salix sericea (@Ripple13216)14h ago
Erin Reed
Every year, January to April, people accuse me of fearmongering in my reporting. Every year around this time, bills pass. And without fail, every year, the ratchet tightens. And now Idaho just passed a bill that could put me in prison for years—for washing my hands in a bathroom.

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Show threadErin Reed17h ago
5 years ago I was called a fearmonger for saying bathroom bans were coming. Then drag bans. Then revocation of licenses. Every year, the “fearmongering” bill I get accused of for reporting on becomes the bill that passes 5 states the next year. Becomes Republican bread and butter.
Show threadErin Reed17h ago
Idaho just passed a bathroom ban where a second offense is a felony. Under the state’s three strikes law, a trans person could face up life in prison for using the bathroom the fourth time. They’d then be put in a men’s prison and pulled off their hormones. For washing their hands.
Show threadErin Reed17h ago
I wish I could say I’ve gotten used to it, but I haven’t. The threats are real. I wish for a world where all I had left to report was good news. I want that world so badly. Until we get there, all I can do is accurately document what’s happening.
Show thread💀 𝓕airchild 💀16h ago
@erininthemorning.com Holy crap... 🥺 That's insane.
Show threadJackie17h ago
@erininthemorning.com idaho can go fuck itself. Fucking potato creatures
Show threadHumphrey Archer17h ago

@erininthemorning.com

May this pass swiftly and then ruin come to those who brought it on us

Show threadTransitBiker15h ago
@erininthemorning.com the genital inspectors love their strange authority fixation. 😔
Show threadPaul Rietschka14h ago

@erininthemorning.com Time for the left to wake up.

Of course, many on the left, especially centrist Dems, are more than happy to be complicit, as long as it’s in a way that allows them to pretend they’re morally righteous.

Also, it’s time that LGBT people, and especially trans people, leave these states. The cries of “I have a life here,” and “this is America, I get to live where I want” don’t hold water. No, you don’t get to live where you want precisely because this is America.