All Things LGBTQ+ (4 Viewers)

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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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Trans soldiers served their country. Now the US is rolling back their healthcare

About 134,000 trans veterans live in the US, with many now blocked from life-saving gender-affirming care

www.theguardian.com

 

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A transgender teacher in Texas has quit after facing harassment and vile comments from lawmakers and the public over her social media post.

“I had to resign from my teaching job,” Rosalyn Sandri, a high school English teacher who came out as transgender about seven months ago, posted to TikTok Monday after lawmakers and social media users attacked her online. But, she promised, “I will not be scared into silence.”

Sandri’s TikTok videos average about 1,000 views — but one video garnered 5.8 million views after the account “Libs of TikTok” posted it on X in late March along with a caption claiming Sandri was “a man pretending to be a woman.” In the video, Sandri described the joy she felt after her students addressed her using terms to describe a woman, like “ma’am.”

Referring to the transwoman as “he,” the “Libs of TikTok” account asked: “Would you feel comfortable with this person teaching your kid?”

The hate spiraled from there. The teacher started receiving hate mail on her personal and school email accounts, she said.……

Trans Texas teacher resigns after being targeted by lawmakers and public

EXCLUSIVE: Rosalyn Sandri opted to step down ‘for my safety and the safety of the students,’ she told The Independent

www.independent.co.uk

 

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USA Fencing disqualified a fencer from a Maryland women’s tournament after she refused to compete against a transgender opponent.

Stephanie Turner was competing in a USA Fencing-sanctioned regional tournament at the University of Maryland on Sunday when she took a knee in protest of her transgender opponent, Redmond Sullivan, before her match. An official then showed Turner a black card, and she was disqualified from the rest of the tournament for refusing to compete.

“I told them that I was refusing to fence because this person is a man, and I'm a woman, and this is a women's tournament and I refuse to fence on principle,” Turner later told Fox News.

She has not been disqualified from other events or tournaments.

“A fencer is not permitted to refuse to fence another properly entered fencer for any reason,” USA Fencing told the Associated Press.

“Under these rules, such a refusal results in disqualification and the corresponding sanctions. This policy exists to maintain fair competition standards and preserve the sport's integrity.”

The organization also said it understood that the conversation around transgender participation is “evolving.”

“USA Fencing will always err on the side of inclusion, and we're committed to amending the policy as more relevant evidence-based research emerges, or as policy changes take effect in the wider Olympic & Paralympic movement.”…….

Fencer disqualified after refusing to fight trans opponent

‘A fencer is not permitted to refuse to fence another properly entered fencer for any reason,’ USA Fencing said

www.independent.co.uk