To be clear, I only meant that an endocrinologist is a good idea for anyone transitioning, not that it should be required. I hate to keep going back to my time in Oklahoma, but there were some advantages there. The doctor almost everyone went to for HRT was an endocrinologist. She was very friendly to the community, didn’t charge outrageous rates, and would bend over backwards to make sure you could afford the medicines. If she could plausibly come up with some other diagnosis to get you on one of the meds so your insurance would cover it, she did. She was awesome.
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And the previous video about Chappelle’s special, The Closer…
He’s doing some good intersectional work here, I think (FD, I mean).
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I saw he posted that video, but I haven’t watched it yet. His videos are always worth watching. (FD, not Chappelle)
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We’re in agreement… we like FD and no longer like Chappelle! 
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A new bill introduced in Florida, Senate Bill 1780, would make accusations of discrimination towards transgender people “defamation per se,” with accusers on the hook for a hefty $35,000 penalty. Critically, the bill states that if you are sued for defamation under the statutes, you cannot use the defendant’s scientific or religious beliefs or expression to prove that they are acting in a discriminatory fashion towards transgender people. These and other provisions would make it so that accusations of transphobic discrimination would be nearly impossible to prove, and would leave anyone making the accusation on the hook for damages.
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The bill would tremendously chill speech in Florida. The bill applies to print, television, and even online posts, meaning that even posting on social media that someone is transphobic or homophobic could land one in trouble. It also removes privileges for journalists and would not allow a journalist to use an anonymous source in reporting on transphobia, homophobia, racism, and sexism.
of course, that is a clear violation of the first amendment, but the point is the intimidation.
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The US Constitution: Um…hey, Florida? WTF?
Florida GOP: New phone…who dis?
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This whole thing is an absolute nightmare. It’s scaring the hell out of me. I was looking at possibly buying a house this year, and now I feel like my entire life is in limbo while I wait to see what happens with these regulations.
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One of those four, Shaun Filiault, left the Democratic Party last year. Ironically, he left because, he claims, he had worked out a deal to ensure that Republicans in the NH Senate would support a ban on gay panic defenses. He says he caught heat from Party leadership over trying to work with Republicans. His deal fell apart, but the bill still passed easily anyway, and was signed by the Republican governor. But he stomped his feet and left the party over it. He claims to support LGBTQ+ rights. I guess that’s out the window if someone hurts his feelings.
ETA: Filiault is, himself, gay. WTF.
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Before he went to law school, he was some kind of men’s health, fitness, and body image advocate/expert/researcher. I can see someone like that being transphobic. He wrote a research paper on Gay Athletes’ Perceptions of Body Hair.
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Inside gossip from Concord is Shaun’s deal did fail for gay panic defense repeal, so GOP Senators gave him a deal he couldn’t refuse. If he noisily left the Democrats permanently, they’d pass it in the Senate unanimously. If he didn’t leave, they’d kill it in the Senate. But, if he went to the press about the deal, they’d repeal next term.
He took the only path available and left but has been silently seething since.
Trans bills votes are an anomaly for all 4 Dems (there were actually more). Jonah Wheeler has voted against the Dems on gun control, Covid vaccines, and now trans rights so that’s a pattern.
Matt Coker represents one of the most purple districts in NH. Sadly, it may have been a save his own ass move, which still doesn’t make it ok.
Shaun Filiault may have more going on. He gave a tearful speech against the Parental Bill of Rights last year. Wonder if the GOP are still holding him hostage.
Don’t know the others.
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Holding him hostage on what? And I don’t believe that about leaving the party in exchange for votes. He still caucuses with the Democrats, so what would Republicans gain from that? None of that makes any logical sense.
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