Trans Activists Protest in Oklahoma Capitol to Stop Bill Against Child Sex-Change Surgeries
February 8, 2023 | Oklahoma
Oklahoma legislators were preparing to outlaw child sex-change surgeries. Then hundreds of transgender activists protested inside the state capitol.
The crowd had rallied against several bills that, if passed, would ban child gender transition.
“We are Oklahoma,” it chanted in footage uploaded to Twitter by local reporter Nick Camper. The crowd also chanted, “Trans lives matter” and “Protect trans kids.”
The crowd, numbering about 150, carried pro-transgender signs with statements like “We Are Not A Threat So Stop Making Us a Target. HRT Saves Lives.”
“HRT” means hormone replacement therapy, where women inject testosterone and men inject estrogen to appear more like the opposite gender.
The chants echoed through the capitol’s rotunda while Oklahoma’s state legislature debated.
Sex Change Penalties
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed bills keeping men claiming to be women out of women’s sports and requiring students to use the bathrooms assigned to their sex.
Currently, the Oklahoma Legislature faces decisions on Senate Bill 250, Senate Bill 252, House Bill 1011, and Senate Bill 129.
These bills ban public funding of sex-change surgeries and public funding of sex-change hormones. Bills 252, 1011, and 129 also ban gender reassignment procedures. But each sets a different age limit. Bill 252 bans the gender reassignment of minors, 1011 bans gender reassignment of anyone under 21, and 129 bans the gender transition for anyone under 26… (Excerpt from The Epoch Times)
