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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 30

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This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.

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  1. kfwyre
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    I don’t normally warn for news articles, but this one is so overtly discriminatory, hostile, and upsetting that I feel obligated to put it in a fold. Trans people shouldn’t have to even see shit...

    I don’t normally warn for news articles, but this one is so overtly discriminatory, hostile, and upsetting that I feel obligated to put it in a fold. Trans people shouldn’t have to even see shit like this, much less actually live it. This will also have a huge negative impact on cis and intersex women as well. It has only passed the House at the minute so it’s not fully implemented yet, but the fact that it even got that far is disgusting.

    cw: transphobia

    Ohio GOP passes bill aiming to root out 'suspected' transgender female athletes through genital inspection

    House Republican lawmakers in Ohio passed a bill at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday night that would ban transgender girls and women from participating in high school and college athletics. It also comes with a "verification process" of checking the genitals of those "accused" of being trans.

    The 'Save Women's Sports Act,' or House Bill 61, wasn't supposed to be on the schedule for legislators originally. However, at the last minute, Republican representatives added the language to a completely different bill.

    The proposed rules would prohibit any trans athlete from competing with cisgender girls or women. It also has a verification requirement, if someone is "accused" or "suspected" of being trans.

    If someone is suspected to be transgender, she must go through evaluations of her external and internal genitalia, testosterone levels and genetic makeup.

    "This is truly bizarre medically and nonsensical, but looking at it practically, this bill means that if anyone decides to question a child's true gender, that child must undergo a sensitive exam," the doctor said.

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