BATON ROUGE, La. This year, the government will be debating a number of bills that target the LGBTQ community.
HB608 puts into state laws a description of a woman’s sex as what is assigned to them at birth. State Representative Roger Wilder, R-Denham Springs, introduced the so-called Women’s Safety and Protection Act out of concern that trans women could harm natural women in places like locker rooms and bedrooms.
Attorney General Liz Murrill cited a family member who was also a victim of having to share private spaces with a woman in high school without having the opportunity to also show her opposition.
According to the bill, sex is defined as “an individual’s biological sex, either male or female, as observed or clinically verified at birth.” This part is not intended to be used as a substitute or substitute for sex, and gender identity and other personal words are not.
It basically eliminates a child’s gender identity, and they are required to use public spaces that reflect their sex assigned at birth.
“Our goal is to give clear text that Louisiana will respect its women and girls’ privacy, dignity, and protection,” Wilder said.
Domestic violence homes are included in the legislation, but a voice for the invoice said they should be eliminated because they fear federal funding would require them to adhere to gender identity. According to the advocate, 90% of the money for the homes comes from governmental organizations, and it would be bad for them to reduce it. People are now separated from their biological counterparts in the shelters because of their protection, and they claim this is not a problem they have seen. Some of the most vulnerable people, including transgender women, can benefit from the support provided by these shelters.
Texas’s immigrant arrest law is proposed by Louisiana, similar to the state’s.
Trans activists discussed the risk that forcing trans people into unfamiliar bathrooms might present. Higher rates of suicide and mental illness are now a reality for transgender children.
“Sexual is defined in this act, if we separate items by the way.” That child is in some danger of crime and has to shift with the kids, according to Britain Forsyth.
Legislators did not object, so HB608 passed the whole House debate without much opposition.
The definition of marriage that is on the books that says it can only be between a person and a person was removed by HB98. The 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges selection has given national protections to similar-sex marriages, hence the law on the books is illegal. The president’s treatment of it was generally symbolic.
Despite national protections for identical-sexual relationship, state Rep. Josh Carlson, R-Lafayette, said the statute reflects Louisiana values. Obergefell may be overturned, and the law must remain on the novels, according to one Christian recommend. State Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, points to the ballot to throw that language in statute was over 20 years before and the shift in support for identical-sex marriage has been important.
The bill’s information, which could be addressed in the proposed legal agreement, was approved and deferred.
