Trans Advocates Flood Michigan State House, U.S. Capitol
Michigan House may soon vote on house bills related to legal name and gender marker change
Ahead of the new year, trans advocates locally and nationally are speaking out.
In Lansing, more than 120 activists joined up with Equality Michigan, OutFront Kalamazoo and other advocacy groups on Dec. 4 to urge the passage of House Bills 5300-5303, which would ease and add safety measures to the legal name and gender marker change process. The Michigan Senate must vote on the bills before Dec. 18, when the legislative session ends.
At the U.S. Capitol, Chelsea Manning, Raquel Willis and other trans activists and allies were arrested on Dec. 5 at a staged sit-in in the bathroom across from Speaker Mike Johnson’s office. The demonstration was in response to Rep. Nancy Mace’s congressional bathroom ban last month targeting Sarah McBride, the first trans member of the House of Representatives. Fifteen advocates and allies were arrested.
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