How many times have I said that the Republicans think that laws don’t apply to them? Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but avoid addressing transgender athletes AP News By COLLIN BINKLEY April 19, 2024 The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday by the Biden administration. The new provisions are part of a revised Title IX regulation issued by the Education Department, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Joe Biden. He had promised to dismantle rules created ..read more

The gender inclusive non-discrimination law covers everyone… even non-trans people! A CT woman had a hysterectomy. She claims her co-workers harassed her about a ‘sex change’ Hartford Courant By Ed Stannard April 25, 2024 A Connecticut woman, planning medical leave from her job in order to undergo a hysterectomy, was allegedly harassed by her supervisor and co-workers, who taunted her about whether she was having a sex-change operation, according to a lawsuit. The woman was ultimately terminated from her job at Chase Family Movement Disorder Center in Vernon, according to her lawsuit again ..read more

[Opinion] I can't understand why someone who is trans would join an anti-LGBTQ+ organization. It is beyond my imagination! So I asked Perplexity.AI and it is beyond the AI understanding also. Question: "Why would a person who is transgender join a political organization that is anti-transgender?" Answer: Based on the search results provided, it is highly unlikely that a transgender person would willingly join a political organization that is anti-transgender. The search results indicate that the anti-transgender movement is actively working to eliminate the rights, protections, and legal ..read more

[Editorial] I tell you that is their goal, they are always talking about “originalists” back in colonial times and that is what they want to bring us back to. DeSantis said public schools were religious when U.S. began. Is he right? Scholars say the Founding Fathers’ thoughts on public education are often misconstrued. Tampa Bay Times By Jeffrey S. Solochek April 24, 2024 Before signing into law a measure allowing religious chaplains in public schools, Gov. Ron DeSantis said the initiative brought Florida closer to what the nation’s founders wanted for educating youth. “When education in ..read more

Once again the Republican Clown Car is running in circles. Get a load of these clowns! Rachel Maddow Apologizes for Trump Trial Outburst: I ‘Snorted Out Loud’ at This Shocking Revelation “A fall-off-your-chair moment,” the MSNBC anchor says The Wrap By Natalie Korach April 23, 2024 Rachel Maddow apologized to journalists sitting near her at Donald Trump’s trial Monday in Manhattan after she “snorted out loud” when prosecutors revealed that one of the former president’s advisors had physically written down the very hush-money reimbursement plan that the jury is considering for criminal ch ..read more

Texas wants your medical information… The hospital said no. Seattle hospital won’t turn over gender-affirming care records in lawsuit settlement with Texas AP News BY JAMIE STENGLE April 22, 2024  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday. Seattle Children’s Hospital filed the lawsuit against Paxton’s office in December in response to the Republican appearing to go beyond state borders to investigate tr ..read more

No not the rock group but rather between the pro- and the anti- LGBTQ+ groups. Queer protestors shut down on-campus speech by anti-LGBTQ+ educational leader Protestors angrily called him a “power-hungry fascist,” and said that a deceased LGBTQ+ student's blood was on his hands. LGBTQ Nation By Daniel Villarreal April 18, 2024 Ryan Walters, the right-wing superintendent of the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE), only spoke for about 12 minutes before ending his talk at Oklahoma State University (OSU) yesterday. During his on-campus appearance, pro-LGBTQ+ protestors angrily shouted ..read more

A judge will have none of that! A judge tossed out a lawsuit to keep Nassau County  ban on trans students. Judge tosses out Nassau County lawsuit defending ban on transgender women at sports facilities By CBS New York Team April 12, 2024 A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman who had been looking to stop a challenge from New York Attorney General Letitia James over his decision to ban transgender women from playing sports at county-owned facilities. In March, James demanded Blakeman rescind an order banning those athletes. The ban still r ..read more

In Kansas the Republicans are trying to take away our healthcare but the Democratic governor says no way! Kansas governor vetoes bill banning trans youth healthcare: ‘Not a Kansas value’ The governor of Kansas has vetoed a bill which aims to prohibit healthcare providers from providing trans youth with gender-affirming care. Pink News By Gabriella Ferlita April 15, 2024 After a concerning number of US states launched their 2024 legislative sessions by introducing bills targeting transgender healtcare, it’s a relief for advocates everywhere to see politicians like governor Laura Kelly taking ..read more

When I comes to religion and trans people it is complicated, a lot times it comes down to the parish priests, yesterday I went to my cousin’s funeral in a Catholic church and I'll write it this afternoon. Transgender inclusion? World’s major religions take varying stances on policies toward trans people AP News BY DEEPA BHARATH, DAVID CRARY AND MARIAM FAM April 10, 2024 The Vatican has issued a new document rejecting the concept of changing one’s biological sex – a setback for transgender people who had hoped Pope Francis might be setting the stage for a more welcoming approach from the Cat ..read more