One speaker pulled off a T-shirt to reveal another w the names of 1,000 trans people. Another took their hormone injection right in front of the Senate committee. Still another said the committee would have blood on their hands if this passes as it would kill so many trans kids, and finished by saying “we will not be silent, Stonewall was a riot, and if this bill passes you’ll be declaring war on our trans community.

Hearing rules limited speaking to 30 seconds and banned clapping or even snapping fingers. Potential expulsion and year-long ban for any deviation from this extreme measure to suppress dissent.