GOP lawmaker admits his "research" for anti-trans bill involved watching YouTube videos

[tulipsandroses]

An Ohio state representative is under fire from constituents after leaked audio revealed he hadn’t spoken with any trans people before introducing a bill in the state legislature banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors. He also tried to convince a constituent to de-transition in the leaked audio.

Dubbed the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, House Bill 454 was introduced by state Rep. Gary Click, a Republican from Vickery, in February
Click said he’d done hours of research on the subject before writing the bill, including watching YouTube videos.

H.B. 454 would prohibit gender-affirming care for trans and nonbinary minors, including puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), medical or surgical procedures (even though gender affirming surgery is not performed on minors), and related mental health services. Healthcare professionals could lose their license and be sued. Public funding would be denied to participating institutions, while insurance providers and Medicaid would be prohibited from covering gender-affirming health care for minors.

The Ohio representative acknowledged he was approached in the spring of 2021 by conservative advocacy group Center for Christian Virtue (CCV) to introduce legislation banning gender transition for Ohio minors. The group has connections to every piece of anti-LGBTQ legislation recently proposed in the Ohio legislature.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/07/gop-lawmaker-admits-research-anti-trans-bill-included-watching-youtube-videos/

[IngridsLittleAngel]

1. About one step above using Yahoo's comments for "reasearch"

He didn't so much do any research as he did seek out an echo chamber where he'd hear what he wanted to hear, and then could push that upon the rest of us in the form of "research". Then when you toss in how much right-wing, hateful shit is on YouTube... Finding such "material" for "research" would be about as hard as finding a bra in a Victoria's Secret store.

And of course he didn't speak to a single trans person. Why would he? Nazis like him don't think we're people. They don't think we have rights. They don't think we have thoughts or feelings. We're just their damned bitch and exist to be molded and controlled and abused. These assholes think we're beneath farm animals.

These assholes have no fucking idea what it's like to be trans. No idea of what we need in the way of care. They're just hateful thugs who get off on hurting people. I'm tired of the cruelty. I'm tired of their attempts to erase us or get us killed.

Well, I have a better idea here, Gary Clickbait... Fuck off and die. Seriously. Just fuck right off and die. We've had it with the hate from your party in all of the red states in 2022. We've had it with Ohio's fucking transphobic obsession in 2022. Get the fuck out of people's personal lives you hateful Nazi.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. A bill chock full of medical dictates and it's based on youtube? What an ass!