Bi Lawmaker Sues Over Being Called “Groomer” for Supporting Trans Son
metroweekly.comgroomer” on Twitter, prompting some users to threaten to harm or maim her or even kidnap her 13-year-old child.According to the complaint, filed in Douglas County District Court last week, the Nebraska Freedom Coalition slammed State Sen.
Megan Hunt of Omaha, a progressive who was previously affiliated with the Democratic Party but has since become an independent, for opposing a proposed ban on gender-affirming care.Hunt was one of three lawmakers who mounted a several months-long filibuster that effectively slow-walked the legislative agenda for the state’s unicameral, technically nonpartisan, legislature for this year’s session.The filibuster ended after Republican-affiliated lawmakers found enough votes to overcome it by proposing a watered-down version of the ban, signed into law by Republican Gov.
Jim Pillen, prohibiting surgical and hormonal interventions for all people under 19.It does contain a few rare exceptions for patients suffering from “long-lasting” and “intense” gender dysphoria, and those who started hormone therapy or puberty blockers before the law takes effect on Oct.
1.Supporters of the ban, including Pillen, have argued that minors — defined as anyone under 19 in Nebraska — are being forced into making unwise, irreversible medical decisions before they’re old enough to accept the consequences of their actions.They have also alleged that practitioners of gender-affirming care falsely portray hormonal or surgical interventions as simple, one-step solutions to minors’ feelings of gender dysphoria, isolation, or depression.
