California State Sen. Scott Wiener is a piece of work. We write about him often because he appears to represent the LGBTQ community almost exclusively. SB 311 is meant to address sexual violence in women's prisons, and its sponsors say it's meant to ensure that transgender women (i.e., men) receive appropriate accommodations. Men don't belong in women's prisons, period; it's just another example of women's spaces being invaded by men. If you want to address sexual violence in women's prisons, get the women with penises out of the prison.
Wiener spoke on SB 311 recently and argued that LGBTQ people are overrepresented in the state's sex offender registry.
State Senator Scott Wiener considers sex offender registries to be some sort of conspiracy against LGBTQ people by punishing them for perfectly normal things like having sex in public. 🙄
— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) April 30, 2025
He argues that a categorical ban on allowing male sex offenders in women’s prisons is… pic.twitter.com/YZZ7LKZwPu
… “incredibly overbroad and discriminatory.”
You can always count on him to put the rights of sex offenders over the rights of vulnerable groups like incarcerated women!
We don't believe Wiener thinks there is such a thing as a sex offender. We'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he's against rape, but his focus has been clearly on making sure everyone can have sex with everyone, regardless of age.
Check his hard drive.
— Suzy Redd (@suzy_redd) April 30, 2025
This man seems more and more like a pedophile with each bill he supports. Someone needs to do some deep investigative work into what he has done and is doing with the rest of his time. @FBIDirectorKash @AGPamBondi @FBIDDBongino
— Patriot2025@COVID1984 (@s05521369) April 30, 2025
He hates women
— Lorie Gillespie (@loriegillespie) April 30, 2025
What a strange claim. He has to use hyperbolic language (“massive array” and “massively targeted”) to try to gain traction, but I would think the registry predated the TQ+
— SquishLaw (@SquishLaw) April 30, 2025
We need more registries, not less.
— freedomforall (@Free4UFree4Me) April 30, 2025
When did having sex in public stop becoming a criminal activity? It’s so perverse what he normalizes here
— Renee (@eeners) April 30, 2025
— 🎶 John Smith 🇺🇸 🦅 🐍 🚀 🎵 (@JohnSmi17828195) April 30, 2025
Hey, those men aren't raping minors. As Wiener argued, it's part of the gay lifestyle for gay men to act as "mentors" for young gay men exploring their sexuality.
This guy is something else
— tslamoon (@tslamoon1) April 30, 2025
He's sketchy in the extreme.
— SoOverIt (@anypigslft2) April 30, 2025
He’s advocated similar policies for a decade or more. This is just the latest, unfortunately. He’s just insulated from these positions because he’s in SF.
— JayKey (@HbarJay) April 30, 2025
Yeah, the inequity in the sex offender registry has been on his radar for years.
He's a pervert.
— Myshkin (@Myshkin1984) April 30, 2025
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