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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".
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.
Conservatives view trans people as inherently sexual basically.(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
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.