{"id":1301178,"date":"2023-05-28T15:10:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T19:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/childrens-hospital-health-hero-award-given-to-trans-democrat-pushing-child-sex-changes\/1301178\/"},"modified":"2023-05-28T15:10:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T19:10:05","slug":"childrens-hospital-health-hero-award-given-to-trans-democrat-pushing-child-sex-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/childrens-hospital-health-hero-award-given-to-trans-democrat-pushing-child-sex-changes\/1301178\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Hospital &#8216;Health Hero&#8217; Award Given To Trans Democrat Pushing Child Sex Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/childrens-hospital-health-hero-award-given-democrat-pushing-child-sex-changes\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" alt=\"\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"66c350f8-6e08-4cfe-b69e-0f91431b644e\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/pink2.PNG?itok=VCPTyJeK\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Children&#8217;s Hospital &#8216;Health Hero&#8217; Award Given To Trans Democrat Pushing Child Sex Changes<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>The Children&#8217;s Minnesota hospital system awarded state Rep. Leigh Finke an award last week <strong>after authoring a bill designed to promote child sex changes<\/strong>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/05\/27\/childrens-health-award-trans-lawmaker-hospital\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Daily Caller<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>Finke, a transgender individual, authored Minnesota&#8217;s HF146, the so-called &#8220;trans refuge&#8221; bill, which would prevent the enforcement of out-of-state laws that would <strong>remove a child from parents who cross state lines to administer transgender medical interventions<\/strong>, such as hormones or puberty blockers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The law protects access to gender affirming care for Minnesotans and for those traveling to Minnesota from other states,&#8221; said Children&#8217;s Minnesota in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation was signed into law on April 27 by Gov. Tim Walz (D).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Finke was also the author of a bill that would strip anti-pedophile language from the state\u2019s existing anti-discrimination law.<\/strong> The law currently excludes sexual attraction to children from its list of legally protected sexual orientations, but <a target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us\/leg\/LS93\/HF1655.0.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1685303029665000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0olnJbxY-_fNC1rFd6_0P7\" href=\"https:\/\/wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us\/leg\/LS93\/HF1655.0.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Finke\u2019s bill<\/a> would remove language specifying that exclusion, which activists have argued could lead to pedophilia being interpreted as a protected sexual orientation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Republican state Rep. Harry Niska later proposed an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.house.mn.gov\/cco\/journals\/2023-24\/J0426057.htm#7102\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">amendment<\/a> to the bill that would clarify that pedophilia is not a protected class, which was adopted unanimously. -Daily Caller<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">We are pleased to announce that Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leighfinke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@leighfinke<\/a> is this year\u2019s recipient of the Children\u2019s Health Hero award. Children\u2019s Minnesota presents the award annually to legislators who champion child health issues at the Minnesota Capitol.<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lkzQHUjrDq\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/lkzQHUjrDq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Children&#8217;s Minnesota (@childrensmn) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/childrensmn\/status\/1661364623109439490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">May 24, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Children&#8217;s Minnesota, it&#8217;s &#8220;the only health system in the state that cares exclusively for children&#8221; via two hospitals and 25 other facilities for primary care.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, similar &#8220;trans refuge&#8221; legislation has been passed in California, after states like Utah and Florida passed legislation to restrict sex change procedures on children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am extremely honored to be presented the Health Hero Award from Children\u2019s Minnesota. At a time when young children are exploring who they are, and where they fit in society, <strong>we need to advocate and fight for their right to discover those identities with dignity and compassion<\/strong>,&#8221; said Rep. Finke.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe wait till they&#8217;re 18, when society deems people to be adults capable of making major decisions for themselves?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sun, 05\/28\/2023 &#8211; 18:30<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/childrens-hospital-health-hero-award-given-democrat-pushing-child-sex-changes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Children's Hospital 'Health Hero' Award Given To Trans Democrat Pushing Child Sex Changes\" rel=\"noopener\">Zerohedge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children&#8217;s Hospital &#8216;Health Hero&#8217; Award Given To Trans Democrat Pushing Child Sex Changes The Children&#8217;s Minnesota hospital system awarded state Rep. Leigh Finke an award&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1301178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1301178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1301178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1301178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1301178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}