Anti-Trans Misinformation Spewed at Senate Hearing — But It Gets Countered
The hearing was on the realities of LGBTQ+ people in the U.S.
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The hearing was on the realities of LGBTQ+ people in the U.S.
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing June 21 examining efforts in some states to ban gender reassignment surgery or other treatments for minors, as well as bills to prevent student athletes who identify as transgender from competing on sports teams opposite their biological sex. The hearing, titled, 'Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans,' mostly centered on the increasingly controversial issue of gender dysphoria. So far 22 U.S.
Twenty states have enacted bans on gender reassignment surgery or hormonal treatments for minors, although not all of those bans are currently in effect.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled "Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans" on Wednesday.
Brought forward on Feb. 16, House Bill 6 — otherwise known as the Save Women’s Sports Act — has become one of the most contentious laws being debated in the Ohio Statehouse.