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More pictures from today
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funny thing is I am writing this mid-stream because if I don't do it now I will forget until next time these assholes show up.
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2. Republicans called it the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.” Democrats dubbed it “The GOP Child Predator Empowerment Act”. The Senate clerk said it didn’t have the votes.
Senate Dems have once again staved off federal legislation that would effectively ban trans women in sports.
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3. The vote was split exactly on party lines following its passage in the majority-Republican House in January. Democratic Senators Elissa Slotkin of Minnesota and Peter Welch of Vermont, as well as Republicans Shelly Moore Capito of West Virginia and Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, abstained.
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4. Sen Tuberville of Alabama spent nearly twenty minutes espousing anti-trans rhetoric, including falsehoods that male boxers had competed in the women’s category during the Olympics, with the implication being the boxers are trans. But the boxers in question are not male, nor are they trans.
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5. Evidently, Tuberville also cannot discern between trans men and trans women. He railed against (unverified) claims that some states have women's teams that are “all boys.”
“We have women's teams in some states participating on the high school level that are all transgender boys,”
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6. The failed legislation reflects a wider effort to disallow trans women (or, like Khelif, anyone suspected of being a trans woman) from women’s sports and spaces. States and sports leagues across the country have begun enacting similar policies.
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7. President Donald Trump attempted to establish a federal ban of this nature via an executive order during his first few days.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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8. ACLU: "“We need more attention on actually ensuring fair and equal opportunity for all girls and women, not inflicting invasive and humiliating checks and bullying on kids to serve adults’ political purposes. We are thankful to the senators who rejected this ugly effort to codify discrimination"
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9. HRC: "Thank you to the leaders who stood up today, pushed back against those playing politics with young people’s lives, and declared that ours should be a nation where every child feels valued.”
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10. Lastly, EITM is an award-winning, trans-led journalism outlet covering LGBTQ+ issues every day. You can subscribe to support our journalism at www.erininthemorning.com/subscribe.