[btomba_77]

increasing visibility ….
 
[h1]Biden to Appoint Transgender Doctor for Senate-Confirmed Health Post[/h1] President-elect Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he will nominate Pennsylvanias top health official, Rachel Levine, to be his assistant secretary of health, the [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/19/rachel-levine-transgender-biden-hhs-pick/]Washington Post[/link] reports.

Levine, a pediatrician, would become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
 

[kaldridgewv2211]

I’m honestly surprised that Rachel Levine is/was a successful Pediatrician in Pennsylvania.  Very much looks like a guy with a DEbbie Wasserman haircut.

[ruszja]

I wish people got appointed based on competency, not which boxes on the intersectionality bingo-card they allow the administration to cross off.

[btomba_77]

I think that there are likely dozens of candidates all roughly equally qualified for many positions in government.  And there is no objective way to determine who is the *most* qualified.
 
At some point the decision has a subjective component.
 
 
So I have no problem in taking demographics … or even raw politics .. into account as long as the person initially is within the Venn diagram of highly qualified applicants.
 
 

[Unknown Member]

I wish people got appointed based on competency, not which boxes on the intersectionality bingo-card they allow the administration to cross off.

How dare you use logic!

[kayla.meyer_144]

Is she somehow unqualified because she is transgender?

Seems the complaints see only her transgenderism & consider transgenderism as unqualified by definition. How does that compute?

[btomba_77]

Like I said … as long as she is picked from the basket of highly qualified people I have no problem with politics playing into the choice.
 
*Someone* has to be the first trans person confirmed by the Senate. Might as well be her … now

[btomba_77]

[b]Senate Confirms First Transgender Nominee[/b][/h1]  
Dr. Rachel Levine was confirmed as assistant health secretary, making her the first openly transgender federal official approved by the Senate, the [link=https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-confirms-rachel-levine-as-assistant-health-secretary-11616622787?mod=djemalertNEWS]Wall Street Journal[/link] reports.

 

[jennycullmann]

Are you going to post on international pedophilia day when that happens, too?

[clickpenguin_460]

Transgender people are always visible.  I didn’t realize they were all superheroes and/or Harry Potters.

[btomba_77]

[link=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/biden-issues-first-presidential-proclamation-trans-day-visibility-n1262613]Biden issues first presidential proclamation on Trans Day of Visibility

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued the first presidential [link=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/03/31/a-proclamation-on-transgender-day-of-visibility-2021/]proclamation[/link] recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility.
 
Their trailblazing work has given countless transgender individuals the bravery to live openly and authentically, Biden wrote. This hard-fought progress is also shaping an increasingly accepting world in which peers at school, teammates and coaches on the playing field, colleagues at work, and allies in every corner of society are standing in support and solidarity with the transgender community.
 
Despite progress for lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer Americans, such as marriage equality, Biden said trans people still face systemic barriers to freedom and equality, such as higher rates of violence, harassment and discrimination.
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[Unknown Member]

I totally agree with transgender equality and legislation against violence, harassment and discrimination. I’m not sure where this is huge problem? I do know that there are large numbers of black people in cities like Chicago that face violence, harassment and death every week. I wish Biden would address that problem as well. But white people are not allowed to address the issue of black on black crime.

[btomba_77]

Quote from dergon

[link=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/rep-jim-banks-suspended-twitter-misgendering-trans-government-official-dr-n1282233]Rep. Jim Banks suspended from Twitter for misgendering trans gov’t official

[/link]{Yep, the same Jim Banks that has been falsely signing his name as “Ranking Member” on the Select Committee despite being barred from serving on it}

Twitter suspended the account of Indiana Rep. Jim Banks on Saturday after the Republican congressman intentionally misgendered Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, the first transgender person to hold an office that requires a Senate confirmation.

Banks, who represents the northeastern corner of the state, was responding to the news that Levine became the first woman to be [link=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/dr-rachel-levine-becomes-nations-first-transgender-four-star-officer-rcna3283]awarded the title of four-star officer[/link], saying the title was taken and honor were taken by a man.

Twitter said the comment violated its hateful conduct policy, which prohibits the targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals.

[/QUOTE]

 
 
 
[link=https://thehill.com/regulation/technology/598887-twitter-flags-texas-ags-tweet-that-intentionally-misgenders-assistant]Twitter flags Texas AG’s tweet that intentionally misgenders assistant health secretary[/link]

[btomba_77]

[h1]NCAA Will Boycott States With Anti-Trans Laws[/h1]  

The NCAA [link=https://twitter.com/kentluetzen/status/1381699117315883008?s=21]announced[/link] it will pull events from states that have passed anti-trans bills.
 
