>> The bill also includes a section that takes aim at transgender individuals by prohibiting material "that includes a disconnection between biology and gender by an individual of 1 biological sex imitating, depicting, or representing himself or herself to be of the other biological sex."
And regarding "the other biological sex"... It is not at all simple to define biological gender in a such a way that there are only two of them. Genitalia, hormones, and chromosome patterns are far from sufficient. In many cases, the gender assigned at birth is arbitrary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex
It's ridiculously easy to do so, and commonly done .. the catch is that it's not all encompassing enough to cover all human births.
Richard Dawkins frequently weasel words his responses, clearly stating that there are only two reproductive (human) sexes ...
Obviously that doesn't cover all the human biological forms that are birthed, nor even does it cover the stages and ages of common human lives .. but it's easy and gets a lot of play.
Like yeah, its easy to define all colors in only black and white, if i just ignore all colors that arent black or white.
Multiple homicide, you?
Watching Mrs doubtfire
*horrified gasps
1999: Hilary Swank won best actress for Boys Don't Cry.
1982: Julie Andrews nominated for Victor/Victoria
1983: Barbara Streisand in Yentl -- before she became the effect.
1996: Robin Williams and Gene Hackman in The Birdcage.
1995: Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1994: Mignight in the Garden of Good and Evil directed by Clint Eastwood
1992: The Crying Game
released in 1994 and became an international and critical success. *To Wong Foo* shares certain plot details with *Priscilla*, which also concerns two drag queens and a transgender woman on a road trip who manage to win over the locals of a small town. Despite the similarities, *To Wong Foo* had already been in production by the time *Priscilla* was released.So I assume this will also include OF, dark romance books, online blogs, shared texts in group chats?
This is first bill I've seen target (erotic) ASMR. [2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Schriver
[2] https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintro...
I am concerned you do not see your own biases in play.
Regarding political posts, there will always be grey areas and different people feeling strongly about whether or not particular posts should or should not be discussed. We're always looking for the test of whether the story of evidence of an "interesting new phenomenon", and whether it's a topic that HN can have a healthy, curious discussion about. Our bias is for HN to be a place for curious discussions rather than rage-filled flamewars, to whatever extent we can influence that.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30256984
Or more generally, just search for HN threads about 'proposed laws':
https://www.google.com/search?q=hn+%22proposed+law%22+ycombi...
I am not convinced that there has ever been a de facto HN policy of flagging threads about proposed laws. I don't see it in the guidelines or in the historical actions of the moderators or community.
That doesn't seem to be the case here. As far as I can establish, the bill's sponsors don't have any leadership roles in the state legislature and it's not an official policy of the party's leadership. It looks every bit like routine activism and headline-seeking by low-ranking members of the legislature.
Dang has commented about this routinely over the years.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Positively clearvoyant!
VPNs do exist, but still.
If Michigan's proposal were to become law, it would have extreme repercussions on the tech industry to block off Michigan.
commandersaki•4mo ago
The bill's sponsors are also pushing for violators of the Anticorruption of Public Morals Act to register as sex offenders.
vrosas•4mo ago
adamredwoods•4mo ago
I doubt this logic, but open to arguments, as I'm not an expert.
k310•4mo ago
Smart thinking there.
Poor fellow.
> Well, I first became aware of it during the physical act of love.
> Yes, a profound sense of fatigue, a feeling of emptiness followed.
> Luckily, I was able to interpret these feelings correctly.
> Loss of essence. I can assure you it has not recurred.
> Women sense my power and they seek the life essence.
> I do not avoid women. But I do deny them my essence.
Dr. Strangelove