Washington Update
Plus some other items
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Dear Readers, please watch this video of disgraceful student conduct. The man speaking is Peter Boghossian, a professor at Portland State University. Do any Dear Readers know who the two women speakers are?
Washington Update
All this information is from the Gays Against Groomers Substack. Thank you, GAG!
HR 2616 is a bill “to require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.” We here at Gays Against Groomers have been outspoken in favor of parents’ rights to know what ideologies public schools are teaching and what behavior they are encouraging children in those schools to exhibit.
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HR 2616 would suspend Federal tax dollars from going to any federally funded school that fails to notify parents of their child’s intent to transition to the opposite sex. If enacted, this law would require schools to notify parents of any changes of gender, pronouns, preferred name, or sex-based accommodations (bathrooms and locker rooms). This law would cover any elementary student or any student in the “middle grades” as defined by section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary School Act of 1965.
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HR 2616 is sponsored by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), Rep. Robert Onder (R-MO), and Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA). The bill is currently in [House Education and Workforce] committee.
Another bill is The Defining Male and Female Act of 2025.
In 2025, the Defining Male and Female Act (H.R. 2378), introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, takes a bold stand for truth. This bill enshrines clear, biological definitions of “male,” “female,” and related terms into federal law. It serves as the bedrock we need to shield kids from life-altering interventions while reclaiming safe spaces for their growth like girls’ bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports fields, spaces that have eroded under verbal gerrymandering. By anchoring everything in biological fact, H.R. 2378 charts a direct path to genuine protection. It honors children’s natural development, their well-being, and their vulnerability, all without ideological interference.
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H.R. 2378 updates Chapter 1 of Title 1 of the U.S. Code with a new Section 9. This section provides clear, science-based definitions for important terms used in federal laws, rules, and agency decisions. The title sums it up: “Definition of ‘Sex’, ‘Male’, ‘Female’, and Related Terms.” The rules are simple and based on biology.
Key definitions include:
“Female” means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex characterized by a reproductive system with the biological function of producing eggs (ova).
“Male” means a person belonging, at conception, to the biological sex characterized by a reproductive system with the biological function of producing sperm.
“Sex” means an immutable biological classification as either male or female, rejecting any fluid or subjective reinterpretations.
The bill applies these to familiar familial and social terms, ensuring consistency across federal contexts:
A “boy” is a minor human male.
A “girl” is a minor human female.
A “man” is an adult human male (except in generic usage).
A “woman” is an adult human female.
A “father” is a male parent.
A “mother” is a female parent.
It confronts “gender identity” directly, describing it as “an identity that reflects an internal and subjective sense of self, disconnected from biological reality and sex and existing on an indeterminate continuum.” The legislation states that gender identity “shall not be recognized by the Federal Government as a replacement for sex.” This prevents subjective feelings from overriding biological distinctions. Introduced on March 26, 2025, by Rep. Mary E. Miller (R-IL), these measures eliminate the ambiguity that enables ideological overreach.
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Despite its promise, H.R. 2378 lingers in the House Committee on the Judiciary, referred there on March 26, 2025. Chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the committee stewards civil liberties and constitutional issues, the ideal venue for advancement. Yet no hearings are scheduled for this bill.
That we need to stop lying to kids and explicitly define woman, man, etc., in 2025 is simply surreal, yet here we are.
Dear Readers, you know what to do. Contact US Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick and urge them to pass these bills when they reach the Senate.
Contact your US Representative and urge her/him to pass these bills when they reach the full House. If you don’t know who your US representative is, find her/him here.
Contact members of the House Education and Workforce Committee and urge them to pass HR 2616 out of committee soon. Note: Reps from PA Summer Lee, Glenn Thompson, and Ryan Mackenzie are members of this committee. If you live in their districts, they need to hear from you.
Contact members of the House Judiciary Committee and urge them to pass HR 2378 out of committee soon. Note: Rep from PA Mary Gay Scanlon is a member of this committee. If you live in her district, she needs to hear from you.
Today’s Lagniappe
Here is 2:25 video featuring the winners of the 2025 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards. Other animals are just like people. Bonus: big kittehs.
h/t Gays Against Groomers, Why Evolution Is True, PG Substack
The American woman speaking is Heather Heying, and I think the other woman is the Helen Pluckrose.
It sounds like the female student thinks Heather is saying that the difference between men and women means that women are inferior, whereas, to some radical feminists, it means the inverse and to evolutionary biologists such as Heather Heying, it is just a neutral fact.
Do you have any concerns that H.R. 2616 would cement the idea that it is okay for schools to refer to students with opposite-sex pronouns and let them use opposite-sex restrooms at all? I understand the concern behind the bill, but as a parent, my #1 priority is to keep boys out of the girls' restroom and locker room altogether. Of course, I hate the fact that the boys might be there behind their parents' backs, but even with their parents' full consent, I don't want it.