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But this past spring the Republican-led state legislature passed a series of controversial bills that targeted the LGBTQ community.

That’s when Kleinmahon said he started having difficult conversations with his family about leaving the home they love. When he explained to his six-year-old daughter that their family had no choice but to leave New Orleans, she said, “We do have a choice, just one of them isn’t a good one.”

The Kleinmahons join other LGBTQ families who are also facing the same choice. They say they no longer feel safe or welcomed in states that have passed laws targeting their community. Many have made the difficult decision to leave.

In 2023, more than 525 anti-LGBTQ bills were passed in 41 states, according to the Human Rights Campaign, an organization that advocates for the LGBTQ community. Of those bills, more than 220 explicitly targeted transgender people. As of June, 77 anti-LGBTQ bills had been signed into law.

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[-] matchphoenix@feddit.uk 152 points 1 year ago

Louisiana’s just beginning the “find out” phase, after fucking around and passing hateful, discriminatory bills.

[-] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 76 points 1 year ago

The people will find out, the fucks actually responsible for this will get the best treatments possible world wide.

[-] ElCrusher@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 year ago

The people voted them into power so they can deal with the consequences. I know, not everyone voted for them, but then again, not everyone voted. Maybe the people will make different choices after suffering the consequences of their voting decisions. If they anger enough of the voter base, there could be some change. Or maybe Louisiana will become Mississippi 2, Electric Boogaloo.

[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

The people voted them into power so they can deal with the consequences.

This is a very black and white perspective. Gerrymandering, candidate fixing, straight up corruption and potential election rigging all complicate the situation.

[-] luciferofastora@discuss.online 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe it will be enough to alert some of them to those issues? If the effects of corruption are felt more strongly, people may be more vocal about it and realise how many like-minded people there are. Then they may come to wonder how these bills keep getting passed if so many people oppose them.

Or they may keep their heads low for fear of sticking out and becoming the next target, or become dog-in-burning-house impersonators: "This is fine :)"

[-] Comfortably_Wet@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Old German Proverb: Every people gets the government it deserves.

[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

Something something German people getting a certain German government something something.

[-] jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The only people who will "find out" are those who can't afford to travel for healthcare. These policies always hurt the lowest socioeconomic brackets first and foremost.

ETA: To be clear, this is a bad thing. These policies are evil and disgusting. Instead of getting mad at the people who may not have even been able to get the time off to vote, let's be mad at the perps who put up these policies to begin with.

[-] AmberPrince@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago

They aren't going to find out. All the people are going to learn is that it is "ThE wOkE LeFt" causing all of these problems with their radical agenda.

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 14 points 1 year ago

Typically these people "find out" when it matters to them. Their sister's kid can't get a surgery and dies. That's when it comes home.

It's too late, but they didn't care until it was too late. Thoughts and prayers.

[-] RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

They aren't finding out anything. These bills are having the desired and intended effect.

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