HB 1608 was part of the #IndianaSlateOfHate — a record number of anti-LGBTQ bills targeting LGBTQ Hoosiers. Our attorneys are assessing this law and we will do everything in our power to protect the rights of LGBTQ students. See how your lawmakers voted: https://www.aclu-in.org/en/news/2023-legislative-report-and-scorecard #HoosierMast #Indiana #ACLUIN

The lawmakers behind #HB1608 and the #IndianaSlateOfHate have had one goal all along: to use our laws to control what youth can & cannot read, what they can & cannot learn, and—most troublingly—who they can & cannot be. This fight is far from over. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/indiana-governor-signs-dont-say-gay-bill-forcing-teachers-to-out-trans-kids-to-their-parents/ #HoosierMast #Indiana

Not every trans kid can be their true self at home without risking their physical or emotional well-being. Trans students deserve safety and support — they should be treated with dignity, not outed by their schools. #IndianaSlateOfHate #HoosierMast #Indiana

Here's what we've been cooking up this weekend! Maybe join us?

#INLegis #IndianaSlateofHate #Trans #LGBTQ #HoosierMast

"Much of the furor about #trans healthcare isn’t grounded in reality. Rather, it’s propped up by cherry-picked studies, fringe “experts,” a handful of political operatives from outside of Indiana, and fearmongering.

Let’s cut through the conspiracy theories and get to the facts..."

ACLU of Indiana Executive Director Jane Henegar busts myths in the #Indiana Capital Chronical this week!

#IndianaSlateofHate
#INLegis
#HoosierMast

https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/03/29/myth-buster-anti-lgbtq-legislation-and-gender-affirming-care/

This is what FORTY EIGHT YEARS of fighting to survive looks like.

Tomorrow is my birthday.
It's also the day they are going to hear a bill to ban the care that helped me live this long.

If I could ask for a birthday present from all of you, it would be to see your faces at the statehouse standing with me. Tomorrow at 8am.

#IndianaSlateOfHate
#INlegis
#TransIsBeautiful
#transjoy
#trans
#HoosierMast

WHELP they've built another Death Star but we've got the keys to the Millennium Falcon. Let's go save the galaxy, etc.

#IndianaSlateofHate

https://www.facebook.com/events/513269047639844

[rp from my employer's Twitter - do this and then come hang with my ACLU-IN team at the statehouse on Monday!]

📢 ACTION ALERT 📢

Indiana legislators plan to debate #HB1608 on Monday — a harmful "Don't Say Gay" bill banning discussions of #LGBTQ people in schools. 🛑

📲 Tell your legislators NOW to oppose this bill:

https://action.aclu.org/send-message/in-dont-say-gay

#IndianaSlateOfHate #HoosierMast

BREAKING: Indiana legislators are moving forward with a horrific bill modeled off Florida's infamous "Don't Say Gay" law.

HB 1608 would censor or even ban discussion or acknowledgment of LGBTQ people in schools.

We need you at the Statehouse with us on Monday to stop this bill.

#LGBTQ #HoosierMast #IndianaSlateofHate #INLegis

https://www.facebook.com/events/513269047639844

Thanks to Jayne for speaking out against the #IndianaSlateOfHate

#HoosierMast #INLegis

@Laura @rose

Oh also, if it helps, the only thing in the #IndianaSlateOfHate that might impact name change is the birth certificate bill filed by Rep. Borders. He files it every year. It never gets a hearing because nobody likes him.

Also do yourself a favor and google image search his name.

You can scrounge up 20 grouchy bigots with signs calling people who disagree with them pedophiles, Satanists, and groomers.

I can call down 1000 enthusiastic supporters with signs saying that we should all care about one another.

We are not the same.

#IndianaSlateofHate #HoosierMast

The folks pushing the #IndianaSlateofHate have already shown in past years that they burn their own allies in the legislature alive at the slightest sign of dissent or compromise.

They not a safe, or rational partner and they will eventually turn on those who support them.

Republican Senator Ron Alting made an impassioned plea for #LGBTQ folk at our event yesterday. He's always been a fierce advocate.

The ideological diversity of our supporters makes me proud and reveals how pathetic our goose-stepping opposition really is.

#INLegis #IndianaSlateofHate
#HoosierMast #INLegis #IndianaSlateofHate

Can I cook, or can I cook?

#INLegis #LGBTQ #HoosierMast #IndianaSlateofHate

https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/advocates-gather-at-the-statehouse-protest-nearly-two-dozen-anti-lgbtq-bills?fbclid=IwAR0Clee0HJpOJv3hDXz5zEFyPqdVqU8vbPP2vqwe4hcSyyz7u-Noq0WhpV0

I should get to enjoy my home, put down roots, start my family. All of the things that are now possible without the deadweight of living in a closet.

Instead more of my life is disappearing in the fight against a movement that wants me and everyone like me dead. I fight harder every year, somehow.

Instead of living the life that I deserve.

The end, no moral.

Please come to the LGBTQ Statehouse Day tomorrow and help me fight. I need you. I know you are tired too.

#IndianaSlateOfHate

"The Indiana General Assembly has put forward a slate of hate — an onslaught of bills targeting LGBTQ Hoosiers and singling out trans kids. There is no other way to describe what we are seeing at the Statehouse. This is not one or two bad bills, this is a well-orchestrated, hate-driven campaign to push trans kids out of public life."

More from my boss/work sis Katie Blair about this unprecedented attack on LGBTQ rights in #indiana

#Hoosier #INLegis #IndianaSlateOfHate

https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/01/25/indiana-lawmakers-launch-all-out-campaign-against-lgbtq-hoosiers/

Hey Kids!

Reading a book can't harm you, but it sure can teach you a lot of things that some adults don't want you to know.

Find out what the authorities are trying to keep you from learning by visiting a public library today.

#LGBTQ #IndianaSlateofHate #INLegis

https://www.hrc.org/news/books-not-bans-hrc-foundations-lgbtq-affirming-booklist-for-middle-school-and-high-school

Indiana lawmakers consider people who believe junk like "schools are installing litter boxes in classrooms for kids who identify as cats" to be as credible as medical experts, teachers, doctors, and parents.

That's always gonna be a hill we have to climb in this debate.

#INlegis #IndianaSlateOfHate #HoosierMast #Indiana

Reposted from my employer's FB - PLEASE BOOST

‼️ THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Indiana lawmakers are ramping up their attacks on LGBTQ rights to an unprecedented level.

A record number of anti-LGBTQ bills have been filed in the state legislature, many of which target trans youth.

Take action to stop the #IndianaSlateOfHate — tell your legislators to protect LGBTQ Hoosiers:
http://action.aclu.org/send-message/in-anti-lgbtq-bills

#HoosierMast #Indiana #INlegis