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    Didn't really see a place for this so I thought I would start a thread about all things LGBTQ since this is a pretty hot topic in our culture right now

    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/17/sup...y-that-refuses-to-work-with-lgbt-couples.html

    • The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a unanimous defeat to LGBT couples in a high-profile case over whether Philadelphia could refuse to contract with a Roman Catholic adoption agency that says its religious beliefs prevent it from working with same-sex foster parents.
    • Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in an opinion for a majority of the court that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment by refusing to contract with Catholic Social Services once it learned that the organization would not certify same-sex couples for adoption.

    I will admit, I was hopeful for this decision by the SCOTUS but I was surprised by the unanimous decision.

    While I don't think there is anything wrong, per se, with same sex couples adopting and raising children (I actually think it is a good thing as it not an abortion) but I also did not want to see the state force a religious institution to bend to a societal norm.
     
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    superchuck500 said:
    Yeah this isn’t wildly fascist. I’m old enough to remember the MAGA outrage at alleged White House instruction to social media about Covid.

    BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

    Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
    insidemedicine.substack.com
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    Yeah, those forkers aren't going to erase us. fork every last person that voted for this vile hate.
     
    In October 2021, Dana Zzyym became the first person to receive a passport with an “X” marked in the sex field, instead of male or female.

    It wasn’t without a fight. Zzyym, a Navy veteran who is nonbinary and intersex, spent six years battling the State Department in court to get a set of accurate travel documents. Four years later, Donald Trump put people like them in legal limbo on his first day in office.

    On January 20, Trump signed a directive ordering the federal government to only recognize two immutable sexes, male and female, and to ignore what it called “an ever-shifting concept of self-assessed gender identity.” (Trump claimed during his inaugural speech the government would only recognize “two genders,” further muddying the waters.)

    Taken together, Trump’s stance rolled back government recognition, medical spending, and legal protections for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people, in settings ranging from federal prisons to the passport office.

    Under the order, the State Department is no longer issuing new “X” passports and has suspended processing for those seeking to change the gender marker on their travel documents. This brings to a close a brief, four-year period during the Biden administration where Americans were allowed to choose their marker without corroborating it with medical certificates.

    Gender-diverse people already face heightened scrutiny and searches during travel, and the order is only going to make things worse, according to Carl Charles, a senior attorney at Lambda Legal, the advocacy group that represented Zzyym in their fight with the State Department.

    What’s more, Charles argued, despite Trump claiming his stance is about avoiding ideology and “restoring biological truth to the federal government,” the new policy is actually a partisan position far out of step with the modern scientific understanding of sex and gender.

    Intersex people, for instance, are born with a combination of anatomical, genetic, or hormonal characteristics that do not fall into the binary categories of male or female. Numerous expert groups like the American Medical Association medically recognize gender as a spectrum.

    “The sex and gender executive order is ideology,” Charles told The Independent. “It's ideology is, ‘Let’s ignore science. Let’s ignore the experts. Let’s ignore people’s lived experiences.’”

    It also creates a series of thorny civil rights questions for the new government.

    “What is the State Department going to do, decide an intersex person’s sex, or make them choose one?” Charles continued. “That goes against a whole host of constitutional principles I can think of.”................

    Dana Zzyym fought to get the first nonbinary passport. Now Trump has taken them away

    A Trump executive order halts the processing of nonbinary passports and sex-change requests on travel documents, leaving scores of applicants in limbo, Josh Marcus reports
    www.the-independent.com

     
    A House hearing descended into chaos when MAGA firebrand Nancy Mace, a lawmaker from South Carolina, repeatedly shouted an anti-trans slur.

    During a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Mace listed off a slew of government expenditures, when Ranking Member Gerald Connolly took issue with her use of the word “t*****.’

    “The gentlelady has used a phrase that is considered a slur in the LGBTQ communityand the transgender community,” he said, before being interrupted by the GOP Representative.

    “T*****, t*****, t*****. I don't really care,” Mace exclaimed as Connolly asked her to let him finish.

    “You want penises in women's bathrooms, and I'm not going to have it,” she continued.…….


    Nancy Mace repeatedly shouts anti-trans slur in House hearing: 'I don't really care‘

    Mace once hailed herself as a lawmaker who ‘strongly support[s]’ LGBTQ rights
    www.independent.co.uk
     
    The National Park Service eliminated all references to transgender people from its website for the Stonewall national monument on Thursday. The monument commemorates a 1969 riot outside New York City’s historic Stonewall Inn, led by trans women of color, that ignited the contemporary gay rights movement.

    The move comes as federal agencies across the country seek to comply with an executive orderDonald Trump signed on his first day in office, calling for the US government to define sex as only male or female.

    “This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals – especially transgender women of color – who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights,” organizers at the Stonewall Inn and the non-profit Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative said in a statement.


    Since Trump returned to office last month, he has signed a series of executive orders targeting trans Americans, including by banning trans athletes from women’s sports, restricting healthcare for trans youth and transferring incarcerated trans women to men’s facilities; a US judge, however, temporarily blocked federal prisons from implementing the order to move trans people. Many of the orders have been framed as “defending women”.

