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Activism for a good cause
Feb. 14th, 2026 01:24 amI'm very, very proud of my son, Michael, this week.
So the GA House passed a bill to increase funding for nursing homes. Very good idea. It went to the Senate. The idiot GA senate added to amendments to it--1. Making the prescription of puberty blocker illegal. 2. Making it illegal for the state medical insurance plan to cover any medical treatment for gender dysphoria of any kind. And sent it back to the House the next day which was Wednesday of this week.
GA Equality sent me and alert asking for lobbyists to come down and talk to legislators. I had patients. Roy my spousal unit, had a conflicting art class he does for adults with special needs. But Roy took Michael down to the capital and on his own, he found the GA Equality people and went to talk to legislators, an activity which he had never done before.
He told our representative in the House a story about a very, very dear friend of his from when both were children, Syd. Syd made three serious suicide attempts when he started developing breasts and having periods. And almost succeeded in killing himself in at least one attempt because he had run away and had to be found.
Our rep who was going to vote against it anyway, told him that having a story about a real person who would have been directly affected by the law gave her ammunition to use when talking to her colleagues.
Thus far the Speaker of the House who is a Republican has said he doesn't plan to allow a vote on the amendments to be brought to the floor.
Whatever happens the amendments however, I am very proud of Michael for taking it on and doing it.
So the GA House passed a bill to increase funding for nursing homes. Very good idea. It went to the Senate. The idiot GA senate added to amendments to it--1. Making the prescription of puberty blocker illegal. 2. Making it illegal for the state medical insurance plan to cover any medical treatment for gender dysphoria of any kind. And sent it back to the House the next day which was Wednesday of this week.
GA Equality sent me and alert asking for lobbyists to come down and talk to legislators. I had patients. Roy my spousal unit, had a conflicting art class he does for adults with special needs. But Roy took Michael down to the capital and on his own, he found the GA Equality people and went to talk to legislators, an activity which he had never done before.
He told our representative in the House a story about a very, very dear friend of his from when both were children, Syd. Syd made three serious suicide attempts when he started developing breasts and having periods. And almost succeeded in killing himself in at least one attempt because he had run away and had to be found.
Our rep who was going to vote against it anyway, told him that having a story about a real person who would have been directly affected by the law gave her ammunition to use when talking to her colleagues.
Thus far the Speaker of the House who is a Republican has said he doesn't plan to allow a vote on the amendments to be brought to the floor.
Whatever happens the amendments however, I am very proud of Michael for taking it on and doing it.
