For Kelsey Gellner, a Seattle-based pediatric nurse, a statewide proposal to bar trans girls from sports participation feels like a violation of her duty as a medical professional. The ballot initiative includes a requirement she calls “invasive and extreme”: all students who wish to compete on girls’ teams would have to undergo genital exams.

“I tell my kids and patients that my No 1 job is to keep them safe,” said Gellner, who is also a board member of the Washington State Nurses Association. “I can say with confidence that girls do not want to have an unnecessary exam that creates an unsafe barrier.”

  • Pratai@piefed.ca
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    4 days ago

    Yeah, so…

    Read this shit and then remember that there are people here that won’t vote, and recommend that you don’t either. Then remember that they’re here to try and guarantee a MAGA victory.

    Then vote your fucking ass off.

    • Radical_Socialist_t00t@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      Sure vote, but also by a gun and be ready to use it when they announce republicans are staying in office or that votes are really just a suggestion and the results were rigged anyway.

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        2 days ago

        I remember when the DNC argued in court, and won, that primary votes were just a suggestion. I wouldn’t be surprised if the magats tried that with the votes this November.