The organization says only locations where hosts can commit to providing an environment that is safe, healthy and free of discrimination should be selected.[/QUOTE]
 

BREAKING: @NCAA is pulling championships from states with anti-trans bills.

NCAA says "only locations where hosts can commit to providing an environment that is safe, healthy and free of discrimination should be selected."https://t.co/rYqwLBiC4Z

— Kent Luetzen (@KentLuetzen) April 12, 2021

[btomba_77]

[link=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/552588-biden-admin-reverses-trump-era-limits-on-transgender-health-protections]Biden administration reverses Trump-era limits on transgender health protections

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that its Office for Civil Rights will enforce bans on sex discrimination applying to sexual orientation and gender identity in a shift from the former administrations policies. 
 
The move comes after former [link=https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump]President Trump[/link]s administration ruled to remove ObamaCares nondiscrimination protections that prevented health care workers from denying care to patients based on their gender identity or sexual orientation.
 
 
Fear of discrimination can lead individuals to forgo care, which can have serious negative health consequences, HHS Secretary [link=https://thehill.com/people/xavier-becerra-0]Xavier Becerra[/link] said in a statement. Everyone including LGBTQ people should be able to access health care, free from discrimination or interference, period.
 

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[btomba_77]

[link=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/rep-jim-banks-suspended-twitter-misgendering-trans-government-official-dr-n1282233]Rep. Jim Banks suspended from Twitter for misgendering trans gov’t official

[/link]{Yep, the same Jim Banks that has been falsely signing his name as “Ranking Member” on the Select Committee despite being barred from serving on it}

Twitter suspended the account of Indiana Rep. Jim Banks on Saturday after the Republican congressman intentionally misgendered Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, the first transgender person to hold an office that requires a Senate confirmation.
 
Banks, who represents the northeastern corner of the state, was responding to the news that Levine became the first woman to be [link=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/dr-rachel-levine-becomes-nations-first-transgender-four-star-officer-rcna3283]awarded the title of four-star officer[/link], saying the title was taken and honor were taken by a man.
 
Twitter said the comment violated its hateful conduct policy, which prohibits the targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals.

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[btomba_77]

[h1][b]GOP Lawmaker Apologizes after Repeating False Claim of School Litter Boxes for Children “Identifying as cats”[/b][/h1]  
Nebraska state Sen. Bruce Bostelman (R) apologized on Monday after he [link=https://twitter.com/jonnykip21/status/1508485363177861124]publicly cited a persistent but debunked rumor[/link] alleging that schools are placing litter boxes in school bathrooms to accommodate children who self-identify as cats, the [link=https://apnews.com/article/nebraska-lincoln-316c87249779706d6d78b58641c4a75e]AP[/link] reports.
 
Said Bostleman: They meow and they bark and they interact with their teachers in this fashion. And now schools are wanting to put litter boxes in the schools for these children to use. How is this sanitary?
 
The false claim that children who identify as cats are using litter boxes in school bathrooms has spread across the internet since at least December.
 

[kayla.meyer_144]

The fact that he has to apologize for such obvious sarcasm because some people believe it as fact says everything about these people, their beliefs and credulity.

[alyaa.rifaie_129]

People believe because media outlets often do not recognize the sarcasm or prefer to ignore it and run w a story as if it is true. This just played out this weekend w numerous media outlets claiming Greg Gutfeld said possible famine is being caused by the Hunter Biden laptop.  Many online outlets carried it and some totally left out points or even changed what happened even when the clip is online. Anyone that knows Gutfeld knows he uses comedic political satirical commentary. Yet it was totally passed off as if he meant what he said.

[ruszja]

In related news:
 
[link=https://www.nj.com/news/2022/04/two-women-at-nj-prison-are-pregnant-after-consensual-sex-between-inmates-doc-says.html]https://www.nj.com/news/2…-inmates-doc-says.html[/link]
 
#totallynormal

[btomba_77]

[link=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/14/politics/judge-blocks-alabama-transgender-law/index.html]Judge blocks Alabama restrictions on certain gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth

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In granting the preliminary injunction late Friday night requested by the Justice Department and private plaintiffs, Judge Liles Burke said that there was a substantial likelihood that the court would find unconstitutional the law’s restrictions on providing transitioning medications, such as puberty blockers, to minors.

