Missouri is about to enter my no go list which is unfortunate as I live on the Illinois side of the river but most of my clients and contracts are on the Missouri side. Do I get rid of my business and abandon attempting to navigate existing in Missouri? How will I make a living? How do I replace all my doctors in Missouri? There's already a real shortage of providers in the metro area although many have been moving to the Illinois side out of fear of ideological and religious interference in healthcare.
Fuchs said. “It’s all coming from the same folks who want to control women and control women’s bodies.” Finally someone is realizing that the discrimination of transgender people and the repealing of women's rights is one in the same. We are fighting the same fight but at this point, I'm not convinced the majority of women are on the same page.
Fuchs is a member of the LGBTQ+ community and a strong Trans ally, and an activist for 25+ years. She's the best possible voice we could ask for to be in the room and I greatly admire her courage to stand up to MAGAs who treat her abusively and cruelly.
The proposed Missouri bills HB2536, HB2075, and HB1893 represent an alarming escalation in the ongoing political campaign to target and marginalize transgender people.
These bills are not about protecting anyone. They are about stigmatizing a small and already vulnerable community through law, and the consequences will be severe, measurable, and deeply harmful.
Medical experts, mental-health professionals, and every major professional medical organization have repeatedly made clear that policies designed to restrict or criminalize transgender health care and participation in public life directly contribute to increased depression, anxiety, social isolation, and suicide risk among transgender youth and adults.
Legislation such as HB2536, HB2075, and HB1893 sends a clear message from the government that transgender people are not welcome, not valued, and not entitled to the same dignity and protections afforded to everyone else.
That message has real-world consequences.
These bills will embolden harassment, discrimination, and violence against transgender people.
They will push vulnerable youth further into fear and isolation.
They will intimidate doctors, teachers, and families who are simply trying to provide support and care grounded in established medical science. In short, they will create an environment where harm is not only predictable—it is inevitable.
Missouri legislators cannot claim ignorance about these outcomes.
The evidence is overwhelming and widely documented: policies that single out transgender people lead to worsened health outcomes, increased bullying and harassment, and measurable mental-health crises.
Passing these bills would mean knowingly choosing ideology over science, politics over compassion, and discrimination over basic human dignity.
Transgender people are members of families, workplaces, schools, and communities across this country.
They are our neighbors, colleagues, children, and friends.
They deserve safety, respect, and equal protection under the law—not legislation designed to erase them from public life.
If enacted, HB2536, HB2075, and HB1893 will leave a lasting stain on Missouri’s commitment to fairness and human rights. History has repeatedly judged harshly those who used the power of government to target minority communities. Legislators should remember that lesson before they choose to move forward with laws that will cause such profound and unnecessary harm.
The responsible course of action is clear: reject these bills, reject the politics of scapegoating, and stand on the side of science, compassion, and equality
WE MUST STAND AGAINST THESE RACIST BIGOTS WHO HAVE NO MORALS WHO CLAIM THEY ARE PROTECTING WOMEN WHICH IS JUST BS.
WE MUST PROTEST on March 28th - NO KINGS RALLY AND COME NOVEMBER WE MUST SHOW THEM WE COUNT
They don’t care if you are harassed at all. To them it’s all part of the plan. Maybe if you are harassed enough you will stop being trans. You won’t go out in public, etc.
That is a component of the GOPMAGA strategy for total and forced detransition. They will eradicate us by bans, incarceration, suicide, murder, or exile. Once successful in red states it will become national.
Those same paid people gave testimony 2 weeks ago in NH on a day where one committee heard 4 bathroom bills. That was just the house. 2 more in Senate.
who ARE these people??? What is it going to take to bring them into the light of our beautiful humanity where we understand we are, ALL of US, in this together. I'm sick in my heart this morning reading this news. And still, I'm going to encourage that we stand tall and proud!!
OK. All those things you list suck. That's not how I read her comment, mindless chanting of USA USA USA in spite of the suckage. It seems to me she is referring to being proud of being a human being with the capacity for inclusion and acceptance. YMMV.
Posts like this make me remember how in 1981 when we had just gotten married at the end of January and around March she realized she was pregnant. We both knew that this was not something that would be manageable so we went to Dr. Tom and he referred us to a clinic in St Louis (about an hour's drive away) and they were very professional about it -- they even had a room for us guys to get groups counseled while our ladies were undergoing "the procedure". Then we went out for dinner and drove back to Illinois. But that was another time.
According to the Missouri house website, HP 2536 is showing that there’s no further hearing scheduled. Am I missing something? Have they yet to update?
Missouri is about to enter my no go list which is unfortunate as I live on the Illinois side of the river but most of my clients and contracts are on the Missouri side. Do I get rid of my business and abandon attempting to navigate existing in Missouri? How will I make a living? How do I replace all my doctors in Missouri? There's already a real shortage of providers in the metro area although many have been moving to the Illinois side out of fear of ideological and religious interference in healthcare.
