Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

#FarRight #Republicans jeopardize #Passage of #NationalDefense #AuthorizationAct with #CultureWar #Fights, putting #Transgender #Servicemembers' #Healthcare at risk.

Pathetically weak #House #Leader #KevinMcCarthy's decision to allow #farright #amendments #threatens the passage of the #bill

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/us/politics/defense-bill-republicans.html

Hard Right Presses Culture War Fights on Defense Bill, Imperiling Passage

Right-wing Republicans want to use the annual military budget and policy legislation, traditionally a bipartisan affair, as a tool to pick fights on abortion and other social issues.

The New York Times
Jul 13, 2023 at 4:43pmWeb
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jul 13, 2023

#HumanRightsCampaign Calls on #HouseofRepresentatives to #Vote #Down #Extremist #AntiTrans #Amendments to #NationalDefense #Spending #Bill.

#House #Republicans have a #choice this week. They can #reject these #politicized #amendments that #singleout #transgender #servicemembers and their #families or they can embrace the #antiLGBTQ+ #extremists in the #HouseofRepresentatives.

https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/human-rights-campaign-calls-on-house-of-representatives-to-vote-down-extremist-anti-trans-amendments-to-national-defense-bill

Human Rights Campaign Calls on House of Representatives to Vote Down Extremist Anti-Trans Amendments to National Defense Bill

Decision by Leader McCarthy to allow far-right amendments to National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) threatens health care for transgender service members

Human Rights Campaign