…

“Defendants produce no credible evidence to show that transitioning medications are ‘experimental,'” wrote Liles, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump. “While Defendants offer some evidence that transitioning medications pose certain risks, the uncontradicted record evidence is that at least twenty-two major medical associations in the United States endorse transitioning medications as well-established, evidence-based treatments for gender dysphoria in minors.”

…

The judge said that the “Parent Plaintiffs have a fundamental right to direct the medical care of their children,” finding that they were likely to succeed in their due process claim. The judge also said that the minors were likely to succeed in their equal protection claim and that Alabama’s “proffered justifications” for the law “are hypothesized, not exceedingly persuasive.”

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[btomba_77]

GOP in Ohio passes a law allowing public schools to conduct [b]internal and external genitalia evaluation [/b]of minors “if accused of being trans”

[link=https://twitter.com/morgantrau/status/1532417493658177536?s=21&t=ekpCMIX3Gmg28F3de2XxWg]https://twitter.com/morgantrau/status/1532417493658177536?s=21&t=ekpCMIX3Gmg28F3de2XxWg[/link]

Finally got Sub HB 151, which includes Ohio's "Save Women's Sports Act." This passed close to midnight.

Section C has the verification process if accused of being trans.
- External and internal genitalia evaluation
- Testosterone level check
- Genetic makeup test@WEWS pic.twitter.com/ZhtGOcx4DY

— Morgan Trau (@MorganTrau) June 2, 2022

[satyanar]

Ah. Its about collegiate athletics. I usually need to read the whole thing to figure out what is going on. 
 
Your had me enraged for a bit. Im still not sure the best course of action regarding allowing women that used to be men and developed their muscle mass under the influence of testosterone, competing against women.
 
I do recognize the importance of supporting these girls and boys through the process of gender identification and treatment, both psychological and medical.
 
Another very complicated issue. Best not to leave out words with the intent of making people angry in the process of discussion. 

[btomba_77]

[link=https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/3528062-genital-inspection-provision-to-be-removed-from-ohio-transgender-athlete-ban/]https://thehill.com/chang…ansgender-athlete-ban/[/link]

Ohio will drop genital inspection from trans bill

[ruszja]

Quote from dergon

[link=https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/3528062-genital-inspection-provision-to-be-removed-from-ohio-transgender-athlete-ban/]https://thehill.com/chang…ansgender-athlete-ban/[/link]

Ohio will drop genital inspection from trans bill

After the russians and east germans started sending males as females to the Olympics , this was standard part of what it took to compete.

Just spent my morning at a swim meet. Looked at all the girls swimming their hearts out and thought ‘too bad a dude will show up and take your scholarship money.’

[kayla.meyer_144]

Interesting video from transgender woman on athletic ability.
 
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/opinion/transgender-sports-science.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article]https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/opinion/transgender-sports-science.html[/link]

[satyanar]

Ah nuance. Thanks for sharing. Middle ground is nice.

[satyanar]

Read it again and watched. Apolitical middle ground. Tough to find but brilliant, especially if real science is involved.

[btomba_77]

[b]Trump Pledges to Fight Gender Madness[/b][/h1]  
Donald Trump vowed to pass legislation that recognizes only two genders under U.S. law if he is elected president as he seeks to shore up his conservative base and outflank rival candidates on the right of the Republican Party, the [link=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/donald-trump-puts-gender-madness-on-front-line-of-right-wing-culture-war-5wtwlksfx]Times of London[/link] reports.
 
Trump added that he would ban transgender women from competing in womens sports and outlaw gender transition without parental consent.

 

[btomba_77]

It’s crazy that this is a real headline but ….

[link=https://www.npr.org/2023/02/09/1155819217/young-florida-athletes-wont-have-to-share-their-menstrual-cycle-details-to-compe]Young Florida athletes won’t have to share their menstrual cycle details to compete

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Young athletes in Florida will not have to report details of their menstrual cycles to school officials in order to play high school sports. That decision came today, after weeks of controversy, during an emergency meeting held by Florida athletic officials.

…

 this really came to a head several months ago after an investigation by the Palm Beach Post, which raised questions about why athletes were being asked for this information about their menstrual cycles and who has access to that data. A flood of public comments came in to the Florida High School Athletic Association, which makes these decisions, and under state law, the association’s lawyers had to read all of those comments into the record today. …

…
And that’s about what it sounded like for more than an hour today. And, you know, these are particularly fraught questions right now because many people are worried about how their reproductive health information may be used, both because of the overturning of Roe v. Wade last year and in Florida, especially, because of Governor Ron DeSantis’ support for a ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports.

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[kayla.meyer_144]

And why do so many anti-government Republicans think having a requirement to have the government check on your menstrual cycle or ou can’t compete is a good thing?
 
