people, this is like they don belong they are not worthy, they re not worthy of the same light and dignity as everybody else. honestly, is making them reall lose faith in government because the idea tha governments will come along an tell people that in school were going to examine you an your reproductive anatomy in order to determine whether o not you are a female is just insane they are trying to distract th american people from the fac that they don t have any rea solutions to address the issue that people have they are trying to use trans kids now, obviously in recen years we have seen more an more a republican-led stat legislatures try to pass anti-lgbtq rights, trying to ban books from schools but just as you heard from them, democrats can message on thi to, on the flip side
legislatures we saw the abortion ban at six weeks in florida we are seeing that these threats as they relate to ou democracy are at a critica point. we are at an inflection moment in our country, and it require congress and the president t be able to do everything the can to fight on behalf of th attorney general we are hoping that they will intervene in tennessee, as w saw what happens with th tennessee three. and also, trying to push bac on what is happening across th country. and what we are seeing is also the mass mobilization in the streets. we have people who are committed to fighting fo reproductive justice and gun control, fighting fo democracy. coming together, and we can be operating in silos anymor if we re going to redeem the soul of america. this point about the silo is important
that was republican i florida state representative webster burnaby during a hearing this week on a bil which would criminalize using bathroom that doesn t alig with the gender you were assigned at birth. that bigoted, hateful rhetoric comes as miami beach pride get underway in a post-don t say gay florida. another anti-lgbtq measure i making its way through the florida legislature which woul directly target drag shows the measure is one of more tha 400 anti lgbtq bills gaining traction in the stat legislatures across our country. joining me now is miami-base drag performer and consummat star tiffany fantasia. listen, this is a very big dea to have you here this morning. tiffany, thank you so much for being here this state bill, let s tal about what it is it s an anti drug measure. it passed in the florida senat this week. it would block anyone under th age of 18, even if accompanied
undergoing affirming care, and places restrictions on what ca be discussed in schools. including an outright ban on discussions of gender identity similar bills have passed in a least ten other states including idaho and indian just last week in nebraska, a state senator has spent almost two whole months filibustering against anti-trans bill that would ban gender from care it would penalize care he brought this question to complete standstill in nebrask state legislature. he had not passed a single bil as a result of this year however, despite her efforts they headed to the final vote. it is expected to pass according to the aclu, nearl 500 anti lgbtq bills have been introduced in the stat legislatures across the countr this year. that is double, double the total number of bill introduced throughout all of 2022 here you can see the bills introduced the last five years the escalation is abundantly
judge in amarillo, texas, doin this this will present a real challenge for justice kavanaugh, who wrote in his very pained concurrence that the constitution is neutral on the question of abortion it s either it s neither pro-choice nor pro-life an we ve got to be neutral. two women have the right t make this choice and they ca do so in the state level it can persuade their stat legislatures, they can persuad their congress and they have been. [laughter] and they have been. so again, it s coach is a pr democracy scotus is it not interest it in democracy? those are the broader question that underlie this case as i goes up to the court just to be really particularly pessimistic, so put a gimlet eye on this, on this tv, the fact that he wo 40 pharmaceutical companie have waited, when you talk about political at scotus, big pharma matters to people t quiet, and maybe they have som sway on this issue in terms of