Hundreds of students marched out of classrooms across Iowa on Wednesday as part of a “We Say Gay” protest against legislation targeting LGBTQ children.
In the state’s capital, Des Moines, over 400 students marched to the governor’s mansion chanting “We say gay” and “Trans rights are human rights.”
Iowa Republicans have recently introduced bills that would require parental consent for their child to change pronouns at school, ban puberty blockers or hormone therapy for children and prohibit teaching about gender identity before sixth grade. “Any person knows if your parent doesn’t agree with what you are, life is not going to be easy for you. … We’re just trying to make it easier for all of those students,” Des Moines’ East High School senior Dayton Fleenor told The Des Moines Register.
Conservative lawmakers have also targeted the ability of LGBTQ youths to medically transition to the opposite gender. Iowa Republicans say bills that bar children from medically transitioning are common sense.
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