This was not foreseen by Orwell writing about oppressive governments vs freedom.

[kayla.meyer_144]

Then again it is not too dissimilar with how Nazis detected Jewish men. 

[kayla.meyer_144]

But let’s not forget that intrusion is still the name of the game as the Florida High School Athletic Association still requires the delcaration not just of Sex but of the sex your original birth certificate says you were.
 

One thing, Ari, that got less attention today, this new form that will be submitted to Florida schools requires athletes to list their sex assigned at birth. The old one only asked for sex. And the Florida High School Athletic Association says they’ve based the new form on recommendations from groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics. I reached out to the association for explanation of this change, and they did not respond. But one reproductive justice advocate in Florida I spoke to today told me she worries this information will be used to target transgender athletes in the future.

[btomba_77]

[h1]CPAC speaker sparks alarm with call for trans people to be eradicated[/h1] [link=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fcpac-speaker-sparks-alarm-with-call-for-trans-people-to-be-eradicated%2Far-AA18dBh8%3Focid%3Dmsedgntp%26cvid%3D2635d7e041c54214919be3f127580e31%26ei%3D7]CPAC speaker sparks alarm with call for trans people to be eradicated [/link]
 
[b]For the good of society… transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely, far-right conservative Michael Knowles said, drawing raucous applause[/b]
 
 There can be no middle way in dealing with transgenderism. It can be all or nothing, he said. If transgenderism is true, if men really can become women, then its true for everybody of all ages. If transgenderism is false as it is if men really cant become women as they cannot then its false for everybody too. And if its false, then we should not indulge it, especially when that indulgence requires taking away the rights and customs of many people. It if is false, then for the good of society and especially for the good of the poor people who have fallen prey to this confusion then transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely  the whole preposterous ideology, at every level.
_________
 
Knowles now says he will sue for libel Rolling Stone and HuffPost for misrepresenting his words.
 
Because eradicating transgenderism isn’t the same thing as eradicating trans people … apparently.   **eyeroll**
 
Sorry, you can’t eradicate transgenderism without eradicating trans people just like you can’t end homosexuality without getting rid of gay people.
 
 
So … enjoy your fruitless libel suit.  (Although, probably not entirely fruitless … he’ll probably raise a ton of money off the CPAC rubes donating to his legal defense fund to help keep America free!)
 
 

[ruszja]

He is calling to eliminate the ideology from the public space. He claims to do so:
 
[i]and especially for the good of the poor people who have fallen prey to this confusion[/i]
 
It is clearly a misrepresentation to say that he is in favor of eliminating the individuals.
 
What he wants is stupid and makes no sense, still to say he is advocating some kind of trans holocaust is simply incorrect.
 
 

[kayla.meyer_144]

Conservative Republicans using government to eradicate people.
 
Some things never change, to these people there are not different people out there wishing to just live their lives, there are people they believe should be eradicated by law by forbidding their existence to be seen.
 
Anti-Freedom. Anti-American. Fundamentalist religion of White Nationalism Christianity variety.
 
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/06/opinion/tennessee-drag-bill-lgbtq.html]https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/06/opinion/tennessee-drag-bill-lgbtq.html[/link]

[b]The point of the law is to terrorize people.[/b]
 
Thats how Patrick Grzanka, a professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the chair of the universitys interdisciplinary program in women, gender and sexuality, describes Tennessees new, extreme anti-drag law among the first of its kind in the country.
 
The law, which Republican Gov. Bill Lee [link=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/us/tennessee-law-drag-shows.html]signed Thursday[/link], criminalizes adult cabaret performances that are harmful to minors. It includes male or female impersonators on public property or where they could be seen by children. It takes effect April 1, with the first offense being a misdemeanor and subsequent ones being felonies.
 
They see their role as guarding the border between their narrow, normative definitions of masculine and feminine and making sure no one traverses it. They are sentinels of the patriarchy, all too willing to oppress or try to intimidate their fellow citizens.
 
And the imprecise wording of Tennessees law seems calibrated to provoke the maximum amount of doubt and, therefore, fear: How is impersonating a man or woman defined? (Does a high school stunt, for example, count?) Could transgender men and women be prosecuted? How is harm to minors defined, and who defines it?
 
As Grzanka told me: Forget about accountability. There doesnt even have to be internal consistency to the legislation so long as it promotes hate. He sees the anti-drag law as a continuation of a kind of legislative waterboarding by the political right to generate backlash against L.G.B.T.Q. progress that many see as a massive threat to white Christian heterosexual values.
 
