Missouri HB.1739 contains provisions for the immediate dismissal and 4 year suspension from employment for any nurse, teacher or social worker who calls a student a name other than that which is on their school registration forms, or fails to report a non-cis identity.
legiscan.com/MO/bill/HB17...
Prefiled a week ago, MO HB.1739 also contains provisions to protect staff who report their colleagues for affirming trans youth. Teachers barred from employment for violating this law will also have their teaching licenses revoked.
The last provision also appears to stipulate that parents cannot consent to their kids being affirmed, as only the original birth certificate can be used to determine sex.
I live in St. Louis, Missouri in a part of town that is loaded with LGBTQ folks. I love my friends, most of the rest of the state is lost and I hate them. They're fucked.
Yes, they can. Metro East is still STL area, just on the other side of the river. It’s literally 15-30 minutes away from the furthest parts of the city.
You are an asshole. Are usually reserve judgment on people and just judge their behaviors but you you’re a fucking asshole. I hope your kids move really far away from you.
People don’t have enough for groceries. How are they supposed to save up for first and last plus a deposit? Last time we moved into a rental (2016), we paid $6500 to get in. The only way we could do it was to get a loan from family. Can’t change what we can’t acknowledge.
Speaking from personal experience, the 618 has the general problem that it's hell for queer kids. Even if Springfield on either side of the Rauner era doesn't have its collective head up its ass, the law only helps so much.
Just because the State of Illinois won't let Mike Bost's constituents discriminate against you does *not* mean they want you there, or are going to make you feel welcome.
Dunno how universal it is, but I am a substitute teacher. I am licensed specifically to teach in ONE state. If I wanted to teach into another state I would have to go through everything they need there too.
Oh they're right. When I was looking for a house I could have gone to Belleville or the Metro East but for reasons I wanted to stay in the city. But me personally moving doesn't effect me or the state. NB friend got assaulted last month outside a restroom. Men standing around didn't help.
Oh, I won't claim it's safe for queer folks, but the point of the thread is that queer identities are legally protected in Illinois, and school districts are welcome to fuck around and find that out. Is it culturally safe for anyone who isn't a cis white person? Lol, lmao, no.
And that got him almost primaried out by Jeanne Ives, who later coached & supported Darren Bailey along with the rest of the social conservatives that got electorally curb stomped in 2022 by Pritzker, et. al.
Hey, so, as a queer trans person living in the ‘safe’ Chicago suburbs, just wanna let you know I’ve had multiple pride flags stolen and/or vandalized in the last few years. Political signs were 50/50 last election here. We have more legal protections but there are horrible people everywhere.
People have screamed slurs at me from their cars while I’ve been outside working in the yard. I live in a _nice_ neighborhood. The still have no problem directing hate and violence at me. Heck, my (lesbian) therapist got threatened while walking her dog a few weeks ago in another nice neighborhood.
Chicago is deep blue. Plenty of down state is not particularly safe. Tho that tic Tok lady has convinced multiple queer people to move to Peoria somehow
Horrifically. Moving is expensive, and it's expensive up front. It involves abandoning whatever support system (including family) you've got. It requires abandoning your job, in most cases.
okay, cool, are you paying for it? because a whole lot of trans folks in missouri can't even get fucking jobs right now, including myself, you absolute fucking ghoul. i'm about three inches away from being homeless, so fuck your snark
will you be coordinating the financial assistance to ensure these refuge families can afford to "just move across the river" or do you plan to offer more unhelpful "solutions" from the comfort of your home while they are fighting a govt trying to take their rights away?
sure, let's have all the trans people move into illinois and a) abandon every trans person not able to move to illinois, and b) let missouri keep passing transphobic bills. what do you want me and my friends to do every time we might need to go into the city for something like work?
how do you expect me to visit my parents, or the rest of my family? or am i supposed to give that up so i can supposedly live without fear of it just happening there in a few years?
Lol "why not create internally displaced persons because of a bigot's sex law?" "Why not let Illinois cover the costs of other states being shitholes?" That's what you're asking
