House GOP progress Bill to remove civil rights protection for transgender iowans

The Republicans of the IOWA House judicial committee promoted a draft law on Monday that would eliminate the protection of civil rights for transgender -Iowans from state law, since some hundred people protested against the legislative template in the Statehouse.

The committee’s coordination came only a few hours after Iowan had stated in a subconsculation for and against the bill, with demonstrators “Transprecht is human rights” and “F ***, fascists” outside of the room. State troops arrested two demonstrators.

The draft law introduced last Thursday would remove the gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, which currently offers transgender Iowans before discrimination in living space, education, employment, public accommodation and credit practices.

It would also rule out transgender women from places such as public bathing rooms from women, prisons and domestic violence accommodation and find that “separate accommodations are not naturally unequal”. The legislation would define “sex” in state law as “the condition of the state of male or female, as observed or verified in clinically” observed or clinically “.

Pade Shumaker from the LGBTQ Advocacy Group One Iowa said as a black and queer person that she was discriminated against what she is. She said it was dehumanism and terrifying.

“Many strange and transgender and gender -specific Iowans felt this, and while our rights are protected, these are behind us with the laws and power of the state,” said Sheumaker. “I can’t imagine how much worse this discrimination would be if the state in which we live give up this protection.”

She said the bill was a “dark spot” in the history of Iowa.

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The gender identity was added to the Iowa Civil Rights Act as a protected feature in 2007. The law prohibits discrimination based on iowan breed, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, ancestors or disability.

Evelyn Nikkel with the conservative group Pella Pac said that the calculation would fix this “serious mistake” and protect women by assigning transgender women who were assigned to women at the birth of women from the bathing rooms and prisons. She said that gender identity in Iowa Civil Rights Act increases the rights of transgender iowans to others.

“These abstract imaginary terms must be removed in such a way that other Iowans, not in these fictional categories, are not robbed of their basic protection of civil rights,” said Nikkel.

Pella Pac is also committed to removing sexual orientation from the Civil Rights Act.

Chris Morse said the bill was a waste of time and prevents transgender from being not available.

“It will not prevent people like me from continuing to live, love and thrive as the wearer of God,” she said. “Because we are all made according to the image and similarity of God, isn’t it? If you believe that, then reflect trans people, all people, something God – not only in the way we are similar, but also in the way we are different. “

Morse was accompanied by the state troops from the room after continued to assign two minutes.

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Brad Lawson from Pleasant Hill said that God made people “male and female”, and he tried to find out how they could explain to his daughters why “boys” can be in bathing rooms with them and compete against them in sports.

“The confusion that we push for our next generation has to stop and they have the ability to get this bill,” he said. “Our education system is there to educate our children based on facts and not for feelings. There is no place for the gender identity for our most vulnerable, who are already confused in this world, which is only intended to indoctrinate and not to educate. “

In recent years, Republican legislators have banned transgender students to use school bathrooms who have matched their gender identity, excluded transgender athletes to participate in girls and women’s sports, and prohibit the gender-known medication and procedures for transgender youth. They also prohibit teaching about gender identity and sexual orientation before seventh grade.

The GOP leaders from House say that these laws have the risk of being put down by the courts if they do not remove the gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

The legislative debate to remove the gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act

Rep. Steven Holt, R-Denison, said about IPRS River to the river Monday that the gender identity in the Iowa Civil Rights Act has passed all laws, the Republicans said goodbye to Targeting -Transgend -Transende -Iowan.

“This is not a more green discrimination at all,” said Holt. “It protects the rights of all, especially women, whose rights are destroyed in their sports and in their changing institutions due to this increased class status.”

When asked whether he believes that the Iowa Civil Rights Act should exist, said Holt. He said he thought protected classes are problematic, but he said that the courts had made the decision in the past to allow them. Holt said he hadn’t seen other protected characteristics from the Civil Rights Act.

He said that there are various laws of the federal government and the state that ensure the rights of all shooters who ensure that the rights of transgender Iowans are still protected, including a decision by the Supreme Court of 2020, in which it was found that discrimination is prohibited on the basis of gender according to the Federal Law.

Democrats said that the draft law would legalize the discrimination against transgender Iowans and that the protection of the federal government is not guaranteed to be guaranteed under the government of President Donald Trump.

Rep. Ross Wilburn, D-Names, said Iowa Civil Rights Act protects everyone from discrimination.

“The protected classes do not rise,” he said. “We all have an age. We all have a gender identity, whether you want to admit it or not … those who have a religion are protected. And so they cannot be discriminated against on this basis (against). “

Wilburn said his son was transgender and discriminated against at work.

“Living, education, employment – to refuse to live the right because they are more transgender or look different, is something that continues every day,” he said.

The justice committee of the house passed the bill with 13-8 votes. The Republican MP Brian Lohse von Bondurant voted with all the democrats against the bill.

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What’s next?

The same law should be taken into account on Tuesday at 12 p.m. by a subcommittee of the Senate, which is open to public comments for public comments.

The Iowa House has planned a public hearing on the draft law for Thursday at 9:30 a.m., which would like to speak at the hearing, can register online.

The draft law could already be coordinated by the full House of Representatives and the Senate on Thursday.