In #Indiana, I generally think of the anti-trans wave as starting in 2020, the most recent year we were able to stop all anti-LGBTQ legislation.
I just watched a (formerly?) powerful state senator fail to get a MAGA wet-dream of a bill out of committee, and then repeatedly fail to get amendments with similar language attached to three other Republican bills.
It's hard not to feel like the moral panic train is starting to run out of gas.
You would think these MAGA tryhards in the state senate would be ashamed of constantly looking so pathetic and thirsty in front of their colleagues but I guess a lack of self-respect is baked into the type.
Nowhere is the hubris of the #Indiana supermajority more evident than in watching them repeatedly vote down reasonable amendments to their electric utility affordability bill that would save Hoosiers real money on their bills while their own voters are *begging* them for meaningful actions.
All while offering a pat (false) excuse that "this has a fiscal and we've passed the recommit deadline."
"If Hoosiers are confronted, harassed or assaulted for going in the legally required toilet, what is their remedy? Are there consequences for making a false accusation with malicious intent? And what happens when police arrive? Will they inspect the accused person’s genitals?"
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2026/02/06/senate-bill-182-transgender-families/88534131007/
My friend Lindsay Haake calling SB182 like it is on this week's Indiana Week In Review. "Throw it in the trash!"
Perfect comment on this latest assault on transgender Hoosiers.
Probably the least awful thing about him but I can't ignore that Micah Beckwith looks exactly like the statue in front of Frisch's Big Boy.
You come for Ken Inskeep's family, you are going to have to get through me.
RE: https://hoosier.social/@cps/115939753079010187
This bill will harm me, my family, and so many people I love. Please take action right away.
🚨 Indiana lawmakers are advancing one of the most extreme anti-#trans bills our state has ever seen.
Senate Bill 182 doesn’t stop at birth certificates and forced incarceration—it was amended to ban transgender youth from using toilets and facilities at school, putting their safety at risk.
📣 Take action NOW: Tell your lawmakers to stand up for trans youth and oppose SB182.
👉 Contact them here: https://secure.ngpvan.com/AoFs40QqfUKYvXU-LWxCug2
Some days you can do everything you are supposed to do and still get absolutely machine gunned in a committee because the fix is in and friends that day was today for me.
#Trans Hoosiers need your help!
SB182 would permanently ban ALL transgender people in #Indiana from obtaining the safety and privacy of updated identification.
Instead of scapegoating innocent people, lawmakers should spend the limited time available in session this year on real issues like the affordability crisis.
Please take action - it only takes 30 seconds to let your lawmakers know you oppose this extreme measure: https://secure.ngpvan.com/AoFs40QqfUKYvXU-LWxCug2
Last month, #Hoosier lawmakers were victims of an awful campaign of political harassment. I hope those who experienced living under such a threat will oppose #SB182, which would expose #trans people to similar threats.
Judges in #Indiana agree that we are at risk of harassment, and regularly order gender marker changes to be confidential.
We can save our ability to get the safety and privacy of an updated birth certificate.
Please act: https://secure.ngpvan.com/AoFs40QqfUKYvXU-LWxCug2
📢 📢 📢 TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT TRANS HOOSIERS! 📢 📢 📢
A ban on birth certificate updates (among other terrible ideas) authored by Liz Brown is being heard this coming Wednesday. Contact your lawmakers! We've made it easy:
https://secure.ngpvan.com/AoFs40QqfUKYvXU-LWxCug2
Spread far and wide!
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT TRANS HOOSIERS!
We have a ban on birth certificate updates (among other terrible things) authored by Liz Brown and being heard this coming Wednesday. Contact your lawmakers! We've made it easy:
https://secure.ngpvan.com/AoFs40QqfUKYvXU-LWxCug2
Spread far and wide!
Bills are dropping for the remainder of #Indiana's legislative session. I'm tracking several that would be terrible for my current issues: #LGBTQ rights and #Democracy.
Because most will die, I generally wait until I see what gets a hearing before I raise the alarm unless I have some other indication.
Particularly when it comes to legislation that impacts LGBTQ Hoosiers ... early attention can *cause* bad legislation to gain steam when it might've died in obscurity.
Of all the ridiculous, unhinged things members of the #GOP posted about #Christmas this year this is without a doubt my favorite
If you consider current events in a wide view, Senator Bray's legacy in #Indiana *might* be that he was able to shield himself and his allies in the caucus from the collapse of the national GOP under the weight of Trump.
Statement from our CEO, Kit Malone (@thekitmalone) on the defeat of #Indiana's mid-cycle #redistricting plan:
