Just When You thought Things Couldn't Get Worse in Texas
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Dallas prosecutor says he won't charge families over transgender youth care
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/595645-dallas-prosecutor-says-he-wont-charge-families-over-transgender-youthWell said, Nick. It really feels like things are becoming unhinged. I can never fully accept the cynical and pessimistic view that says we will never evolve away from hate and war to become a better creature, but I can also never fully dismiss it. I am recently having a hard time feeling hopeful for humanity. And I don't like feeling that way.
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Which also mentions this:
I’m on the side of keeping children healthy and safe, not the politics of it or politicians that disregard those things.
What are your thoughts on parents being allowed to “treat” gender dysphoria in utero (using tech such as CRISPR) if a predisposition is genetically identified? I promise you, this is the way some of these topics will be addressed by some places in the near future (if not already).
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On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will now use the weight of the law against attempts to restrict trans teens’ access to gender-affirming health care, as well as countering the threats to the health care professionals who provide it.
Did I miss something in this letter? According to what was posted not all trans children will be investigated, but only those who have undergone certain medical procedures.
“Greg Abbot has officially directed Family and Protective Services to begin investigating all trans children in Texas and prosecuting their parents as child abusers.”
False. They are no investigating ALL families of trans gender kids. And the majority will not be the target for prosecution.
“He has also instructed all teachers, doctors, and caregivers to begin reporting any trans students they see.”
False. mandatory reporters are not required to report any trans students they see. Simply not true. They will be required to report if they have reason to believe an illegal procedure was performed.
What Texas is doing is banning sex-altering surprises (*edit: this includes surgeries or any “surprise” that makes your genitalia spontaneously fall off) and similar procedures including those that remove body parts.
Auto correct can be so much fun sometimes
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memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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I read the intro. Clicked on the letter and read the details and pointed out what was wrong. It wasn’t difficult.
I said let’s have this discussion, just don’t start it on misinformation that all trans families are being targeted for prosecution. They’re not. Let’s start with the facts and let the discussion go from there.
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You really think your genitals can fall off if you’re surprised?
This is just more fear, hate, and ignorance.
And anyone who tries to excuse any of it is complicit.
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By María Luisa Paúl and Casey Parks
March 02 at 10:00 PM EST
A Texas judge on Wednesday partially blocked enforcement of Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to treat gender-affirming care as child abuse, court documents show.
The decision by Judge Amy Clark Meachum stems from a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Texas and Lambda Legal, the LGBTQ legal advocacy group. The lawsuit seeks to block a statewide directive ordering the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFSP) to investigate parents who allow their children to medically transition genders for possible crimes.
Meachum’s ruling grants a temporary restraining order to the plaintiffs represented in the case, but it does not prevent Texas from investigating other parents. The judge will consider that question in an additional hearing on March 11.
Within hours of the ruling, the state appealed the decision in what Lambda Legal counsel Omar Gonzalez-Pagan called a “very unusual, cruel and frankly, extraordinary move.”
“They’re seeking an appeal for a temporary restraining order that applies only to four plaintiffs,” Gonzalez-Pagan said. “It is a cruel and punitive zealousness with which the Texas governor and attorney general are proceeding to persecute transgender youth and their families. It is reprehensible and should really cause alarm for everybody.”
The offices of the state’s attorney general and the governor did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
[ACLU files lawsuit over Texas governor’s order to treat gender-affirming care for kids as child abuse]
According to the lawsuit, officials had begun investigating parents of transgender kids one week after Abbott (R) directed the state’s health agencies to handle certain gender-affirming treatments as crimes.
In his letter, the governor noted that the Office of the Attorney General, Ken Paxton, had determined that providing medical treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy could “legally constitute child abuse” under Texas law.
“I hereby direct your agency to conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of any reported instances of these abusive procedures in the State of Texas,” Abbott wrote to the commissioner of Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
[‘These are powerful people who are attacking children’: Parents respond to Texas’s latest anti-trans directive]
Among the families the department had began probing, the lawsuit shows, was a mother who works for the department responsible for the investigations. According to documents filed in Travis County district court, Jane Doe is an employee of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Her 16-year-old daughter, Mary Doe, is transgender and has been receiving medical care from the same pediatrician for most of her life. After her pediatrician diagnosed her with gender dysphoria, she has received treatments that include puberty blockers and hormone therapy to initiate a female puberty.
The day after Abbott issued his order, Jane Doe was placed on leave from the Department of Family and Protective Services, court documents say. Two days later, a child protective services investigator visited the family’s home, court documents say, and interviewed both parents. They also interviewed Mary Doe separately from her parents.
The family is now living in “constant fear,” court documents say. Jane Doe is unable to sleep, and Mary, who is typically joyful, is now moody, stressed and overwhelmed.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14