California Senator and LGBT activist Scott Wiener has become No. 1 enemy of parents. With his new proposed legislation, he is accusing parents in The Golden State who do not affirm their children’s gender identity of "child abuse." It should be noted that the controversial Democratic state senator is preparing his leap into national politics. In addition to presenting a battery of laws favoring the LGBT community, he has also made a proposal to decriminalize “magic mushrooms” and most psychedelic drugs.
When you’re *really* thirsty for right-wing media attention pic.twitter.com/U71EiSzLld
— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) June 6, 2023
Wiener: Gender identity key to "best interests of the minor"
Accustomed to being at the center of controversy, especially with regard to LGBT and trans issues, Wiener has filed an amendment to AB 957 to make the gender identity of children and adolescents part of their "health, safety and well-being," a fundamental part of the concept of the "best interests of the minor." The change introduced by Wiener, barely a line in length, threatens to forever change California's family relationships if passed:
This bill, for purposes of this provision, would include a parent's affirmation of a child's gender identity as part of the child's health, safety, and welfare.
Wiener's addition radicalizes the proposal, approved by the state Legislature on May 3, by Democratic Congresswoman Lori Wilson. This indicated that a court should take into account whether or not the parents affirm the gender identity of the children when deciding custody of the children in case of separation. With the state senator's modification, judges could even withdraw parental custody from fathers who do not reaffirm their children or refuse to initiate the gender change process. This would extend to any institution that has contact with minors.
A race marked by controversy and extremism
If anything has characterized Wiener's career, it has been polemic and taking political and ideological proposals to the limit. Despite their reserved appearance, their monotonous tone, few people manage to ignite as many passions as I hate when they open their mouths. A native of New Jersey, he arrived in California in 1997 after graduating from Harvard Law School for what he thought would be a short period of time before moving to Philadelphia with his parents.
For Wiener, the turning point in his life came when "the energetic forces of the world" impelled him to choose Duke University in North Carolina, although he had other options where a studious son hiding his homosexuality from a Jewish family might fit in better. In statements to the Los Angeles Times, the congressman analyzed that "I realized I was meant to go to Duke because, I mean, it’s a good school, but it was also really social." At Duke, Wiener openly acknowledged being gay and began his struggle as a radical member of the LGBT community.
"We'll never let these bigots win"
Although he is a self-proclaimed "introvert," his 13 years in elected office show an absolutely unleashed and provocative person, unafraid to force situations and change deeply entrenched laws. No sooner had he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Wiener then dared to reform the city's nudity law, despite the fact that his last name lent itself to puns in questionable taste. Something he repeated as soon as he narrowly won a seat in the state Senate, proposing as his first bill to change California's housing policy.
Much of his political action is understood by his victimizing and vindictive statements on behalf of the LGBT community, denouncing a "campaign to erase LGBTQ people -to eliminate us-. It's tragic that we're backsliding as a country, with homophobic and transphobic political rhetoric normalized. But fight we will. We'll never let these bigots win," he said on his Twitter account, a social network where he is very active and has engaged in intense confrontations with Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Green and Donald Trump Jr.
We’re not going anywhere. It’s tragic we have to fight this fight in 2023. It’s tragic that we’re backsliding as a country, with homophonic & transphobic political rhetoric normalized.
But fight we will. We’ll never let these bigots win.
— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) June 4, 2023
Author of 65 bills that have become law
In his Golden State Upper House biography, Wiener boasts of being the "author of 65 bills that have become law." Among them, he highlights those aimed at promoting affordable housing, as well as a notable battery of regulations with woke content, especially "in defense of the LGBT community." In this regard, he was the sponsor of: "SB 107, which provides shelter for trans children and their families in California so they can avoid criminal prosecution for seeking or allowing gender affirming care in states like Texas and Alabama; SB 219, which protects LGBTQ seniors in long-term care facilities or SB 132, which requires prisons to house incarcerated transgender people according to where they are safest (e.g., by gender identity).
In addition to his activity as a legislator, he is known as a radical LGBT activist, a field in which he has also been involved in numerous controversies. In recent days, taking advantage of the controversy of the Dodgers' award to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an anti-Catholic queer and trans group, he invited his most familiar faces, such as Sister Roma to receive a tribute in the Senate.
Kicking off our Capitol Pride celebration with the amazing Sister Roma & other Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
We’re honoring Sister Roma & other badass LGBTQ community leaders from around California. pic.twitter.com/jfino2hzIb
— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) June 5, 2023
Pelosi's replacement in the House of Representatives?
Although he is "very much at home" in California, he could make the leap into national politics. Specifically, to the House of Representatives, as he is one of the leading favorites to take Nancy Pelosi's seat if she were to resign or if she were to give up running for re-election in 2024.