He believes the law is part of a retrenchment politics that is designed to put L.G.B.T. people back in our place, and of course the place is cowering in fear in the closet.
 

 
Conservatives, having suffered losses in recent years on L.G.B.T.Q. rights issues, found a smaller, more vulnerable subset of the queer community to attack: those fighting for gender identity rights.

[kayla.meyer_144]

Excellent interviews with Masha Gessen on New Yorker podcast with David Remnick and with Machaela Cavanaugh in Nebraska filibustering an anti-LGBTQ bill opposing help for transgender children.
 
[link=https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/masha-gessen-on-the-battle-over-trans-rights]https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/masha-gessen-on-the-battle-over-trans-rights[/link]

[kayla.meyer_144]

And something to tittilate Tucker Carlson while he “does research” along w his M&M’s “research,” Hitler w tits.
 
[link=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/how-oss-tried-defeat-hitler-world-war-ii/593455/][link=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63629/time-allies-tried-disarm-hitler-female-sex-hormones]https://www.mentalfloss.c…er-female-sex-hormones[/link][/link]
 
 

[kayla.meyer_144]

Go back to Long Island!
 
[link=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/protesters-bloodied-arrested-nyc-drag-story-hour-rcna75724]https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/protesters-bloodied-arrested-nyc-drag-story-hour-rcna75724[/link]

[btomba_77]

Quote from Frumious

[b]The point of the law is to terrorize people.[/b]

Thats how Patrick Grzanka, a professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the chair of the universitys interdisciplinary program in women, gender and sexuality, describes Tennessees new, extreme anti-drag law among the first of its kind in the country.

The law, which Republican Gov. Bill Lee [link=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/us/tennessee-law-drag-shows.html]signed Thursday[/link], criminalizes adult cabaret performances that are harmful to minors. It includes male or female impersonators on public property or where they could be seen by children. It takes effect April 1, with the first offense being a misdemeanor and subsequent ones being felonies.

 
[link=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4033015-federal-judge-rules-tennessee-restrictions-on-drag-shows-unconstitutional/][b]Federal judge rules Tennessee restrictions on drag shows unconstitutional[/b]

[/link]

U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker said in his [link=https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnwd.98391/gov.uscourts.tnwd.98391.91.0.pdf]ruling[/link] that the law, which Gov. [link=https://thehill.com/people/bill-lee/]Bill Lee [/link](R) [link=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3881688-tennessee-enacts-nations-first-law-restricting-drag-shows-bans-gender-affirming-care-for-youth/]signed[/link] in March, is both unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad. 
 
The law says an adult cabaret performance is unlawful if it happens on public property or in a location where the performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult. It defines such a performance as one that is harmful to minors and includes topless dancers, exotic dancers, strippers and male or female impersonators. 
…

Parker agreed with the argument, ruling that the AEA was passed for the impermissible purpose of chilling constitutionally-protected speech. 

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[link=https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnwd.98391/gov.uscourts.tnwd.98391.91.0.pdf]https://storage.courtlist…ts.tnwd.98391.91.0.pdf[/link]

The Court concludes that strict scrutiny review applies to the AEA. As a matter of text alone, the AEA is a content-, and viewpoint-based restriction on speech. The AEA was passed for the impermissible purpose of chilling constitutionally-protected speech, and the secondary effects doctrine does not save it from strict scrutiny review.

The Court concludes that the AEA fails strict scrutiny review. Tennessee has a compelling state interest in protecting the physical and psychological well-being of minors, but Defendant has not met his burden of proving that the AEA is both narrowly tailored and the least restrictive means to advance Tennessees interest. The Court concludes that the AEA is both unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad.

The AEAs harmful to minors standard applies to minors of all ages, so it fails to provide fair notice of what is prohibited, and it encourages discriminatory enforcement. The AEA is substantially overbroad because it applies to public property or anywhere a minor could be present. Finally, the Court concludes that the constitutional-avoidance canon does not apply to the AEAs constitutional defects.

Defendants proposed narrowing constructions are unmoored from the text and unsupportedif not contravenedby legislative history, which Defendant asked the Court to consider. Acceptance of Defendants proposed narrowing construction under the guise of the constitutional-avoidance would require the Court to rewrite the statute, and to violate the principle of separation-of-powers.[/QUOTE]
 

[kayla.meyer_144]

Supposedly the Right claims its transgender opposition is to protect children but is is all about LGBTQ, period. Gays are OK so long as they stay in the closet. And don’t take jobs where these Right-wingers work and especially have children. Because it’s all about grooming and recruiting their children to be taught to be gay. “Protecting” transgender children is just BS foot in the door about LGBTQ. There is no opening to accepting gay people at all. It’s all about homophobia, period.

