want strangers checking what's in your pants.

rav3nsmuse.bsky.social•46 days ago

I have a very feminine figure (used to be hourglass, now I'm a pear :D ) but have been misgendered for decades simply due to a pixie cut. My 6'1" cis son with long hair has the opposite problem. These bathroom bills are stupid and dangerous.

craftedbynahima.bsky.social•46 days ago

My wife is 6'3 and she is a trans woman. I worry about her safety. We are in a blue state but it's still dangerous and I'm still scared for her and other trans people. These bills are so fucking dangerous

rynrealmwalker.bsky.social•46 days ago

I'm an AFAB non binary person. I feel I present fairly feminine, yet have more than once recently had someone tell me I had been mistaken for a trans woman.

craftedbynahima.bsky.social•46 days ago

This gonna be reaaaallll bad for nonbinay people... I'm so so sorry the US is a shit hole.

queencatia.com•46 days ago

You may not necessarily look masculine but maybe you don't wear makeup or style your hair or wear feminine clothing. I am against any bathroom legislation. Let people go to the bathroom of their own choosing without judgement or violence. Just let it be...

craftedbynahima.bsky.social•46 days ago

Wars have been waged in bathrooms since the dawn of time, from the Black community, Asian community and back to the Gay men. Bathrooms have been a place where people have waged war. It's disgusting and needs to be stopped. Truly this country is a shit hole wrapped in a Gucci belt

queencatia.com•46 days ago

It's all just one more way to divide us...

craftedbynahima.bsky.social•46 days ago

Exactly Luigi showed us it's up and down but we are right back to where we were again. Brains of fucking gold fish.

2001dalmatians.bsky.social•41 days ago

We are already there. https://www.vox.com/2016/5/18/11690234/women-bathrooms-harassment

jenny753.indiepocalypse.social•41 days ago

She knows. 💜

vantura.bsky.social•46 days ago

I tried to explain this to a former friend and she would not have it.

craftedbynahima.bsky.social•46 days ago

Well, here are a few links to show your form friend: https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/11/01/cis-woman-mistaken-transgender-records-being-berated-bathroom#toggle-gdpr

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/utah-official-faces-calls-resign-falsely-suggesting-teen-girl-transgen-rcna137903

https://19thnews.org/2024/08/cisgender-women-of-color-anti-trans-violence/

Truly Cis women need to wake the fuck up. Especially white cis women. I know we play victim so we'll but we need to tone That shit all the way down.

vantura.bsky.social•46 days ago

At this point, she's of the mindset that she looks feminine enough not to have to worry. Which is one of the reasons we are former friends. Lack of empathy or logic.

craftedbynahima.bsky.social•46 days ago

I hope that will bite her in the ass one day. I'm so so sorry.

vantura.bsky.social•46 days ago

It's no loss to me. I just wish people could understand what empathy is.

My friends suffer because of other people's ignorance

punkygal.bsky.social•46 days ago

The thing is the courts can strike this down if they want to based on the fact that the ban would violate the right privacy which is as you know in our state constitution. We'll see if it passes but the GOP are gonna have an up hill battle the whole time

erininthemorning.com•46 days ago

You're in luck, Republicans in Montana have named rejecting the courts their other priority.

punkygal.bsky.social•46 days ago

Because of course they would. Well come what may we trans folk here in my stand by your wife and will keep fighting at any cost!!

dakyres.bsky.social•46 days ago

Sounds about right. Can't have those nasty courts interpreting legality of laws. That can't be what they are for right? Aren't they there to back up the GOP for whatever? Seems to be how they feel.

efritz.bsky.social•46 days ago

And considering that the people who "think they can tell" go mainly by physical appearance, cis women who look too masculine or cis men who look too feminine in their eyes are at risk of harassment. It's not just going to be trans people that are affected by this.

bahbeesworld.bsky.social•46 days ago

This is disgusting on so many levels! It breaks my heart to hear of all of the bullshit affecting the trans community…

bleachedthorns.bsky.social•46 days ago

The entire planet needs to find a way to punish these politicians destroying our rights

Death to the United States

toastyloaff.bsky.social•46 days ago

Luigi is always an option

ladyjadyn.bsky.social•46 days ago

it's the solution but no one is doing anything

chillstepspacewalk.bsky.social•46 days ago

Violence is not the solution. Nobody should want to be a Grynszpan. It is used as a pretext to wipe out vulnerable populations with the approval of normies who just want "order." Violence is actually the worst thing anyone in the trans community could do in response to this. Please read ww2 history.

ladyjadyn.bsky.social•46 days ago

you're a naive fool. no one has every gotten their rights without murdering their oppressors. if you were the one being beaten to death just for using a washroom, or had Nazi rhetoric spewed against your people for 50 years you would not be so sheltered.

your attitude has already defeated the west.

bleachedthorns.bsky.social•46 days ago

they didn't need Jack shit to use as permission because they always hated us and were going to genocide us no matter what anyone said or did. Try playing nice with Nazis, watch them stab you in another night of long knives dipshit

daddyuncled.bsky.social•46 days ago

Be the change you want to see in the world.

And by change, I mean a Luigi who will end the life of a pathetic billionaire.

ladyjadyn.bsky.social•46 days ago

i would if i weren't chronically disabled

otherwise the fucker has to be near me

daddyuncled.bsky.social•46 days ago

Fair enough.

