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The bill, expected to be signed by the governor, strips gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, which provides protection from discrimination in housing, education, employment, wages and more. (via @iowapublicradio.org)

iowapublicradio.orgIowa Legislature passes bill removing civil rights protections for transgender IowansRepublicans in the Iowa House and Senate passed a bill Thursday afternoon to remove state civil rights protections for transgender Iowans, sending it to Gov. Kim Reynolds' desk for her signature.

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WHERE ARE THE ORGANIZERS OF THE GIANT WOMEN’S MARCH?? I’m tired of waiting. We need to protest EN MASSE so the country and world will see how many are opposed to Trump and MAGA. LETS ROLL!!!

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Wow! Big strong republicans coming down hard on very scary gender identity. Thank goodness they acted so quickly. “THESE” people were on the cusp of invading all levels Iowan society. Can you image?! OMG!! 😳🤬😤 All of you disgusting republicans should be ashamed of yourselves. FUCK YOU GOP!

So sad to be from iowa right now. Hard to remember we were one of the first states to legalize gay marriage. Gov Reynolds has her nose so far up the mafa ass these days. She just keeps mirroring everything they doing DC.

A government with the power to deny civil rights to trans people is a government that has the power to one day deny civil rights to self-described male/female straight people - and anyone else it chooses to target. NO government should have that power. Those rights are "unalienable" (Jefferson)

America belongs to all of us and our freedoms must be universal for everyone. Hate and bigotry by those trying to destroy our America is a symptom of the Trump and extremist cancer that must be treated before it ends our country.

I wonder if they’ll shoot for the whole thing. If birthright citizenship is overturned I wonder of Trump will shoot for revoking Transpersons citizenship as “unAmerican”. There have been so many, “it’ll never happen” issues.

Without question. They already are making it illegal to have any identification documents that list a sex other than the one assigned at birth here in Iowa.

We had a huge turnout at the Capitol on Monday, and our bastard legislature moved ahead anyway, fast track no less. We will not forget this! One day, you will all have time to regret this vote!

This is precedent. If it stands in the courts, it paves the way for the dissolution of rights for any group of citizens. It’s disgusting that some of you are still trying to decide who is worthy of the right to be treated as a human being.

it's not a "distraction" for the trans people now at risk of losing everything because they no longer have those civil rights protections. What are we even bothering to fight for if losing civil rights is a mere distraction?

No one is minimizing or justifying this. It's important to understand, however, how this fits into MAGA strategy. Trump doesn't care about transgender people - there aren't enough of them to matter to him. He's using them to feed his base. It's disgusting and strategic.

Horrifying. I realize a lot of otherwise political liberals are uncomfortable thinking/hearing about non-binary people. But ANY Americans losing their civil rights is UNACCEPTABLE. Next will be same sex marriage. Then what? Think it won't be you? Get in line. We're ALL on the list. Protect everyone.

Republicans are repugnant trolls and need to be purged from government. They are the enemy of the people and want to see America burn at every level. “Oh it’s just trans people. That has nothing to do with me” until you’re the next minority targeted. Kick the GOP to the curb.

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist

I read this wrong at first, thinking it was saying Iowa removed gender from all those programs, making it not matter what gender you are, but then I read it again 🥺

And so it begins ; first the gay and transgender, then everyone else who isn’t white, Christian, intellectuals, scientist, and anyone else who may defy the orange blob and his mob of nazis