[kayla.meyer_144]

It is too easy to misunderstand his message. Yes, he says he is not calling for extermination but he treats transgerderism as if it was as simple as changing a pair of socks, a “choice.” Or an actual pathology that must be cured. They need “conversion therapy” to cure their outlook.
 
This is not dissimilar to how homosexuality was viewed not long ago & still is by some, as if it is a choice like changing socks or a pathology that you need to go to “conversion therapy.” Further the fear that “gays” need to “recruit” straight children in order to populate their gay society as if a child could be converted. But if you believe conversion therapy works, why not the opposite way to make straight people gay. The fear of the library reading by drag queens.
 
The viewpoint of transphobia is identical to the homophobia of these people. 
 
I personally do not understand transgenderism or gender dysphoria but it can’t be dismissed as mere pathology. It’s definitely not “choice” like socks.
 
Transgenderism is no fad.
 
[link=https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/03/transgenderism_a_dangerous_new_fad.html]https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/03/transgenderism_a_dangerous_new_fad.html[/link]
 

The real pathology resides in people like Michael Knowles and their beliefs.

[link=https://time.com/3705745/history-therapy-hadden/]https://time.com/3705745/history-therapy-hadden/[/link]
 
 

 

[ruszja]

Quote from Frumious

The viewpoint of transphobia is identical to the homophobia of these people. 

I personally do not understand transgenderism or gender dysphoria but it can’t be dismissed as mere pathology. It’s definitely not “choice” like socks.

Transgenderism is no fad.

In most cases, gender dysphoria is a symptom of major depression. Once we reshuffle the DSM to recognize it as such, it’s going to be much easier to get a handle on it.

I wouldn’t call it a fad, but the epidemiology of clusters that crop up in schools suggests that there is either an infectious agent at work or some degree of peer modeling behavior. Similar to what we see with teenager suicidality.

[kayla.meyer_144]

I don’t agree. Your question might better be which came first. Dysphoria could very well be [u]the[/u] cause of their depression. Even being gay causes depression due to the fear of rejection, by friends and family. Teenagers have a horrible time.
 
I don’t know how things are in your part of Virginia but here in NJ I have met a number of people who are unhappy with their sex, whether gender role or what they see when they look at their body & in a mirror. Transitioning is not a simple decision considered briefly. I’ve met some who have transitioned, are transitioning. No, I don’t belong to some special organization or department, these are people I meet on the street, in stores, at work. And now there are far too many people in public, in public roles, in the military, in responsible roles to dismiss it as some mental problem to be cured. I think many have found their cure in transitioning.
 
 

[kaldridgewv2211]

People are complex

[btomba_77]

[link=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3922811-twitter-restricts-greenes-congressional-account-over-vengeance-post/]Twitter restricts Greenes congressional account over vengeance post about “Trans Day of Vengeance”

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Twitter on Tuesday restricted Rep. [link=https://thehill.com/people/marjorie-taylor-greene/]Marjorie Taylor Greenes [/link](R-Ga.) congressional account for seven days after she repeatedly posted an image of a poster about a rally called Trans Day of Vengeance.
 
We do not support tweets that incite violence irrespective of who posts them.  Vengeance does not imply peaceful protest, Irwin said.
 
The poster highlights an event scheduled for Saturday, April 1, that appears to be organized by Our Rights DC. That groups Twitter account, which has a little more than a thousand followers and describes itself as an autonomous community sustaining direct action to demand accountability for injustice, was locked on Tuesday.  

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[kayla.meyer_144]

Shades of Anita Bryant! (Who?) SAVE THE CHILDREN FROM THE GAYS!
 
This sort of planned BS panic by conservatives has been around for decades.
 
Authors of the Plandemic plan another, this time its transgenders – mere gay panic didnt work out so upping the ante.
 
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/us/politics/transgender-conservative-campaign.html]https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/us/politics/transgender-conservative-campaign.html[/link]

When the Supreme Court declared a constitutional right to same-sex marriage nearly eight years ago, social conservatives were set adrift.
 
The ruling stripped them of an issue they had used to galvanize rank-and-file supporters and big donors. And it left them searching for a cause that like opposing gay marriage would rally the base and raise the movements profile on the national stage.
 
