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Today’s transphobia is yesterday’s homophobia. While homophobia is of course still alive and well, much of the transphobia that is spouted these days is in many ways rehashed arguments against gay and lesbian cisgender people in recent decades. Being transgender was only removed from the World Health Organization’s classification of mental disorders as recently as 2019, and it wasn’t until 2013 when the American Psychiatric Association appropriately renamed “gender identity disorder” to “gender dysphoria.” Compare this to how homosexuality was declassif...

House Insurance Committee — Property and Casualty Subcommittee Chairman Steve Tarvin (R-Chickamauga) and members of the Property and Casualty Subcommittee took action on some legislation this morning: HB 241, authored by Representative Matthew Gambill (R-Cartersville), seeks to amend O.C.G.A. 33-7-6, relating to property insurance, contract requirements, rules and regulations, and exemptions, so as to revise the meaning of property insurance and also to change the parameters under which certain contracts, agreements, or instruments may be canceled. The legislation attempts to streamline ser...