North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a trio of bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth that would restrict gender-affirming health care and sports participation for transgender minors and limit classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality.
  • Flying SquidEnglish
    18·
    2 years ago

    This is about a fraction of a fraction of a percent of children in this country. And Republicans are going insane about them.

    • specfreqEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      “North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Wednesday a trio of bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth that would ban gender-affirming health care for minors, restrict transgender participation in school sports and limit classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality.”

      I believe all transgender people make up about 0.7% of the population. That’s about 110,000. If 25% are minors, that’s around 27,000 people per year banned from getting the help they need.

      40% end up commiting suicide as it is…

      • Flying SquidEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        They know the suicide rate for transgender children is high. They’re fine with that. They want children to die. So pro-life of them.

      • BadEngineering@kbin.social
        4·
        2 years ago

        I think your numbers are a little off. According to the Williams Institute trans people actually only make up about .5% of US citizens, and 18% of trans people are aged 13-17. The US population is around 338,000,000. Multiply that by .5% and you get 1,690,000 trans people in the US. 18% of 1,690,000 comes to 30,420 trans children between 13-17.

        Source: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/trans-adults-united-states/

        • specfreq
          2·
          2 years ago

          For sure. I just guessed at 25%.

          What do you think it would be for North Carolina?

  • fergiliciousEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    Governor Roy Cooper, the last vestige of hope for North Carolina.

    • SnowboardBum@kbin.social
      4·
      2 years ago

      Josh Stein hopefully will succeed Cooper in the Governor’s position. He has the backing of the party and has a really good track record as AG.

      • S_204@lemm.ee
        21·
        2 years ago

        Does a Jew have a chance in NC? I just assume that if you’re not ‘one of the good ol boys’ you don’t have a chance… A Harvard Educated Lawyer from DC… is gonna be a real outsider isn’t he?

    • ougiEnglish
      21·
      2 years ago

      Then how come the right is busy lowering the age for child marriage, for factory labor, slashing lunches for kids, going in for genital inspections, and rocking a solidly historic record of documented child abuse?

      Why do you alt-reicht pedos always try to get ahead of the charges by projecting onto another group? It’s not even subtle. There’s only one thing to do with nazis and Nazi pedos.