AZ Senate Advances Anti-Trans Pronouns School Bill

The Arizona Mirror reports:

After listening to nearly an hour of testimony from transgender constituents and advocates imploring them to reject a proposal that would restrict preferred pronoun use in schools, Republicans on the Senate Education panel voted to pass the bill on Wednesday.

The measure, Senate Bill 1001, would bar teachers from using the pronouns or names that a student requests unless written parental permission is obtained first. It would also protect staff who have a “religious or moral conviction” against doing so from being forced to comply.

Fountain Hills Republican Sen. John Kavanagh, who introduced the legislation, framed the proposal as a protection for students who struggle from gender dysphoria.

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Kavanagh last appeared on JMG in February 2022 when he proposed a ban on recording police in many situations.

In 2017, claiming that people are being “paid to riot,” he introduced a bill to arrest in advance and seize the assets of people planning to make a “disruptive” protest.