What's the matter with Iowa? Transphobia run amok

 

Headline:  Des Moines Register, 9/17/2023

"I was panicking when I found out that the law was passed," Kathy Hotsenpiller recalled. "We had finally gotten to the point where (Hannah) felt good about herself. And then now, they were saying we had six months to get our child off the medications or find a provider outside of Iowa." 

Amid a national fervor over transgender care for children, Republican leaders in Iowa passed Senate File 538, which prohibits Iowa doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or gender-affirming surgeries to transgender people under 18.

Rep. Steve Holt, R-Denison, said the law protects Iowa kids from permanent changes they may later regret. He and other Republican supporters of the law argue there's not enough data to support gender-affirming care for transgender minors, despite all major American medical organizations recommending the treatments.

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2023

September 

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Kimmi the Clown's happy talk and twisted priorities.  (9/8)

GOP voters boogie their way to doomsday with Vivek climate change is a hoax Ramaswamy.  (9/4)

GOP in-your-face racism and homophobia.  (9/2)

August

Kimmi the Clowns power grab. (8/31)

Kimmi the Clown's warped priorities.  (8/30)

Majority of most Iowa GOP caucusgoers.  (8/23)

GOP hypocrisy and Kimmi the Clown's crackpot education policies.  (8/10)

What's the matter with Iowa?  Kimmi the Clown's frantic antics.  (8/3)

July

GOP legislators are at the beck and call of Bob Vander Putz.  (7/13)

Bluenoses are in charge.  (7/12/) 

What's the matter with Iowa?  Political clowns like Attorney General Brenna Bird.  (7/11)

Kimmi the Clown spends too much time with her shovel.  (7/10/2023)

June

Abortion foes at Iowa March for Life attempt to wag the dog.  (6/25)

What;s the matter with Iowa?  The list grows longer and longer.  (6/26)

May

Kimmi the Clown's misplaced priorities!  (5/30/2023)

This is the real Iowa.  (5/20)

Republicans in Iowa House remain squeamish about birth control.  (5/12)

April

Sexual Aversion Disorder and homophobia is running rampant within the ranks.  (4/20)

What's the matter with Iowa?  An increasing lack of transparency.  (4/19)

Iowa GOP fights crime and inflation by watering down child labor laws.  (4/18)

GOP fights crime and inflation by restricting SNAP benefits.  (4/16)

Attorney General Brenna Bird fights crime by freezing funds for emergency contraception.  (4/9)

March

Trump snookered old, rural white folks who identified with his racism in most of the states 99 counties.  (3/21) 

What's the matter with Iowa?  Plenty!  (3/18)

January

What's the matter with Iowa?  Well, you can start at the top of state government.  (1/14)

2022

It looks like a case of cause and effect.  (11/9)

2021

Actually, it appears that 58% of Iowans, many of them nice, are slowly being poisoned to death.  (11/26)

What's the matter with Iowa?  (series)

2018

What's the matter with Iowa? Health benefit plans mean you're screwed when it comes to pre-existing conditions.  (10/5)