This is, of course, the point.

If you are a trans person being harassed at work, you will see Beth Upton and ask yourself whether it could ever be worth it to mention it to your boss.

Because if action is taken against your harasser, you might just be inviting the dedicated harassment of an entire hate movement instead.

The most malicious line in this segment is actually “rapidly changing understanding of gender”, implying the root of the problem is speed and not bigotry/conservatism, as it this was not a millenia-old battle.
The author is either misinformed, a coward or both

The first puberty blockers were prescribed to trans kids 40 years ago. They came into routine use in the early 90s. The fact that they call nearly “half a century” rapidly shifting is laughable. Then again, it’s an intentional anti-trans framing of the issue.

Rapidly shifting? People have been getting gender-affirming care in the country longer than NASA has been training astronauts, it’s not “rapidly shifting” if some white cisgender podcaster made you aware of it last Tuesday.

Everything I have learned about Nancy Mace has been completely against my will.

The second half of this section should raise the reddest of flags. Sec 1(A)2:

"...or intent to guide, instruct, or raise a child consistent with those beliefs, regarding sexual orientation or gender identity."

Outside of legislation, ADF, BFRL and several other far-right legal orgs have filed suits in district courts challenging local laws. At least one is likely to go before SCOTUS and has already petitioned— which could preempt legal challenges to bills like these, given the current court makeup.

The strategy itself is multifaceted and got huge momentum behind it after Fulton v Philadelphia in 2021, which allows religious social service agencies with gov't contracts to ignore non-discrimination clauses. After Fulton, religious groups set their sights on individual prospective caregivers.

The actual words of the agreement to respect sexuality or gender aren't specific to SOGI, and actually grew out of efforts to prevent culture loss following ICWA. SOGI is just one of a long list of things parents agree to respect like religion and cultural heritage.

This comes after Trump already rescinded 2023 Biden HHS guidance prohibiting conversion of children in adoption and foster care via initial executive order his first day in office, and is likely to be the subject of a future order after being alluded to in EO 14187.

They are simply taking back the jobs, homes, and livelihoods that were stolen from them. And when you take an actual Latin American history course, you quickly find out that it's basically a tour of one western-backed coup after another.