House Bill 446 in Montana establishes two indecent exposure laws: one for the general public that requires intent, and another for trans people that does not.
  • Roundeyegweilo@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    3 days ago

    What gets me about all of this, is that OK. Let’s pretend I agree with conservative politics for a second. “We” disagree with people’s “life choices / life styles” all the time. Why are we making it criminal again? If the shoe were on the other foot, making it criminal to be different, they’d be crying foul, and rightfully so. I hate that we’ve fallen this far

    I know, I know. I’m using logic here. That’s not something they do.

  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
    41·
    5 days ago

    US Constitution, 14th Amendment, Section 1:

    All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

    Relevant bit:

    nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

    Seems like a slam dunk, but someone is going to have to be charged with the “crime” before it can be challenged, I believe.

    • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
      15·
      5 days ago

      ally yourself with your fellow humans who are marginalized and oppressed. listen to what they say will help their cause and do it if you are able. every movement against oppression in this country can be strengthened by informed members of the “majority”.

    • Zink@programming.dev
      111·
      5 days ago

      Yeah, straight white cis dude in the US here, and god damn is our world embarrassing and sad.

      Not only do I get the thing about women choosing the bear over the random man, but I would be stunned if trans folks of any gender (all of LGBT+ honestly) didn’t lean significantly harder in that direction. Right now, they should.

      But at the same time, if you are close with any of my fellow CisHetCaucs (hehe, cocks) try to give them small opportunities to prove their decency to you, strictly according to YOUR comfort and safety.

      I can imagine some of the assumptions people make about me, even though I totally get it. I’m a tall husky white guy with a big beard, and even though you will never see me wearing a baseball hat and mirrored shades, or Meal Team Six tacticool bullshit, it is totally normal for me to wear jeans and a flannel while walking through the mud and tending to my animals. And I live in a very white, 3/4 republican area, so I imagine that anybody existing outside the puritanical ideals just defaults to hiding and masking.

  • FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee
    37·
    5 days ago

    This won’t just affect people that are known to be trans, or people that are early enough in transition to not pass yet. This will also affect people who look more masculine or feminine than the average person of a specific sex, people who don’t conform to gender norms.

    When I was a kid, one of my classmates got harassed and bullied ceaselessly for looking masculine. The poor thing had pcos, and was very tomboyish. Maybe now some people know that pcos is an intersex condition, but I doubt that would protect her