[b]We knew we needed to find an issue that the candidates were comfortable talking about, said Terry Schilling, the president of American Principles Project, a social conservative advocacy group. And we threw everything at the wall.[/b]
 
What has stuck, somewhat unexpectedly, is the issue of transgender identity, particularly among young people. Today, the effort to restrict transgender rights has supplanted same-sex marriage as an animating issue for social conservatives at a pace that has stunned political leaders across the spectrum. It has reinvigorated a network of conservative groups, increased fund-raising and set the agenda in school boards and state legislatures.
 
Its a strange world to live in, said Ari Drennen, the L.G.B.T.Q. program director for Media Matters, a liberal media monitoring group that tracks the legislation. As a transgender woman, she said, she feels unwelcome in whole swaths of the country where states have attacked her right just to exist in public.
 
The effort started with a smattering of Republican lawmakers advancing legislation focused on transgender girls participation in school sports. And it was accelerated by a few influential Republican governors who seized on the issue early.
 

[b]But it was also the result of careful planning by national conservative organizations to harness the emotion around gender politics[/b]. With gender norms shifting and a sharp rise in the number of [link=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/10/science/transgender-teenagers-national-survey.html]young people identifying as transgender[/link], conservative groups spotted an opening in a debate that was gaining attention.

 
[b]The focus on perceived threats to impressionable children has a long history in American sexual politics. It has its roots in the Save Our Children campaign championed in 1977 by Anita Bryant, the singer known for her orange juice commercials, to repeal a local ordinance in Dade-Miami County that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation, a historic setback for the modern gay rights movements.[/b]

[satyanar]

I was planning to work harder to include the trans people I know. However, chiro convinced me they dont exist. 

[ruszja]

Bud Light is in decline because it tastes like dish water, not because there is something wrong with the advertising.

[btomba_77]

Quote from fw

Bud Light is in decline because it tastes like dish water, not because there is something wrong with the advertising.

 
Bud Light is in decline?
 
__________
 
anyway — something funny 
 
[link=https://youtu.be/zWmqTWR6dT8]https://youtu.be/zWmqTWR6dT8[/link]
Jon Oliver’s Bud Light ad (go to 2:40 minute mark)
[ul][*]”It tastes like the flat soda that a homeless guys uses to rinse off burns.”[*]”It’s like a liquid version of a John Mayer song.”[*]”Bud Light tastes like the urine of a scared rabbit.”[*]It’s like Stephen Seagal’s pre-cum.”[*]”It tastes like Robert Durst’s aquarium.”[*]”It’s like someone drank a good Mexican beer and pissed in a Bud Light bottle.”[*]”It tastes as if a raccoon ejaculated carbonated vinegar into in old log.” [/ul]  

[kaldridgewv2211]

Anyone even hear of that Dylan mulcaney before this bud ad thing. I dont even think I live seen their gay cans in the stores. It really just more of the outrage machine at work.

[btomba_77]

[link=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/03/member-of-pro-nazi-ohio-group-accused-of-throwing-molotov-cocktails-at-chesterland-church-to-stop-drag-queen-event-feds-say.html?utm_campaign=clevelanddotcom_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter]https://www.cleveland.com…ial&utm_source=twitter[/link]

Member of pro-Nazi Ohio group said he firebombed Chesterland church to stop drag queen event

[satyanar]

Horrible. “Include the excluded”. We should all work hard to follow this concept. It does take hard work. One of the hardest things humans should do.

[btomba_77]

Bud Light partners with Trans TikTok star for March Madness … 

or as MAGA like to tweet 

[b]#BudweiserHatesWOmen[/b]

[h3][link=https://www.them.us/story/dylan-mulvaney-bud-light-ad-backlash]Dylan Mulvaney’s Bud Light Ad Has the Right Riled Up[/link][/h3]  

[kayla.meyer_144]

The sound of gnashing teeth & screams of NOOOooooooooo!

[kayla.meyer_144]

So this controversy happened entirely from what she posted on her private Instagram or Tic-Toc account? Anheuser-Busch just sent her a can with her pic on it to celebrate her Days of Girlhood celebration, shared on her social media accounts. Dylan Mulvaney is an influencer & therefore a market channel. 
 

The controversy began on April 1, when she [link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CqgTftujqZc/]posted a video[/link] on her Instagram account, where she has 1.8 million followers, to promote a Bud Light contest.

 
 
This is just too funny.
 
