Favorite “Danger!” Champion Amy Schneider stood in front of the White House rostrum on Thursday to celebrate Transgender Visibility Day and spoke out against a wave of transphobic bills advancing across the country.
“The more I see people like me, the harder it is to keep the myths that drive this hatred and fear,” he told reporters when asked what he thought he was in the White House. He hopes Americans will learn from “seeing a trans who is not disgusting or bullying and a normal person like all of us.”
Schneider, that’s 40 “Danger!” The consecutive streak, which ended in January, was the second longest in the show’s history, adding that anti-transgender measures passed in Republican-controlled state legislatures were “really scary” for him.
“Some of them are particularly reluctant to provide medical help to trans youth,” he said. “It is a life-saving medical treatment and … these taxes will lead to the deaths of children. “And it’s really sad for me and really scary.”
His remarks came a day after Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill banning minors from having sex reassignment surgery. She also signed a bill banning transgender women from playing on women’s and women’s sports teams, followed by several other Republican governors in recent months.
This year could be narrowed down as The Biggest Year For anti-transgender law in history, LGBTQ advocates warn.
Schneider offered encouragement and optimism to the youth affected by these bills.
“Wait there,” he said. “I think this reaction is temporary now. I think the country as a whole is on our side and earning more and more every day and I think it won’t be long before such bills can be considered a things of the past and they will no longer be what we want them to be… country. “
“Danger!” The legend still has a hard time figuring out how to use his newly discovered celebrity to defend transgender rights, he said, who declined to comment on whether he should accept President Joe Biden’s administration on the matter.
“Everything has changed in the last few months and I’m still playing by ear,” he said. “I want to do more [advocacy]But so far I am not sure which is the right and effective way to do it ”.
After visiting the White House, Schneider tweeted that he didn’t expect to answer reporters ’questions, but jokingly said that“ he just can’t perform ”when he takes the stage.
So it happened. * No* they told me to ask, but they put me on stage and I couldn’t: lol: https://t.co/1te0VLKkPz
– Amy Schneider (@Jeopardamy) March 31, 2022
His appearance on the “Champions Tournament” game show is scheduled for November, he added.
Source: Huffpost
