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But I think it's important we take care to see what people are really saying.

Agreed. The comments on this thread bothered me because it reminded me a lot of the TRA outrage against JKR. People giving the situation a cursory look (or not looking at all) and jumping immediately to being upset without actually taking the time to read and interpret what she said. This article isn't pro-pansexuality. Almost everything after the highlighted bit is a criticism of how wokesters try to make being pansexual compulsory.

I'm not familiar with California laws, but I Googled it and it does appear that a law punishing 'misgendering' with fines and jail time was passed in 2018. Some sources say it had been challenged though. I agree it's very distressing, but unsurprising unfortunately. I'm not sure if there are any similar penalties for actual hate speech such as homophobic slurs.