Four anti-trans bills are the target of the protests, which call for the governor to veto them.
Protests over measures that target transgender people erupted in front of the New Hampshire State House on Wednesday.
With posters like “Let Trans Kids Live” and “#letkidsplay,” the activists formed a line outside the building in an attempt to persuade Governor Chris Sununu (R) to veto four measures that pose a threat to transgender adolescents.
Grace Murray, Political Director of the New Hampshire Youth Movement, stated, “Back in 2018, Gov. Sununu chose to do the right thing and protect trans people in NH from discrimination.” She was alluding to the year that Sununu signed HB 1319, an anti-discrimination bill, into law. “It’s time for him to do the right thing again and veto these bills now that several horrifying, discriminatory pieces of legislation have reached his desk,” Murray continued.
Murrau went on, “NH is the ‘live free or die’ state, and those values should apply to everyone.” “Transgender individuals ought to be free to live in this state without having their rights violated on a regular basis. Gov. Sununu must veto these legislation in order to protect the liberties that we value highly in New Hampshire.
Alissandra Murray, a Democratic state lawmaker, told NBC 5 that “we need him to know that he needs to stand up like he did in 2018.” He asserted that acting in that manner was morally correct both then and now.
The governor allegedly received a petition from the protestors, but he declined to meet with them. The demonstrators were forced to go inside the building in response to his denial in order to keep calling for him to veto the laws.
Speaking to NBC 5, Sununu stated, “I think the voices around fairness and safety are being heard not just here in New Hampshire, but all across the country.” And this is something we’re going to treat with extreme seriousness.
A measure called HB 1205 would prohibit trans girls from participating in girls’ sports from the fifth to the twelfth grades. The law would demand birth certificates as verification of the biological sex of student-athletes. Additionally, kids and families who think a transgender athlete plays for a girls’ team would be able to sue the state and school under the proposed law.
The mild “Don’t Say Gay” bill, HB 1312, requires teachers to provide parents with a two-week notice to opt out of any curriculum that includes references to “sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression.” The measure designates this content as “objectionable.”
Gender affirming surgery is prohibited for minors under HB 619. Notably, gender-affirming procedures are nearly never performed on minors, unless, following years of medical treatment, both parents and doctors determine that the procedure is medically essential.
In a single day, these three bills were passed.
The most recent bill to reach the governor’s desk is HB 396, which would practically forbid transgender persons from using public restrooms and threatens to revoke the legal status of transgender people. Many are worried that this measure undoes some of the non-discrimination provisions of HB 1319, a bill from 2018.
Regarding LGBTQ+ rights, Sununu has a conflicted past. She has blocked anti-trans measures in the past and opposed a plan that would have made legal transitioning easier.
“I fundamentally don’t believe that biological boys should be competing in girls’ sports,” he stated in March. I believe it to be risky.
His vote on these proposals is still up in the air.
According to Ezra Brown, Community Press Liaison for the New Hampshire Youth Movement, “the people want Sununu to keep his word.” “He made it very clear in 2018: It is morally right to defend the rights and safety of trans people.”
“We implore him to veto these harmful bills as written. We will never forget what he does for us right now, nor what he did for us in the past. The populace remembers things well.
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