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Texas lawmakers file FURRIES Act, targeting animal roleplay in schools (www.kens5.com)

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The Forbidding Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education, or FURRIES, Act, filed by Austin-area Republican State Rep. Stan Gerdes, would "prohibit any non-human behavior by a student, including presenting himself or herself, on days other than exempt days, as anything other than a human being."

The law would allow for exempt days, such as Halloween and other school dress-up days.

The law defines "non-human" behavior as "any type of behavior or accessory displayed by a student in a school district other than behaviors or accessories typically displayed by a member of the homo sapiens species," with provided examples being:

Using a litter box for the passing of stool, urine or other human byproducts

A personal or outward display, except during a school play or by a school mascot, through surgical or superficial means of features that are non-human such as using tails, leashes, collars or other accessories designed for pets

Using fur, other than naturally occurring human hair or a wig made to look like human hair

Artificial, animal-like ears

Other physiological features that have not historically been assigned to the human race through a means of natural biological development

Students who bark, meow, hiss or make other animal noises that are not human speech

Licking oneself or others for the purpose of grooming or maintenance.

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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Always has been. Satanic panic. MTF trans athletes dominating in women's leagues. Crossdressers raping women in bathrooms. Metal music. Rap music. Harry potter. Immigrants being criminals. Immigrants being lazy and unskilled workers. Immigrants taking our jobs. Migrant caravans parading through the borders. Drag Queen groomers. Students shutting in litter boxes. All of these things were inconsequential or downright nonexistent but construed as the greatest threat to society each time.

90%+ of illegal immigrants arrived legally, by plane, and have overstayed their visa. The most dramatic and widespread athlete stories are completely inaccurate, like the AZ bikepacking story where the trans woman destroyed the record... in a co-ed event. No evidence exists that any student ever had a litter box or that a cross dresser rapes a woman - regular men bust into the women's room all on their own. Metal music has way deeper, heartfelt lyricism than pop. Rap is always a racist thing. The drag queen thing is a dichotomy with trans athletes. Somehow, the queer community's threat is that they'll sexualize and convert children, which leads to their ban, but the most important detail in sports has to do with bluntly confirming what type of genitals your 12 year old pitcher has. The whole Harry Potter thing was probably a push to blend Christianity into government.