Iowa Bill To Legalize Anti-Trans Discrimination Is Dead

USA Today reports:

Iowans waved rainbow pride flags and erupted in cheers in the Iowa Capitol hallway Wednesday afternoon as lawmakers announced they were killing a bill that would have removed gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights law.

All three members of an Iowa House subcommittee that considered the controversial legislation said they would not advance it to the full House Judiciary Committee for consideration.

Hundreds of LGBTQ Iowans and their allies packed the Capitol hallways to protest the bill, some draped in transgender flags or wearing purple shirts that said “Don’t legislate hate.”

Read the full article. As I reported last week, this was the second attempt by GOP state Rep. Steven Holt, who failed with a similar bill in 2020.

Iowans erupt in cheers as lawmakers protect gender identity as a civil right https://t.co/A9c02iun38

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 31, 2024

BREAKING NEWS: The attempt to pass HF2082, the bill seeking to eliminate gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, died in the House. Donate to One Iowa Action and support our work fighting these harmful bills: https://t.co/j8fhAZcwdE. pic.twitter.com/vDiZvwAdVL

— One Iowa (@OneIowa) January 31, 2024

The Iowa House debated a bill that would axe gender identity protections & declare trans people disabled.

The sponsor’s lead speaker said protecting trans people allows “straight males” to “smear semen” in women’s restrooms and “wave their erections in your little girl’s face.” pic.twitter.com/Lxd7BVlIAD

— The Recount (@therecount) January 31, 2024

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