Liz Saila
Helping track pro- and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation with LegiAlerts | anti-bigotry | physics & astronomy nerd | sf&f & ttrpg geek | trans | AuDHD | she/her | sites.google.com/view/liz-h-saila/home
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- This is talking about Independent Women's Forum, their gamete production sex definition put out in their so-called "Women's Bill of Rights" and its successor "Stand with Women Act" which we've been raising alarms about for 3+ years. sites.google.com/view/liz-h-s...
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- Reposted by Liz SailaNEW: The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as it tells the reality of America today. "I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le — a government lawyer — told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..." Law Dork:
- I haven't quite figured out whether to add this South Dakota bill to the @legialerts.org tracker. It grants exceptions to the gamete production trans bathroom/changing room ban already in existence, by saying that firefighters & theater folks can ignore it. legiscan.com/SD/text/HB11...
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- Reposted by Liz SailaHe literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.
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- Reposted by Liz Sailathis post is gettin a lot of love! just wanna remind folks that Black trans history never ended! u can support black trans lives TODAY! THEM has this rad list of trans orgs by state, many of which specifically serve Black queer folks. i urge u to donate + follow! www.them.us/story/orgs-f...
- It's black history month, and so our writer S. Baum decided to cover black trans people you may not hear about in your history classes. Go read their latest piece, and don't forget to subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/black-tran...
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- Nothing fear-mongering at all about a bill title like "The Pediatric Secretive Transitions Parental Rights Act" I'm sure...
- Reposted by Liz Sailaso the guy sharing gross transphobic slop with Epstein here is Robert Trivers, the scientist who invented the specious yet popular "parental investment" theory, in which sperm are cheap so men want to f*ck lots of women, but eggs are expensive so women are looking for a man with "good genes"...
- O cool The hypothesis that the elite were trying to segrigate trans people from society purely to keep us as sex slaves was real, but only for trans women since they see trans men as undesirable for sex and want them eliminated which is EXACTLY THE POLICIES AND RHETORIC WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN RIGHT NOW
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- Reposted by Liz SailaAudre Lorde, in a 1989 commencement address, said, "Remember this, despair is a tool of your enemies. That rumor, 'You can’t fight City Hall,' is circulated by City Hall. Facing the realities of our lives gives us the motivation for action, it gives us the power to change. You are not powerless."
- Reposted by Liz SailaKansas has passed a bill that would revoke trans people's drivers licenses, forcing them to surrender them for replacements. It also creates trans bounty hunters that can sue trans people for money. It goes to the gov, who will veto, but R's can override. Subscribe to support our journalism.
- Azinger's focus on trans people is just creepy.
- Michigan Republican State Reps want trans women prisoners to be searched by men and trans men prisoners to be searched by women in HB 5491 legiscan.com/MI/text/HB54...
- '“Laws like this do not create safety; they create permission,” Erwin said. “Permission to what? To question, to confront, to follow, to detain. To inflict harm on those who look different.” ' www.nebraskanewsservice.net/news/bill-wo...
- What it looked like _before_ they added the bathroom ban and bounty...
- Reposted by Liz SailaWant to re-emphasize what this bill does. It implements a $1,000 bounty for anyone to sue someone they suspect is trans and using the bathroom.
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- See also frequency of such terms appearing in legislation from 2009-present. Note uptick in trans exclusionary sex definition language after bathroom bills in 2015, then major uptick with sports and medical bans in 2020. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
- The Womxn Project opposes the nomination of a particular person to the judiciary due to the bill and the prospective justice's stances against bodily autonomy. steveahlquist.substack.com/p/the-womxn-...
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- Reposted by Liz Saila"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
- Reposted by Liz SailaKare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
- Reposted by Liz SailaWe are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
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- We're now tracking about as many anti-trans bills for 2026 as we saw for the entirety of 2022. It's a similar case for anti-LGBTQ+ bills in general. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
- It looks like we passed that threshold 8 or 9 days later than last year. The even numbered years usually produce fewer new bills than the odd numbered ones, in part because a number of states are only in full session during the odd years. bsky.app/profile/lizs...
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- This re: Florida HB 0743, which includes $100K liability for "Any health care practitioner who willfully or actively participates, or aids or abets another" in providing gender affirming medical care for minors. floridapolitics.com/archives/775...
- Among other things, Indiana SB 182 is notable for using the Heritage Foundation's late 2023 model bill "The Defining Sex Act" which which defines and segregates by sex based on who produces eggs or sperm.
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- Reposted by Liz SailaGerman Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews. In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship. Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
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- Reposted by Liz SailaICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
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- Another one that I don't think LegiAlerts should track but is a generally *positive* bill Hawaii Democratic state senators are sponsoring SB 2268 which mandates adult changing tables in at least one restroom of each type: male, female, and non-gendered. legiscan.com/HI/bill/SB22...
- IDK if this is something LegiAlerts should track, but it's still pretty sketch. This Mississippi GOP bill would impose mandatory jail time and a $5K fine on anyone falsely reporting that a crime was committed for malice against a protected class - discouraging reporting legiscan.com/MS/bill/HB10...
- Probably not going to track this one for LegiAlerts since it & the law it modifies doesn't directly address SOGIE, but one of your favorite OK state Senators, Shane Jett wants to ditch the existing opt-out provisions for sex ed & instead eliminate sex ed entirely. legiscan.com/OK/text/SB17...
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- It was never about the kids. Total ban on providing gender affirming medical care for all ages proposed in a new bill for Oklahoma.
- Who could it be who would have trans girls able to compete in public school sports on girls' teams after having completed 1 year of hormone therapy? Why, the state of Ohio in December 2014... web.archive.org/web/20141210...
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- SO many bills in Washington that I thought had failed last year were actually just napping and are now active again, marked as roll over on the 2025 sheet and placed onto the 2026 @legialerts.org sheet.
- Arizona Democrats are making another attempt to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the anti-discrimination protected classes for Employment, Housing, and Public Accommodations in state law in AZ HB 2217. legiscan.com/AZ/text/HB22...
- This is the last day for New Jersey's 2024-2025 session. NJ Dems have had a trans prisoners' rights bill languishing for 2 years ( NJ 2024 A 1975). It's unclear to me if this is a last ditch effort to get that one passed or if it's rebooting in 2026. www.shorenewsnetwork.com/nj-bill-woul...
- Williesha Morris on @al.com writes about Alabama Republicans' latest attempt at getting a Don't Say Gay/Trans bill passed: HB 23 - due to be introduced tomorrow www.al.com/politics/202...
- Unfortunately, not quite two weeks into the year, there's already over 130 anti-LGBTQ+ bills this session to track and hundreds more carrying over from last year that have yet to be active. Good news is we're tracking 140+ pro-LGBTQ+ bills & more carry-overs too. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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- Reposted by Liz SailaVideo message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
- Reposted by Liz SailaBREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program. docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
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- Reposted by Liz SailaI know it's hard to shock these days but Elon Musk going full Rhodesia defender and calling for the ethnic cleansing of the US should still shock you. These are neo nazi views that were only previously shared on explicitly neo nazi sites.
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