Hey! Teachers! Leave Those Kids Alone! – Granite Grok

The barely Republican-majority New Hampshire legislature managed to pass a pair of bills that unequivocally protect children from abuse. One suggests that it is unhealthy and dangerous to give children (hormone) drugs linked to a rise in the incidence of heart attack and stroke (and that neutering them might not be in their best interest). The other acknowledges that men are stronger than women and allowing them to compete athletically side by side is dangerous to women and girls.

Neither of these things is scientifically or biologically inaccurate. Yet, when protesters opposed to these common-sense protections (for children and young women) collected like plaque in the hall leading to the Governor’s office, the local TV outlet declared that they were asking Mr. Sununu to veto these “anti-trans” bills.

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