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State Rep. Ginny Ehrhart, a Republican from Marietta (Photo courtesy Georgia House) A Georgia lawmaker who compared transgender people to moose introduced legislation that would imprison doctors who provide gender-affirming care to trans youth.  The bill from state Rep. Ginny Ehrhart, a Republican from Marietta, is the third anti-trans proposal filed by lawmakers in February. The two others are aimed at trans athletes in schools and colleges.  Ehrhart introduced House Bill 401 – titled the ...

22 Feb 2021 The Special Committee on Election Integrity of the Georgia House of Representatives held hearings Thursday and Friday on HB 531, which includes a provision designed to ban private funding of election administration of the sort practiced by the Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Technology and Civic Life  (CTCL) in that state in 2020. “No superintendent shall take or accept any funding, grants, or gifts from any source other than from the governing authority of the county or munici...

Primary Content Listening to Rowena Cason speak about her 11-year-old, Morgaine, its clear from the onset that she couldnt be more proud of them.  "This kid is amazing," she said. "Theyre honestly one of the funniest and most honest people Ive ever met. They just have such an old soul and theyre so wise. They have the deepest empathy, too." Caption Rowena Cason, right, and her child Morgaine say theyve faced a difficult year at the hands of school administrators and bullies over Morgaine...

Georgia state representative Joseph Gullet introduced a bill to the Georgia House of Representatives that would ban private funding for the administration of federal, state and local elections to combat any outside influence and meddling. 

Add this share Rep. Philip Singleton said his bill doesn’t discriminate. But the measure is supported by lawmakers and groups with anti-LGBTQ track records. (Photo by Matt Hennie) When Republican lawmakers stood in the Georgia Capitol last week to introduce a bill targeting transgender women, they framed it as an effort to “save girls’ sports” and argued it doesn’t discriminate. None of the nine speakers even mentioned “transgender.” But the legislation –...

Editors Note: This piece was coauthored by Chandler Madden. On Day One of his presidency, Joe Biden sought to undo almost half a century of advances for women with the single stroke of a pen. With the signing of President Biden’s executive order on “gender identity,” schools were put on notice they may soon have to accept whatever a student identifies as -- in the classroom, on the field of competition, in locker rooms, and in restrooms – or else risk losing federal funding. On a day w...