Transing ChildrenDemocrat Introduces Bill To Protect LGB Youth from Medical Assault

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[–]SickOfThisShit 30 insightful - 2 fun30 insightful - 1 fun31 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Honestly nice to see a Democrat pushing for this.

[–]BEB[S] 29 insightful - 4 fun29 insightful - 3 fun30 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

He's getting serious hate from the blue-haired minivan moms and the usual suspects.

This is a state not federal bill, but it's good news anyway, because finally a Democrat has grown a spine.

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

This is a state not federal bill

You know what I'm going to ask, don't you 😂

[–]BEB[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

No matter what you ask, I'm pretty sure I won't be able to answer it ;-) Each state has its own laws, and so I would not know anything about what happens in this politician's state.

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Haha, I really need to buy myself a book on US politics...

[–]BEB[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know if one exists that could answer all your questions: there are 50 states, as you no doubt know. I think the extreme differences between areas, and between groups in each area, is one of the things non-Americans often don't realize about the US.

Especially people from geographically small and ethnically homogenized countries, who have a hard time grasping the complexity. People just dismiss "Americans" as if we are all one group, when we are almost infinitely varied.

[–]reluctant_commenter 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You know how there's, in U.S. national capitol, a Congress with 2 houses: House of Representatives and Senate?

There's actually one of those in every single state. :) So we call this guy a "state senator" to distinguish the fact that he's a senator in his state (one of the 50 states) and not a senator in the Senate (capital S-- the national one).

I think there might be one or two states that do something slightly different because they're weird, but that's how it goes for almost every state.

edit: Also I agree with BEB about the diversity among states. In my limited experience, for that reason most people I've met are quite loyal to their state or local region (e.g. Midwest, West Coast, East Coast) but not necessarily to the US as a whole. It's interesting.