At MPR Dana Ferguson says, “The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a bill Monday with bipartisan support that bans what’s called conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth and ‘vulnerable adults’. After hours of at times emotional debate, the DFL-led chamber voted 81-47 to prohibit mental health professionals from providing therapy aimed at changing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Those who engage in the practice with vulnerable adults or those under the age of 18 would be subject to discipline from a professional licensing board under the proposal.”
Tim Harlow of the Strib reports this week’s storm could bring 20 inches of snow to the southern half of Minnesota, which includes the Twin Cities.
A KSTP-TV story says, “ … catalytic converter legislation comes in response to the rise in catalytic converter thefts and would require anyone buying a catalytic converter to keep detailed receipts of the scrap metal and the person they bought it from.”
For Madison’s WMTV Michelle Baik says, “Wisconsin’s spring primary is Tuesday, but that is not the message from an unknown number, now raising suspicions among some voters. At a quick glance, the texts may seem ordinary, but multiple NBC15 viewers have raised questions about them.”
This from Adam Uren at BringMeTheNews, “Minnesota’s school districts are monitoring the situation as a massive snow system heads this way, with cancellations, late starts/early finishes and e-learning days looking a certainty as the storm develops. Heavy and prolonged snow is expected to hit the southern half of Minnesota starting Tuesday afternoon and lasting through Thursday, with the National Weather Service now estimating than more than two feet of snow is possible in the Twin Cities by Thursday evening.”
A story at KMSP-TV says, “In Minneapolis, the city is asking people to move vehicles off side streets as [soon] possible. To aid with that, Mayor Frey says the city [is] opening up about 1,300 spaces in some parking lots for those who don’t have a place to put their vehicle. The lots that are open now include the Vineland Place Ramp at the Walker Art Center (727 Vineland Place), the Minneapolis Farmers Market lot under I-94 (225 East Lyndale Avenue N), and the Basilica lot under I-94 (13 North 17th Street). The city adds there are a few more options that could open up if needed. Starting Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m., the city will also open the Salvation Army Lot (601 North 4th Street) and the Lyn-Lake Lot (2940 Garfield Ave. South.”
A Strib story by Eder Campuzano says, “Willie Lumpkins drove twice as much for work in 2022 as he did the year before. At the same time, food and fuel prices were hitting record highs in the Twin Cities and across the country. His son, who also is named Willie, was enrolled in a public charter school at the time and qualified for free meals. ‘You don’t know how much stress that takes off a parent’, Lumpkins said of the financial relief. That meal benefit was extended to all students as part of the federal government’s pandemic relief efforts. Now that the national program has expired, Democrats in St. Paul are pushing forward with universal school meals legislation that’s likely to land on Gov. Tim Walz’s desk.”
Stribber Paul Walsh says, “A man speeding in a sports car crashed in flames in Roseville while eluding law enforcement and was severely injured, officials said Monday. Court records in Minnesota show that [31 year-old Andrew] Slate has been convicted at least three times for speeding, twice for drunken driving and five times for driving after his license has been revoked.”
Psychological counseling regarding a youth’s sexual confusion is banned, but genital mutilation on kids, young girls getting their breasts cut off and young boys being castrated in what is euphemistically called “transgender health care” is not only legal but encouraged. What a bunch of sick puppies we have running this state.
Please cite your source for “encouraged.”
“The World Professional Association for Transgender Health said hormones could be started at age 14, two years earlier than the group’s previous advice, and some surgeries done at age 15 or 17, a year or so earlier than previous guidance. The group acknowledged potential risks but said it is UNETHICAL AND HARMFUL TO WITHHOLD EARLY TREATMENT.”
https://apnews.com/article/gender-transition-treatment-guidelines-9dbe54f670a3a0f5f2831c2bf14f9bbb
“Conversion Therapy” and being against any support for transgender people are both based in the belief that your bigoted view of gender is fundamentally correct and needs to be enforced. Like all elements in conservative ideology, it is based on fear of what conservatives don’t understand and the fact they have zero desire to learn anything. As illustrated by their desire to dismantle all accessible sources of education while paying teachers to teach their version of patriotism.
As with all things, the idea that conservatives desire freedom in general is easily shown to be a fraud in these situations. The only thing they want the freedom to do is to enforce their evil, bigoted views on others. Basically, the same obviously untrue spin they put on southern succession. It is just there to allow bigots to be bigots when they aren’t brave enough to admit it. No surprise from a group made up so heavily of religious zealots. They are the American Taliban.
“Mutilation” and “castration” are permitted but not necessarily “encouraged.” There is a lot more to treatment than surgery.
I’m still not seeing the word “encouraged”.
These surgeries are actually quite rare, and are only undergone when deemed clinically necessary, often after years of therapy and care. Maybe talk to some trans people and spend time learning from their experience before making these irrational, inflammatory statements.
To put this in perspective: in 2022, there were 282 teenagers in America who underwent a mastectomy (out of about 200,ooo kids currently diagnosed with gender dysphoria). In that same year, over 4,000 cis girls under 18 underwent breast augmentation surgery. Care to comment on that?
Not all trans people choose hormones, though some do. Not all trans people choose surgery, though some do. What they choose is based on what is needed to help them feel better, in consultation with their doctors and therapists. And guess what? Their medical choices are really none of your business.
There is no one path to wellness. What is necessary, however, is love, care and acceptance. Why is that so hard for you?
Just a clarification? Are the “sick puppies” referenced who are “running the state” meant to refer to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health? If so, obviously that group doesn’t run the state.
No, the sick puppies are those that think an inherent sexual orientation should be beaten and electrocuted out of a defenseless child in service of a fake god.
Psychological counseling is not banned. Competent psychotherapy is not banned. So called “conversion therapy” is not competent practice.
Thank you for pointing out the misrepresentations in the original post.
Yes, we don’t want or expect government programs to do what we as responsible adults do. Abdicating your responsibility is nothing to be proud of. You’ve had a few generations to screw up now since the left has been in charge and look at the mess you’ve created.