Chuck DarwinMar 20, 2023

Texas doctor and GOP activist kicked out of state Senate after smearing trans people as paedophiles

A Texas doctor and anti-trans Republican activist was removed from a state Senate hearing after repeatedly #falsely #accusing #trans #people and their healthcare providers of being #paedophiles.

But it was his use of the word “bull****” that got him ejected from the hearing.

Houston-area doctor Steven Hotze testified to a state Senate committee on 16 March in support of several bills targeting LGBT+ people, joining a wave of state-level legislation across the US to criminalise gender-affirming care.

Democratic state Senator Jose Menendez pushed back against the doctor’s inflammatory rhetoric, but he continued to baselessly smear trans people and their providers: “By definition, they are paedophiles.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/steven-hotze-transgender-texas-kicked-out-b2303590.html

Texas doctor and GOP activist kicked out of state Senate after smearing trans people as paedophiles

Republican state lawmakers advancing anti-trans legislation ‘seemed to take no issue with transphobia, only profanity’ during committee hearing

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Here's the "doctor" that was ejected from the Texas senate hearing:

Steven Forrest Hotze is an American conservative #talk #radio #host, #conspiracy #theorist, #physician, Republican #activist and #megadonor in Texas.

Hotze is known as a supporter of a variety of right-wing political causes: #against LGBT anti-discrimination protections, #against COVID vaccine mandates, and as a #proponent of Donald Trump's false claims that he was cheated in the 2020 presidential election.

Hotze is currently under criminal indictment on two charges (unlawful restraint and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon), for his alleged involvement in a private investigation into supposed "voter fraud" that resulted in a private investigator (who was hired by Hotze) attacking and holding an air conditioning repairman at gunpoint

Mar 20, 2023 at 2:51amWeb