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Dylan Mulvaney's Wish Could Soon Be Coming True

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Bud Light in early April, once said misgendering people should be illegal.Now, a new bill passed by the Michigan state House last month—now with the state Senate—could do just that.

It would become a felony for people to intimidate or harass someone by deliberately misgendering them and using pronouns that are not the ones chosen by the person.The new measure, House Bill 4474, is included in a package of legislation that would replace Michigan's existing Ethnic Intimidation Act.

It would expand the existing law to cover sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or expression, and physical or mental disability.Religion, ethnicity and race were already included in the previous legislation and will still be covered under the new law.

The bill would make it a hate crime to cause someone to "feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened" with words—including by deliberately misgendering them.Michigan has recently been pushing reforms and new measures that would expand the protection of LGBTQ+ rights in the state.

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