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cgod  ·  3347 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Texas lawmaker introduces bill to make it a crime for transgender people to use restrooms

$10,000? It's fucking breathtaking.

I called her office and told the person who answered the phone that as a straight married hetero male with no particular interest or special understanding of transgender issues I find her legislation over bathrooms shockingly cruel and and un-christian.

Give her a call 281-257-4222





am_Unition  ·  3347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just did the same. That poor intern boy. I didn't even have to explain what "HB 1748" entails, as he told me he was familiar with the text, and that I was not the first individual to phone the office today.

I politely told him that I require a formal response with ideological justification behind Ms. Riddle's proposed bill, along with proposed methods of enforcing the bill without violating private medical records or committing sexual harassment (look, dude, just show officer Williams your dick real quick... only like, the base of it, even... and everything will be fine... as long as there isn't scar tissue, of course).

As a potential constituent (probably moving to Houston in the fall), I used my vote as leverage. I've never voted in my life, but shhhhhhh...