# Republicans' war on transgender people: Omnibus thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 3, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609 "2022-06-03T02:20:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 34
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/661 "2023-04-11T17:09:24Z")
This seems like a good spot for this thing that came across my FB feed today… An Instagram account called RuPublicans is creating AI images of prominent Republicans as drag queens. > **[Login • Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/rupublicans/)** > > Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. I gotta say, Steve Bannon makes for a big woman… ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/662 "2023-04-11T18:44:36Z")
> [@Tierce](#): > > An Instagram account called RuPublicans is creating AI images of prominent Republicans as drag queens. First of all, “RuPublicans” is brilliant. Secondly, it’s weird but they look so much better in drag. No, really. Rudy Giuliani in particular is a massive improvement (low bar to clear, I know). The only one not improved is Mike Pence, and that’s because they didn’t put him in any makeup or wig, from the neck up he’s just Mike Pence. Weirdest of all, Ron DeSantis looks _fantastic_ in drag. There’s one in particular where he’s a smiling Disney princess (no irony there I’m sure) and it’s honestly a good look for him. (No snark intended, it reminds me of when Patrick Swayze was a drag queen in _To Wong Foo_ and looked shockingly good.) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/663 "2023-04-12T00:49:54Z")
Santos looked good, too. Probably not Cruz. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/664 "2023-04-12T01:07:43Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Probably not Cruz. No, he didn’t look good, but he looked _better_ I thought. (I know, that’s not saying much.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/665 "2023-04-12T15:19:04Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Boys, too. If they get beat by a transgender ‘boy’ they deserve to be embarrassed. [Moderating] Your use of scare quotes around the word “boy” is pretty close to misgendering. Keep in mind that misgendering trans people is a warnable offense, even in the Pit. Please avoid doing this in the future. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/666 "2023-04-12T15:32:30Z")
An Englishman! It’s like the UK has so much surplus transphobia they’re exporting it to America now. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/667 "2023-04-12T16:13:24Z")
Coals to Newcastle. ---
**Author:** ![Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cool)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/668 "2023-04-13T04:00:00Z")
The Idaho governor also signed bills banning gender affirming care for minors. > **[Idaho governor signs bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/idaho-bans-gender-affirming-care-transgender-youth/)** > > Idaho's governor has signed a bill criminalizing gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/669 "2023-04-13T04:19:28Z")
Welcome to the board @Cool! It’s a shame Idaho did that, but not a shock. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/670 "2023-04-16T21:30:50Z")
Missouri isn’t even limiting it to children now: > **[Missouri to limit gender-affirming care for minors, adults](https://apnews.com/article/transgender-gender-affirming-care-restrictions-missouri-4def2189dac9979a00d298efb3baf12a)** > > Missouri’s attorney general has announced new restrictions on gender-affirming care for adults in addition to minors in a move that is believed to be a first nationally and has advocacy groups threatening to sue. Attorney General Andrew Bailey... ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/671 "2023-04-18T07:15:32Z")
Are they competing for an irrationality and hatefulness prize? I have no words. Just – smh. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/672 "2023-04-20T23:55:05Z")
> [@AP](#): > > Montana’s House speaker refused to allow a transgender lawmaker to speak on a bill Thursday, two days after a conservative group of lawmakers deliberately misgendered her and called for her to be censured for emotional testimony against a bill seeking to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth. > > “It is up to me to maintain decorum here on the House floor, to protect the dignity and integrity,” Republican Speaker Matt Regier said. “And any representative that I don’t feel can do that will not be recognized,” > **[Montana House speaker silences trans lawmaker for 2nd day](https://apnews.com/article/transgender-lawmaker-silenced-montana-censure-ee3e30ee6a1cd7c0faa8fd072d580a94)** > > A transgender Montana lawmaker is still being blocked from speaking on the chamber's floor following her refusal to apologize for saying lawmakers would have “blood on their hands” if they banned gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.... …I keep slapping myself in the face when I remember that Greg Gianforte literally body-slammed a reporter then went on to win the congressional seat. And is now the Governor. Just a random thought I had as I was reading the above story. SO much decorum, dignity and integrity. > **[Republican candidate charged with assault after 'body-slamming' Guardian...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/24/greg-gianforte-bodyslams-reporter-ben-jacobs-montana)** > > Audio of Greg Gianforte attacking Ben Jacobs corroborated by Fox News journalists in the room, who described candidate ‘slamming him to the ground’ ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/673 "2023-04-21T00:07:57Z")
North Carolina apparently doesn’t want to be left out. 🙄 > **[NC House, Senate have passed transgender athlete bills. Here's how they are...](https://www.wral.com/story/nc-house-senate-have-passed-transgender-athlete-bills-here-s-how-they-are-different/20820849/)** > > The once-identical versions of the "Fairness in Women's Sports Act" now have significant differences in the state House and Senate. I’ve seen different numbers reported in different places, but apparently all this pearl-clutching is over less than twenty students. Twenty _kids._ (Oh, there’s also a now-graduated athlete who is apparently sad that she didn’t get the big trophy. I thought this party hated participation trophies?) ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/674 "2023-04-21T08:05:45Z")
> [@AP](#): > > Montana’s House speaker refused to allow a transgender lawmaker to speak on a bill Thursday, two days after a conservative group of lawmakers deliberately misgendered her and called for her to be censured for emotional testimony against a bill seeking to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth. …a follow up: > They tried to ban her from speaking for the rest of the legislative session. And now the plan is for the speaker to not recognize her and not allow her to speak. This is bad. This is all bad. Alarm bells have been ringing for over a year now, but its all on fire now. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/675 "2023-04-21T08:15:05Z")
Yes, well, today’s American fascists are not, despite many comparisons, actual Nazis. They just don’t have the same animosity for Jews those old time bad boys did. They _are_ fascists, though. And they’re locking onto transgender people as a primary scapegoat. Not the only ones, of course, there are always multiple potential targets, but they are definitely targeting the transgender for not just oppression but _elimination_. They’ll dress it up in euphemisms, or claiming they’re “helping” people even as they seek to destroy them. History is repeating. Not exactly, of course, it’s never an exact repeat. But it does rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/676 "2023-04-21T09:15:19Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Yes, well, today’s American fascists are not, despite many comparisons, actual Nazis. They just don’t have the same animosity for Jews those old time bad boys did. Keep telling yourself that. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/677 "2023-04-21T10:42:50Z")
_Less_ animosity. Not _no_ animosity. At least right now, while they’re busy focusing on LGBT people and CRT. Give it time. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/678 "2023-04-21T10:52:57Z")
First they came for the trans people… ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/679 "2023-04-21T10:55:28Z")
In my experience, bigots are incredibly good at multitasking their bigotry. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609/680 "2023-04-21T11:19:05Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > First they came for the trans people… As indeed the Nazis did. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609.md?page=35)