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House Republicans pass bill to ban trans women and girls from school sports
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2025
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I've seen a lot of my fellow trans folk say the Democrats were going to support this. That Democrats are going to throw us under the bus and let our rights be taken away, supporting it even. Yet here we are with an actual vote on the direct subject of Trans folks' existence and whether we can participate in sports and only 2 Dems voted for it. 1 voted present. The vast majority of the Democratic party supports trans rights and will vote against shit like this.
When it comes to the military budget last year, which had the transphobic rider, a budget was on the line, they voted for the budget because of how important that was, regardless of how that was incredibly misguided.
Democrats still vastly support trans people.
Nah, impossible, I was told bLuEmAGa was just as bad as real MAGA and we needed to teach em a lesson!
It's also worth noting that dem house leadership spoke against it explicitly too. For instance, Hakeem Jefferies, the Dem House Minority Leader, wrote against it before the vote too
https://bsky.app/profile/hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social/post/3lfpl3s35v22s
The Dem House Whip, Whip Clark, made similar remarks on the house floor
While I am here, I will say to make sure to contact your senators on HR 28, regardless of party, so they know how strongly people feel about it and ensure it doesn't get past the senate filibuster. It can make more of a difference than you might think
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
We're just seeing how Democrats vote when they can't possibly block a bill, versus how they vote when they can pass something.