return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoTransgender woman is disqualified from Ohio House race for not using her former namewww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down166
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minus-squareBeautifulMind ♾️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61arrow-down14·11 months agoLet’s call this what it is: erecting a humiliating barrier in front of someone to prevent them from running for office
minus-squareFaresh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoI was so confused for a moment, until I noticed the “race” in the title was referring to an election.
minus-squareOldWoodFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·11 months agoThat may be the effect but when was the law enacted? Unless it was the last 3 years I can’t imagine this was the intent, nobody made trans issues a big deal until the right was truly sure they couldn’t punch down on gay people anymore.
Let’s call this what it is: erecting a humiliating barrier in front of someone to prevent them from running for office
I was so confused for a moment, until I noticed the “race” in the title was referring to an election.
That may be the effect but when was the law enacted? Unless it was the last 3 years I can’t imagine this was the intent, nobody made trans issues a big deal until the right was truly sure they couldn’t punch down on gay people anymore.