    The Stonewall national monument, located in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, has become a symbol of the LGBTQ+ rights movement. One June night in 1969, LGBTQ+ patrons of the historic gay bar resisted a police raid. Although recollections of the night vary, by many accounts a Black trans woman named Marsha P Johnson “threw the first brick”.

    During the George Floyd uprisings in June of 2020, a march for Black trans lives began at the Stonewall Inn. It was followed by the largest-ever march for Black trans lives in Brooklyn later that month.

    Barack Obama designated the site as a national monument in 2016.

    Earlier this week, the homepage for the monument said: “Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ+) person was illegal.”

    On Thursday, it said: “Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal.”……..

    US park service erases references to trans people from Stonewall monument website

    National monument commemorates 1969 riot led by trans women of color outside historic New York City bar
    www.theguardian.com
     
    Optimus Prime said:
    The National Park Service eliminated all references to transgender people from its website for the Stonewall national monument on Thursday. The monument commemorates a 1969 riot outside New York City’s historic Stonewall Inn, led by trans women of color, that ignited the contemporary gay rights movement.

    The move comes as federal agencies across the country seek to comply with an executive orderDonald Trump signed on his first day in office, calling for the US government to define sex as only male or female.

    “This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals – especially transgender women of color – who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights,” organizers at the Stonewall Inn and the non-profit Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative said in a statement.


    Since Trump returned to office last month, he has signed a series of executive orders targeting trans Americans, including by banning trans athletes from women’s sports, restricting healthcare for trans youth and transferring incarcerated trans women to men’s facilities; a US judge, however, temporarily blocked federal prisons from implementing the order to move trans people. Many of the orders have been framed as “defending women”.

    The Stonewall national monument, located in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, has become a symbol of the LGBTQ+ rights movement. One June night in 1969, LGBTQ+ patrons of the historic gay bar resisted a police raid. Although recollections of the night vary, by many accounts a Black trans woman named Marsha P Johnson “threw the first brick”.

    During the George Floyd uprisings in June of 2020, a march for Black trans lives began at the Stonewall Inn. It was followed by the largest-ever march for Black trans lives in Brooklyn later that month.

    Barack Obama designated the site as a national monument in 2016.

    Earlier this week, the homepage for the monument said: “Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ+) person was illegal.”

    On Thursday, it said: “Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal.”……..

    US park service erases references to trans people from Stonewall monument website

    National monument commemorates 1969 riot led by trans women of color outside historic New York City bar
    www.theguardian.com
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    These mother forkers really are trying to erase and rewrite history like the Nazi's did.

    Asking all of the Republicans when is it okay to start referring to the Republican party and the new iteration of the Nazi's. Do we need to wait for their "final solution" to start? I remember when Republicans used to talk about slippery slopes. Every accusation is a confesion.
     
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    “And because nothing gay related will be ever even mentioned in school, no need for the pride flag to be seen”
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    Utah state lawmakers are fighting to ban the display of Pride flags — but not Nazi or Confederate flags — in schools and on all government property.

    Utah’s House Education Committee introduced a bill this week that bans Pride flags in all public schools and other government buildings, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. The bill passed committee — with the only two Democrats voting against it — and is now on its way to the House floor.

    The bill allows for “a historic version of a flag…that is temporarily displayed for educational purposes,” which Republican lawmaker Trevor Lee says will include Nazi and Confederate flags, according to the Tribune.

    Lee, who first introduced the bill in an effort to “ban Pride flags,” argued displaying the Nazi and Confederate flags may be necessary for a school’s curriculum.

    “There are instances where in classrooms, you have curriculum that is needed to use flags such as World War II, Civil War,” Lee told the House committee, according to the Tribune. “You may have a Nazi flag. You may have a Confederate flag, and so you are allowed to display those flags… as part of the curriculum, and that is okay.”………

    Utah law would allow for Confederate flags to be shown in schools but not Pride flag

    A Utah Republican said the Nazi and Confederate flags could be displayed as part of schools’ curriculum
    www.independent.co.uk
     
    Optimus Prime said:
    I fear we’re going to see this happen more often over the next four years


    Police find body of transgender man they say was tortured for more than a month

    Police said the death was ‘by far the worst’ homicide investigation the office has ever been part of
    www.independent.co.uk
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    Five charged with trans man’s murder in New York after ‘repeated acts of torture’

    Police in upstate New York say Sam Nordquist, 24, who was from Minnesota, endured weeks of torture
    www.theguardian.com
     
    Optimus Prime said:

    Five charged with trans man’s murder in New York after ‘repeated acts of torture’

    Police in upstate New York say Sam Nordquist, 24, who was from Minnesota, endured weeks of torture
    www.theguardian.com
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    Maybe just a ‘normal and personal’ atrocious torture murder and not a hate crime torture murder
    ========================

    Authorities investigating the alleged torture and murder of Sam Nordquist in upstate New York say they have found no evidence the transgender man’s killing was a hate crime, pointing out that five people recently charged in connection with the slaying also identified as LGBTQ+.