For those of us not living in Missouri, what can we do to help?
Fuchs said. “It’s all coming from the same folks who want to control women and control women’s bodies.” Finally someone is realizing that the discrimination of transgender people and the repealing of women's rights is one in the same. We are fighting the same fight but at this point, I'm not convinced the majority of women are on the same page.
Fuchs is a member of the LGBTQ+ community and a strong Trans ally, and an activist for 25+ years. She's the best possible voice we could ask for to be in the room and I greatly admire her courage to stand up to MAGAs who treat her abusively and cruelly.
The proposed Missouri bills HB2536, HB2075, and HB1893 represent an alarming escalation in the ongoing political campaign to target and marginalize transgender people.
These bills are not about protecting anyone. They are about stigmatizing a small and already vulnerable community through law, and the consequences will be severe, measurable, and deeply harmful.
Medical experts, mental-health professionals, and every major professional medical organization have repeatedly made clear that policies designed to restrict or criminalize transgender health care and participation in public life directly contribute to increased depression, anxiety, social isolation, and suicide risk among transgender youth and adults.
Legislation such as HB2536, HB2075, and HB1893 sends a clear message from the government that transgender people are not welcome, not valued, and not entitled to the same dignity and protections afforded to everyone else.
That message has real-world consequences.
These bills will embolden harassment, discrimination, and violence against transgender people.
They will push vulnerable youth further into fear and isolation.
They will intimidate doctors, teachers, and families who are simply trying to provide support and care grounded in established medical science. In short, they will create an environment where harm is not only predictable—it is inevitable.
Missouri legislators cannot claim ignorance about these outcomes.
The evidence is overwhelming and widely documented: policies that single out transgender people lead to worsened health outcomes, increased bullying and harassment, and measurable mental-health crises.
Passing these bills would mean knowingly choosing ideology over science, politics over compassion, and discrimination over basic human dignity.
Transgender people are members of families, workplaces, schools, and communities across this country.
They are our neighbors, colleagues, children, and friends.
They deserve safety, respect, and equal protection under the law—not legislation designed to erase them from public life.
If enacted, HB2536, HB2075, and HB1893 will leave a lasting stain on Missouri’s commitment to fairness and human rights. History has repeatedly judged harshly those who used the power of government to target minority communities. Legislators should remember that lesson before they choose to move forward with laws that will cause such profound and unnecessary harm.
The responsible course of action is clear: reject these bills, reject the politics of scapegoating, and stand on the side of science, compassion, and equality
WE MUST STAND AGAINST THESE RACIST BIGOTS WHO HAVE NO MORALS WHO CLAIM THEY ARE PROTECTING WOMEN WHICH IS JUST BS.
WE MUST PROTEST on March 28th - NO KINGS RALLY AND COME NOVEMBER WE MUST SHOW THEM WE COUNT
They don’t care if you are harassed at all. To them it’s all part of the plan. Maybe if you are harassed enough you will stop being trans. You won’t go out in public, etc.
That is a component of the GOPMAGA strategy for total and forced detransition. They will eradicate us by bans, incarceration, suicide, murder, or exile. Once successful in red states it will become national.
We're in for a very long, very dark night, at the rate this shit is spreading.
NH advanced 3 today also 💔
Those same paid people gave testimony 2 weeks ago in NH on a day where one committee heard 4 bathroom bills. That was just the house. 2 more in Senate.
Excellent reporting, S. Baum.
I am in awe of the brave trans folk of Kansas and Missouri who are standing up to bigotry and hate.
More details of the hearing. https://missouriindependent.com/2026/03/03/house-committee-debates-restroom-restrictions-for-transgender-missourians/
Thank you.
If only the GOP spent this much legislative effort on policies that could actually help Americans, such as healthcare, housing, and affordability.
who ARE these people??? What is it going to take to bring them into the light of our beautiful humanity where we understand we are, ALL of US, in this together. I'm sick in my heart this morning reading this news. And still, I'm going to encourage that we stand tall and proud!!
Sending strength and courage!
OK. All those things you list suck. That's not how I read her comment, mindless chanting of USA USA USA in spite of the suckage. It seems to me she is referring to being proud of being a human being with the capacity for inclusion and acceptance. YMMV.
This is beginning to get real. I suggest we do to.
I am already real. To what do you refer?
Posts like this make me remember how in 1981 when we had just gotten married at the end of January and around March she realized she was pregnant. We both knew that this was not something that would be manageable so we went to Dr. Tom and he referred us to a clinic in St Louis (about an hour's drive away) and they were very professional about it -- they even had a room for us guys to get groups counseled while our ladies were undergoing "the procedure". Then we went out for dinner and drove back to Illinois. But that was another time.
This is getting ridiculous at this point.
According to the Missouri house website, HP 2536 is showing that there’s no further hearing scheduled. Am I missing something? Have they yet to update?
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