Maryland Senate President: trans protections "antifamily

[tko_ak]

"I personally believe it’s antifamily, and so I am going to vote against it. The problem is this: I have senators that are not going to hire, uh, people with male sexual organs who wear a dress to serve as receptionists, OK? Um, and so if they're not going to do it, if the senators and house members themselves wouldn't hire a person in that

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[eve_from_oz]

How (in the screwed up view of this person) is this "antifamily"?

"not going to hire, uh, people with male sexual organs who wear a dress to serve as receptionists"

So a person with female sexual organs wearing men's clothing would be A-Ok? /sarcasm.

And I can't read the actual article because the work (a high school) internet filter is blocking it for "Mature Content, Sexual Orientation" Seriously?!

[tko_ak]

Because high schoolers never have sexual orientations.

But hey, at least it wasn't restricted as "immoral lifestyle choice content" or something like that.

[eve_from_oz]

"Because high schoolers never have sexual orientations."

Especially not in private boys schools whose attitudes in many areas are permnanently set to 1950.

It's a pretty messed up filter, it doesn't block Wiki entries with explicit photos of female genitalia (I discovered walking through a health ed class) but try to find out about hoopskirts and you get blocked for looking up lingerie.

[fenm]

I dunno; I've worn a few hoop skirts in my time (I kid you not), I'd say they're pretty obscene d-:
/You have to sit juuuuuuust right...

[eve_from_oz]

I've now learned something today, cool :)

[fenm]

Yay! (-:

[redstar826]

this is why librarians have pitched epic fits when governments have tried to force libraries to filter their computers. The filters cause way more problems than they solve

[eve_from_oz]

I actually work in the library and totally agree, I see issues with it all the time - like students not being able to do research online about World War 2 because they tried to look up nazis and other such bull.

And yet some of the stuff it lets through :S