Mirroring the anti-gay movement of the 1970s, Kentucky Republicans are quietly moving to ban trans people from teaching while forcing doctors to consider being trans a mental disorder.

  • No1@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Somebody should introduce legislation banning Fried Chicken in retaliation.

    • bizarroland@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      California should make Kentucky Fried Chicken post that “this product has been found to contain a trace element of fascism” on every box they sell in the state.

    • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz
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      2 months ago

      Nothing says “Liberty and justice for all” like singling out minorities for specific restrictive legislation.

      What a hypocritical fascist shithole.

  • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.com
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    2 months ago

    while forcing doctors to consider being trans a mental disorder.

    Doesn’t insurance already require that? At least my papers have the little “F64” as part of the billing code since they’re using the ICD codes instead or the DSM…

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      2 months ago

      ICD-10 Diagnosis codes are a standard and required part of medical claim billing. F64.0 is “transgenderism in adults”; and it shouldn’t imply a “disorder” unless your insurer hasn’t updated the description since like 2016