I get that it’s important to document this stuff, but to me this headline basically reads as: “Breaking News! Ocean Extremely Wet! Also Salty!”

Reminds me of Utah ‘defining’ Pluto as a planet when it ‘passes over’ their state. Utterly silly.

What concerns me, though, is whether they would try to use this as a stepping stone toward defining legal identification of trans people’s correct gender as fraud. It seems unlikely to have an impact in states where trans folks actually have legal protections, but I could see it being used against us in states where we don’t.

Busloads of trans men showing up to use the bathroom would actually probably be a pretty effective means of activism for policies like these.

Is there any evidence that petitions are effective when they’re not legally binding and are coming from the opposition?