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   Estelle Weyl (estelle@front-end.social)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 06:43:12 JST Estelle Weyl

   Do not organize conferences in Florida. After July 1, 2023, your #transgender attendees will not be legally allowed to use public restrooms.

   Organizing a conference in #Florida puts all your attendees, not just your trans guests, at physical, emotional, and legal risk.

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     LeBonk (lebonk@wetdry.world)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 10:06:19 JST LeBonk

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     • The Doctor
     • Hope Doty

     @drwho
     @hopedoty @estelle a good starting point: https://spartacus.gayguide.travel/blog/spartacus-gay-travel-index/

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     Hope Doty (hopedoty@toot.bldrweb.org)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 10:06:20 JST Hope Doty

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     @estelle It isn’t just Florida, sadly. Any “red” state is pretty much guaranteed to have multiple discriminatory laws on the books. I simply refuse to attend any conference in states with discriminatory laws. They don’t get my money. Period.

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     The Doctor (drwho@hackers.town)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 10:06:20 JST The Doctor

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     • Hope Doty

     @hopedoty @estelle I need to build a "States it's too dangerous to go to cons in" page.

     Dammit.

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     caffeinatedbookdragon (caffeinatedbookdragon@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 10:08:18 JST caffeinatedbookdragon

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     @estelle Now I wonder--all the states or counties that get bent out of shape about drag queen story hours need to be on a list for comicons to avoid. Can you imagine the fury in some folks when they see cosplayers dressing up without a regard for their own gender and maybe representing a character of the opposite? /s
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     Justine ?️‍⚧️ (sentientdolphin@tech.lgbt)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 10:08:20 JST Justine ?️‍⚧️

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     @estelle

     Depending on the interpretation, it may be illegal for your trans presenters to present as the law could be read to criminalize that as a drag performance.

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     Sky (skysailor@glaceon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 10:08:26 JST Sky

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     .@estelle To add further reasons not to organize conferences in Florida, doing so will put the health and safety of all your attendees at risk:

     - Businesses in Florida are now banned from imposing anti-COVID measures like mask, testing and vaccine requirements.

     - Doctors/insurers in FL can now deny /any/ treatment if they have a moral objection.

     - There is a bill out right now to legalize paving the roads with radioactive fertilizer waste.

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     caffeinatedbookdragon (caffeinatedbookdragon@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 10:11:35 JST caffeinatedbookdragon

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     @estelle I'd be a likely candidate to get thrown out if someone wasn't looking closely enough. I don't dress very feminine (t-shirt, shorts, and sneakers are standard for me), I shaved my head bald, haven't worn makeup in ages, and thanks to crummy genes, I have facial hair that likes to pop out at the worst times. I'm sure that if someone just sees me (my voice--when well--is probably the only obviously feminine thing about me), they probably assume I'm trans. I've gotten questions from kids about my facial hair when they're close enough to see it (part of the reason I'm trying the makeup thing when I don't wear the mask again).

     My boobs don't help differentiate me because I'm still obese, as in my boobs and gut stick out about the same distance from my center of gravity... like guys who are so fat they have "the manboobs" themselves. It sucks, but why I'm on a health journey, too (hee hee).

     Yeah, unless they heard me talk or I wore a colorful scarf to cover ze dome, they'd probably try to prevent me from going in at first try.

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     Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE (timwardcam@c.im)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 10:11:36 JST Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE

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     @estelle I wouldn't organise a conference *anywhere* in the USA - too many guns.

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     CP93 (cp93@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 10:11:38 JST CP93

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     @estelle
     Florida is the new 1930s Germany.

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     stephie :betterpride_flag: (stephie_hamburg@norden.social)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 10:12:06 JST stephie :betterpride_flag:

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     • Luna Saphira Dragofelis

     @LunaDragofelis

     What the bathroom ban in Florida is, is very detailed explained in this text:
     https://open.substack.com/pub/erininthemorn/p/floridas-trans-bathroom-ban-signed?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android

     @estelle

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     Luna Saphira Dragofelis (lunadragofelis@fedi.criminallycute.fi)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 10:12:07 JST Luna Saphira Dragofelis

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     @estelle Is this a "trans women must use the men's room" situation or is it a complete ban on using either public toilet?
     
     I don't know, because I don't live in the US and am not familiar with every detail of transphobic legislation.