Keep your mind sharp, there's plenty of fight for all of us.

kibbyskibs.bsky.social•46 days ago

People might want to mass report this critter.

arcticaion.bsky.social•46 days ago

As someone who gets called a guy when I try to dress feminine and a girl when I dress masculine I feel like I can’t be the only one who will be affected by this type of thing no matter what I try

erininthemorning.com•46 days ago

2. Congresswoman Nancy Mace launched an aggressive hate campaign on first trans congresswoman McBride.

A few weeks later, Republicans in Montana narrowly did not pass a bathroom ban targeting Zooey Zephyr.

Now, Montana Rs are taking the crusade further: a bathroom ban for all trans people.

erininthemorning.com•46 days ago

3. The bill, House Bill 121, was introduced by Republican Kerri Seekins-Crowe, who once stated that she would not allow her child to transition if it would prevent their suicide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuGw66CiKq4

missoulamizoomt.bsky.social•46 days ago

That woman is a monster

missoulamizoomt.bsky.social•46 days ago

I want to adopt her child

erininthemorning.com•46 days ago

4. Notably, the bill’s scope covers all “public buildings,” defined as any facility “owned or leased by a public agency.” This broad definition extends to rest stops, public colleges and universities, public schools, libraries, museums, state airports, publicly owned hospitals, park restrooms, more.

cks490.bsky.social•46 days ago

Do you know if this includes the major airports, like Bozeman?

cks490.bsky.social•46 days ago

To answer my question, yes, it appears that the Bozeman airport is owned by the Gallatin Airport Authority, a public entity

erininthemorning.com•46 days ago

5. The bill comes on the heels of a contentious vote by Montana’s Republican rules committee, which narrowly rejected a proposal to bar transgender Representative Zooey Zephyr from using women’s restrooms in the state capitol.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/measure-ban-trans-montana-lawmaker-zooey-zephyr-womens-bathroom-fails-rcna182733

erininthemorning.com•46 days ago

6. It reflects a federal fight over bathrooms currently underway. Nancy Mace led Speaker Johnson to ban McBride from womens' bathrooms, and speaker Johnson clarified after a recent rule package vote that the policy excluding trans people in bathrooms is in effect.

erininthemorning.com•46 days ago

7. Bathroom bans have tremendously negative impacts on transgender people. In some lawsuits, it has been revealed that such bans have led to UTIs and medical issues for trans people who have been forced to hold their pee for extended periods of time.

https://www.webmd.com/children/features/trans-kids-bathroom-choice

dakyres.bsky.social•46 days ago

Montana proving once again that a beautiful state can be ruled by ugly people. And also proof that land shouldn't have more representation than people federally.

zachnellmt.bsky.social•46 days ago

Thank you for covering this in my state so I can stay informed. 🙏🏼

doccubusfan.bsky.social•46 days ago

I don't understand why in the flock they'd spend this amount of time, energy and money on such a silly agenda. I have never had anyone stand on toilet seat and peek over, nor stick their heads underneath the stall wall! What is the repugnant doing in the restrooms? SNL needs to do a skit! The Bus

polantaris.bsky.social•45 days ago

It's really quite simple: They have no policies besides self-enrichment, so they stoke hatred to distract from their fleecing of the American populace. They all have millions of dollars, they don't actually care about the plight of the average American because it doesn't affect them and never will.

stever555666.bsky.social•46 days ago

What can I do here in California to help in the fight? Our daughter is transgender and we worry about her and her rights all the time…

ellianazazel.bsky.social•46 days ago

Thanks for your reporting. It's making me depressed... but I appreciate you. ❤️💪🏻🏳️‍⚧️❤️

saltymichael.bsky.social•46 days ago

And the hate just keeps building….

dianeb1.bsky.social•46 days ago

Again, I have to ask, how many people will be affected by this bill? How does this address the much bigger problems of Americans being able to afford groceries, housing, health care, or gasoline? Is it because these elected officials don't know how to govern or is it that they simply don't care?

2001dalmatians.bsky.social•41 days ago

My question, is anyone except a few oddballs genuinely concerned with how the bladder in the next stall is hooked up?

duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social•46 days ago

It is a distraction. While high on hate, their voters will forget how their own lives are ruined by the same politicians, and continue to support them.

dianeb1.bsky.social•46 days ago

That's why we have to keep calling it out for what it is. Their voters need to be hammered with the fact that their elected officials are failing to deliver on their promises.

stacymhinman.bsky.social•46 days ago

I got called out at the airport today for using the women’s restroom by some man. I was traveling male presenting but the mens room stalls were out of order and a urinal not being an option….. yea well sorry not sorry

thehagwriter.bsky.social•46 days ago

How are they going to police this, is my thought. Are we going to have to show our genitals at the door?? Like wtf even is this

seleristicillusion.bsky.social•46 days ago

Badly and vaguely policing gender presentation. Women who look like me can piss anywhere, regardless of trans status. Cis women who present masculine will be attacked as trans. Controlling women is an intended side effect.

thehagwriter.bsky.social•46 days ago

Absolutely, people are so wrapped up in their braindead bigotry they don't realize how much harm they'll cause for themselves. It's just gross, dumb, and completely unnecessary.

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