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/business/bud-light-boycott.html?unlocked_article_code=zOl1lDQjF31KX1isjMJHsNQyEIMALmOdMiC4Vl88u81MjpiBUsZKg8RcFar4cOtEPSxXtRRa_IJHvZrhMRg1i97yOxaVZZCtXkNM9FRsB8NXP-iCjdffnptaBIxaeeg0CBVqjfWwUhYHg5MWpvLoKOvuQ5a31QAtt5n3vw5UzzQYzT6rtbsH1xB5WbSlB00IvxAVlK3vRisJSyH-Vyw-3qWGbImEb-DaynRN5_pxD3K1_T9q0hagNMpHQN446eOQPJ6rw9F2rZ_WCwh3Oh-UoUkNbbdhOXCKI_lL72lktcmwtNJ7usYuUiNEQwoII232cMbj54DYRZqaI90&giftCopy=1_CurrentCopy&smid=url-share]https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/business/bud-light-boycott.html?unlocked_article_code=zOl1lDQjF31KX1isjMJHsNQyEIMALmOdMiC4Vl88u81MjpiBUsZKg8RcFar4cOtEPSxXtRRa_IJHvZrhMRg1i97yOxaVZZCtXkNM9FRsB8NXP-iCjdffnptaBIxaeeg0CBVqjfWwUhYHg5MWpvLoKOvuQ5a31QAtt5n3vw5UzzQYzT6rtbsH1xB5WbSlB00IvxAVlK3vRisJSyH-Vyw-3qWGbImEb-DaynRN5_pxD3K1_T9q0hagNMpHQN446eOQPJ6rw9F2rZ_WCwh3Oh-UoUkNbbdhOXCKI_lL72lktcmwtNJ7usYuUiNEQwoII232cMbj54DYRZqaI90&giftCopy=1_CurrentCopy&smid=url-share[/link]

[satyanar]

BHE said it best. People will forget sooner than anyone imagined.

[kaldridgewv2211]

equality means everyone can drink a garbage beer.

[btomba_77]

[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/04/06/trans-athletes-school-sports-title-ix/]https://www.washingtonpos…chool-sports-title-ix/[/link]

Biden administration proposes guidelines for trans athletes[/h1]  
[h2]Proposed regulation would disallow blanket bans on trans athletes on the books in 20 states[/h2] [link=https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/fact-sheet-us-department-educations-proposed-change-its-title-ix-regulations-students-eligibility-athletic-teams]Read details of the administration’s proposed regulation[/link]

Under the proposal, schools would need to consider a range of factors before imposing a ban on trans athletes and would need to justify it based on educational grounds, such as the need for fairness. So, for instance, a school district could justify a ban on transgender athletes on their competitive high school track and field team, whereas a district would have a harder time making that case for an intramural middle school kickball squad.

Reaction was mixed. Transgender rights activists said the proposal provided a welcome set of protections for trans students but also worried the regulations could offer a road map for those who want to discriminate.
The proposed rule helps clarify that these blanket bans on transgender athletes are in violation of Title IX and is a really positive development, said Scott Skinner-Thompson, a supporter of transgender rights and associate professor at the University of Colorado Law School. But he said the provisions allowing for discrimination were deeply troubling. When it comes to the hard cases, this is saying that trans kids can be discriminated against.
Conservatives were opposed, objecting to a proposal that would, in effect, wipe out blanket bans on transgender athletes passed in recent months by 20 states.

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[btomba_77]

[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/06/trans-athlete-law-supreme-court-west-virginia/]Supreme Court refuses to reinstate West Virginias transgender athlete ban[/link][/h2]  
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to immediately reinstate a West Virginia law barring transgender athletes from playing on female sports teams from middle school through college, avoiding for now a stand on a controversial issue that has divided society.
 
As is customary, the majority did not explain its decision to uphold the lower courts stay.[b] [/b]But two of the nine justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr., dissented and said[b] [/b][link=https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22a800_e1p3.pdf]they would have granted West Virginias request[/link] to allow the law to be implemented.
 
West Virginia, backed by Republican attorneys general in 21 additional states, asked the Supreme Court to allow the athletics law to take effect, saying it is urgently needed to protect female athletes from players classified as male at birth who would otherwise have an advantage.
 

Under the law, anyone can compete on male and coed teams, but only those designated as female at birth can play on girls teams.

 
 

[btomba_77]

[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/26/montana-transgender-zooey-zephyr-censured-expelled/]https://www.washingtonpos…hyr-censured-expelled/[/link]
 
Montana transgender lawmaker faces GOP vote to be expelled or censured[/h1]  
 
Since Zephyr said last week that those who support banning gender-affirming care for transgender kids would have blood on their hands, Republican leaders have declined to recognize her on the floor and her microphone has been disabled
 

[kayla.meyer_144]

Republican anti-American democracy in action.