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bayareategtoday at 1:56 PM4 repliesview on HN

This is a stupid bill, but how is this an anti-LGBTQ issue?


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aurmctoday at 2:01 PM

Anything that even slightly has to do with LGBTQ people will likely end up getting blocked from children’s eyes, while anything to do with non-LGBTQ people won’t.

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nemomarxtoday at 2:00 PM

discussion of sex ed / lgbtq topics often falls under obscenity laws or age filtering, so queer youth might not be able to read it anymore, is the general worry.

hedoratoday at 2:57 PM

Project 2025 includes a multi-prong plan specifically targeting LGBTQ and generally enforcing "christian values".

One of the prongs is requiring ID to go online. Another is to use a combination of media mergers with 'voluntary' government-controlled self-censorship to clamp down on unregulated speech.

So, its blast radius will be centered on LGBTQ issues, but it's designed to cover your comment too.

gjsman-1000today at 2:01 PM

It isn’t, the author of the criticism is desperately trying to attach another issue to get people to pay attention.

It also doesn’t make sense a Democrat from New Jersey writing the bill saw it that way at all.

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