    “We urge the community not to speculate into the motive behind the murder as we work to find justice for Sam,” authorities said over the weekend in a joint press release from the Ontario county district attorney’s office and New York state police. “At this time, we have no indication that Sam’s murder was a hate crime.”

    The statement added: “To help alleviate the understandable concern his murder could be a hate crime, we are disclosing that Sam and his assailants were known to each other, identified as LGBTQ+, and at least one of the defendants lived with Sam in the time period leading up to the instant offense.”

    All five suspects – Precious Arzuaga, 38; Jennifer A Quijano, 30; Kyle Sage, 33; Patrick A Goodwin, 30; and Emily Motyka, 19 – have been arrested, arraigned and were ordered held without bail in Ontario county’s jail on charges of second-degree murder.


    A felony complaint obtained by 13WHAM provides gut-wrenching details of Nordquist’s brutal killing. Authorities say he was tortured and sexually assaulted using a table leg and broomsticks.

    He was also reportedly subjected to repeated, prolonged beatings which included being punched, kicked and struck with various objects such as sticks, belts, ropes, dog toys and canes, ultimately leading to his death.……

    No evidence of hate crime in killing of US transgender man, authorities say

    Five people charged with murder in Sam Nordquist’s death in upstate New York also identified as LGBTQ+, say officials
    www.theguardian.com
     
    For Bree Fram, an active-duty colonel in the US space force with 22 years of military experience, the last few weeks have been “incredibly challenging”.

    “Like thousands of other transgender military personnel, I am doing my job every day, while feeling fear and uncertainty of what is coming next,” said Fram.

    Fram and other trans servicepeople are awaiting word on what they fear may be a blanket ban by the Trump administration on transgender people serving in the armed forces. This would affect not only those who wish to join and those within the military who are transitioning and require medical treatment but also service members who have already transitioned and been working in the armed forces for many years.

    “This is not a place where we expected to be after a decade of open service,” Fram said. “The ban makes me sad for myself and my transgender colleagues, and also concerned for America’s national security. We have thousands of transgender service members who have served openly and honorably, and their loss would leave a massive hole in our country’s military capabilities.”

    Lt Cdr Geirid Morgan, who has served in the navy for 14 years, said: “An all-out ban would mean the rapid termination of thousands of transgender service members, many of whom are mid-career like myself,” adding: “Many trans service members are senior-enlisted or at officer rank, with 10-plus years of service, multiple deployments, and millions of dollars invested in their lives and careers.” (Fram and Morgan, like the other trans servicepeople featured in this article, emphasized that they were speaking in a personal capacity, and not officially representing the Department of Defense and US government.)……..

    Trans military members on the feared ban: ‘I would meet Trump to show how we’ve served our country’

    As the defense secretary introduces a flurry of anti-trans policies, servicepeople fear the worst – a blanket ban – is yet to come
    www.theguardian.com
     
    Optimus Prime said:
    For Bree Fram, an active-duty colonel in the US space force with 22 years of military experience, the last few weeks have been “incredibly challenging”.

    “Like thousands of other transgender military personnel, I am doing my job every day, while feeling fear and uncertainty of what is coming next,” said Fram.

    Fram and other trans servicepeople are awaiting word on what they fear may be a blanket ban by the Trump administration on transgender people serving in the armed forces. This would affect not only those who wish to join and those within the military who are transitioning and require medical treatment but also service members who have already transitioned and been working in the armed forces for many years.

    “This is not a place where we expected to be after a decade of open service,” Fram said. “The ban makes me sad for myself and my transgender colleagues, and also concerned for America’s national security. We have thousands of transgender service members who have served openly and honorably, and their loss would leave a massive hole in our country’s military capabilities.”

    Lt Cdr Geirid Morgan, who has served in the navy for 14 years, said: “An all-out ban would mean the rapid termination of thousands of transgender service members, many of whom are mid-career like myself,” adding: “Many trans service members are senior-enlisted or at officer rank, with 10-plus years of service, multiple deployments, and millions of dollars invested in their lives and careers.” (Fram and Morgan, like the other trans servicepeople featured in this article, emphasized that they were speaking in a personal capacity, and not officially representing the Department of Defense and US government.)……..

    Trans military members on the feared ban: ‘I would meet Trump to show how we’ve served our country’

    As the defense secretary introduces a flurry of anti-trans policies, servicepeople fear the worst – a blanket ban – is yet to come
    www.theguardian.com
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    These are really uncertain and scarry times for any transgendered person, especially those involved with the federal government. It's sad that people in this country have allowed themselves to turn so hateful towards LGBTQ+ people that this is now the reality. I really did think we had learned from our past in this regard, but we went backwards in time at warp speed. All it took was the one narcissistic, disgusting, lying sack of shirt that is now our president and a movement built on conspiracies, mistrust, hate and retribution, and the American public ate it all up like LGBTQ+ people were the cause of all of their problems. :jpshakehead:
     

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