Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill that can send people to jail if they refuse to use the preferred gender pronouns of nursing home residents. The law is limited to nursing homes and other long-term facilities. Anyone that "willfully and repeatedly" refuses to use a transgender resident’s preferred name or pronoun can be fined $1000 and up to one year in prison. And, the law also allows residents to use the bathroom of their choice, regardless of their biological sex.
The bill was authored by state Senator Scott Wiener of San Francisco. I don’t know if he is related to ‘Anthony’ or not.
My experience with nursing home residents is that some of them, on any given day, don’t know their name, let alone what sex they are.
Just be careful if you have to visit grandma in a nursing home in California. It is best to ask if she is now grandpa.
Is it any wonder people are leaving California in droves?
PMO
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