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New WV bill amends state definition of "obscene material" to include transgender people

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A new bill proposed in West Virginia effectively makes it functionally illegal to be publicly transgender. It amends their definition of obscene material to include "any transgender exposure".
(4) For the purposes of any prohibition, protection or requirement under any and all articles
and sections of the Code of West Virginia protecting children from exposure to indecent displays of
a sexually explicit nature, such prohibited displays shall include, but not be limited to, any
transvestite and/or transgender
exposure, performances or display to any minor
Conservatives view trans people as inherently sexual basically.

Obscene material (which now includes exposure to trans people) is banned within 2,500 feet of schools.
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section,
designated §18-5-29; and to amend and reenact §61-8A-1 of said code, all relating to the
prohibition of obscene materials in or within 2,500 feet of West Virginia schools
; and
defining criminal penalties for obscene materials in or within 2,500 feet of West Virginia
schools.

The punishment for exposing a minor to obscene material is a felony.
(a) Any adult, with knowledge of the character of the matter, who knowingly and intentionally distributes, offers to distribute, or displays to a minor any obscene matter, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $25,000, or confined in a state correctional facility for not more than five years, or both. (Source)

How would this effect transgender teachers or parents? What if you drive/walk past a school?

A recently proposed law of a similar nature effectively bans transgender people from performing in public, and possibly Shakespeare plays and movies like Ms Doubtfire.
(a) The main aspect of the performance is a performer which exhibits
a gender identity that is different than the performer's gender assigned
at birth
using clothing, makeup, or other physical markers (Source)

The new round of anti-trans bills being introduced are far more worrying than previous laws. The end goal is clear. They view transgender people as a social contagen and existing in public as a sexual act, basically grooming children into being trans, and want to ban trans people from public life. They don't want them in media. They don't want them to teach. They don't want them to be parents. They wished they didn't exist at all.
 
A new bill proposed in West Virginia effectively makes it functionally illegal to be publicly transgender. It amends their definition of obscene material to include "any transgender exposure".

Conservatives view trans people as inherently sexual basically.

Obscene material (which now includes exposure to trans people) is banned within 2,500 feet of schools.


The punishment for exposing a minor to obscene material is a felony.


How would this effect transgender teachers or parents? What if you drive/walk past a school?

A recently proposed law of a similar nature effectively bans transgender people from performing in public, and possibly Shakespeare plays and movies like Ms Doubtfire.


The new round of anti-trans bills being introduced are far more worrying than previous laws. The end goal is clear. They view transgender people as a social contagen and existing in public as a sexual act, basically grooming children into being trans, and want to ban trans people from public life. They don't want them in media. They don't want them to teach. They don't want them to be parents. They wished they didn't exist at all.

West Virginia has one of the lowest standards of living and highest poverty rates in the country, and people are fleeing in droves.

So what do they do? Persecute trans people! 🤦‍♂️
 
We are always paying the price for not properly dealing with the Lost Cause and Southern insularity and its concomitant cultural aggression.
 
West Virginia has one of the lowest standards of living and highest poverty rates in the country, and people are fleeing in droves.

So what do they do? Persecute trans people! 🤦‍♂️
Sums up "anti-wokist" ideology in a nutshell.

Obsessing over shit that doesn't affect you and oppressing anyone who's already marginalized, while real issues slap you in the face.
 
A new bill proposed in West Virginia effectively makes it functionally illegal to be publicly transgender. It amends their definition of obscene material to include "any transgender exposure".

Conservatives view trans people as inherently sexual basically.

Obscene material (which now includes exposure to trans people) is banned within 2,500 feet of schools.


The punishment for exposing a minor to obscene material is a felony.


How would this effect transgender teachers or parents? What if you drive/walk past a school?

A recently proposed law of a similar nature effectively bans transgender people from performing in public, and possibly Shakespeare plays and movies like Ms Doubtfire.


The new round of anti-trans bills being introduced are far more worrying than previous laws. The end goal is clear. They view transgender people as a social contagen and existing in public as a sexual act, basically grooming children into being trans, and want to ban trans people from public life. They don't want them in media. They don't want them to teach. They don't want them to be parents. They wished they didn't exist at all.

So much FREEEEDOM am I right? 😎
 
Sums up "anti-wokist" ideology in a nutshell.

Obsessing over shit that doesn't affect you and oppressing anyone who's already marginalized, while real issues slap you in the face.
Reactionaries when the economy goes down the drain trying to decide if they should blame immigrants, religious minorities, sexual minorities, racial minorities, or moral degeneracy this time.
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West Virginia has one of the lowest standards of living and highest poverty rates in the country, and people are fleeing in droves.

So what do they do? Persecute trans people! 🤦‍♂️

Well what else is the West Virginia legislature going to do? Actually help their constituents? Save their dying state?

Nonense! That's a waste of their time! They should spend it on hating trans people! That'll bring their glorious state back from the bottom of the list! 😡😡
 
A new bill proposed in West Virginia effectively makes it functionally illegal to be publicly transgender. It amends their definition of obscene material to include "any transgender exposure".
This bill will not survive a legal challenge. It will get tossed and so will the backward idiot who proposed it.

Conservatives view trans people as inherently sexual basically.

Simple bigotry.

Obscene material (which now includes exposure to trans people) is banned within 2,500 feet of schools.
Again, this will fail, and WV will face litigation over it.


The punishment for exposing a minor to obscene material is a felony.
This will not withstand a legal challenge.

Expect lawsuits and republican scumbags to backtrack.

How would this effect transgender teachers or parents? What if you drive/walk past a school?

They will likely be harassed by ignorant people.


A recently proposed law of a similar nature effectively bans transgender people from performing in public, and possibly Shakespeare plays and movies like Ms Doubtfire.
Strictly speaking those laws are unenforceable.

The new round of anti-trans bills being introduced are far more worrying than previous laws. The end goal is clear. They view transgender people as a social contagen and existing in public as a sexual act, basically grooming children into being trans, and want to ban trans people from public life. They don't want them in media. They don't want them to teach. They don't want them to be parents. They wished they didn't exist at all.
 
A new bill proposed in West Virginia effectively makes it functionally illegal to be publicly transgender. It amends their definition of obscene material to include "any transgender exposure".

Conservatives view trans people as inherently sexual basically.

Obscene material (which now includes exposure to trans people) is banned within 2,500 feet of schools.


The punishment for exposing a minor to obscene material is a felony.


How would this effect transgender teachers or parents? What if you drive/walk past a school?

A recently proposed law of a similar nature effectively bans transgender people from performing in public, and possibly Shakespeare plays and movies like Ms Doubtfire.


The new round of anti-trans bills being introduced are far more worrying than previous laws. The end goal is clear. They view transgender people as a social contagen and existing in public as a sexual act, basically grooming children into being trans, and want to ban trans people from public life. They don't want them in media. They don't want them to teach. They don't want them to be parents. They wished they didn't exist at all.
But but the transes are the evil ones or so terfs and republicans tell us.
 
I wonder if TN and Al will follow. I mean we can't keep trash off the roads and animals properly kept but that might be something to concern oneself with.
 
It sounds like its targeted to drag shows and such.
It literally says any "transgender exposure". Sexually explicate content was already banned. This law would basically treat being trans as some kind of crossdressing sexual act. It wasn't that long ago in Texas that you could be arrested for wearing 3 articles of clothing that were for the opposite gender. A lot of the people who made and voted for those laws are still alive today.
 
Sure.



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