The Governor, who was on the short list for Harris potential VP pick, vetoed a gender affirming care ban last year. Far-right organizations ran millions in anti-trans ads against him.
Makes me glad he didn't get picked for VP- he still has several years left in his term, and he's already where he can do the most good: kneecapping the GQP's culture war right in his own backyard.
That kind of defeatism is upsetting. The winner-take-all Electoral College system makes the state political maps look more monolithic than they really are.
It’s always amazed me that conversion therapy is still legal in many states. There’s absolutely no evidence that it works, plenty of evidence that it harms, and ethically wrong to try. Eventually it will be looked upon in the same way we view blood letting, exorcism, or foul humors… something to be laughed at and ridiculed. That day can’t come soon enough.
My point is that we need politicians like this one where they're at.
We need more progressive politicians in traditionally "red states," otherwise we can't reverse stuff like forced ABA or the ensuing Lavender Scare (anti-trans panic) that's brewing in these places especially.
"...It has no basis in medicine, and has no basis in science,” the governor said. I'm curious about that. The two organizations call it unethical and the cited research references people being "threatened" with conversion therapy.
Obviously this is not something that should be engaged it without the informed consent of the subject any more than the Trumpish fantasy of schools performing surgery would be ethical. But given the existence of well-adjusting trans individuals, a flat-out denial can not be warranted.
Makes me glad he didn't get picked for VP- he still has several years left in his term, and he's already where he can do the most good: kneecapping the GQP's culture war right in his own backyard.
Exactly!
A good example of why we shouldn't write off the "red states".
Sadly, I remember reading an article from Vox a while back saying that the Dems should "abandon" the South.
That means that "red states" like mine would be abandoned to the likes of Glenn Youngkin, who is a lot worse than Trump.
And DeSantis to Florida...
That kind of defeatism is upsetting. The winner-take-all Electoral College system makes the state political maps look more monolithic than they really are.
*Florida to DeSantis, I should say.
Worth remembering: even Florida used to be a swing state.
Good for him! He has been an ally to so many!
Agreed!
Yep!
Yes! An excellent example of how to use evidence, rather than hate, to craft policy
Not many politicians out there that do that, it seems, nowadays.
It’s always amazed me that conversion therapy is still legal in many states. There’s absolutely no evidence that it works, plenty of evidence that it harms, and ethically wrong to try. Eventually it will be looked upon in the same way we view blood letting, exorcism, or foul humors… something to be laughed at and ridiculed. That day can’t come soon enough.
You made my DAY!!! “No basis in science”, firm basis in the art and science if destroying youth and vulnerable people.
Encouraging news!
Warms my heart!
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Kentucky also has forced ABA and schooling programs against us Autistic people that isolate us from others.
No surprise that it's retrograde in trans rights and liberation.
My point is that we need politicians like this one where they're at.
We need more progressive politicians in traditionally "red states," otherwise we can't reverse stuff like forced ABA or the ensuing Lavender Scare (anti-trans panic) that's brewing in these places especially.
<growls autistically at the Kentuckians responsible>
Go go! And be aware of agents sowing dissent and trying to destabilize democracies and democratic elections.
https://theconversation.com/five-disinformation-tactics-russia-is-using-to-try-to-influence-the-us-election-238379
"...It has no basis in medicine, and has no basis in science,” the governor said. I'm curious about that. The two organizations call it unethical and the cited research references people being "threatened" with conversion therapy.
Obviously this is not something that should be engaged it without the informed consent of the subject any more than the Trumpish fantasy of schools performing surgery would be ethical. But given the existence of well-adjusting trans individuals, a flat-out denial can not be warranted.
Tell 'em!