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Cw: transphobia. Washington passes trans sports bill overwhelmingly, requiring medical checks on all girls (lemmy.ml)
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It's an alleged liberal bastion of human rights that's doing this ๐Ÿ™„

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[โ€“] 1 point 4 days ago (3 children)

Not sure why Dems are being called out here? This was a ballot initiative by a Republican, submitted for direct vote. Dems didn't control any part of this.

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  • [โ€“] 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Given that Washington is an overwhelmingly blue state they sure as fuck voted for it in droves.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

    Ok, when I see "Dems" I'm thinking politicians or at least party members, not everyone who voted for a candidate with (D) next to their name, so now your comment makes more sense.

    WA isn't nearly as "overwhelmingly blue" as a lot of people seem to think, though. It's basically a couple of blue cities in a sea of red, just like a lot of other states. It usually shakes out to mostly blue statewide candidates, but the margin isn't that big.

    It doesn't take a lot of otherwise blue bigots or people confused by the deliberately obfuscated language on the ballot to swing that vote, is what I'm saying. I'm still crossing my fingers that it'll end up failing, since more progressive districts are larger and take longer to count, but even if it fails it would be at a margin closer than I'm comfortable with.

    I do suspect that if it passes, it would get repealed in the next election as soon as people realize the implications, but we'll see what happens.

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