#rights
#Actress and #WomensRights and #ReproductiveRights #activist #MarthaPlimpton: We Must #Fight for #Abortion and #LGBTQ #Rights—and Our Own #Bodies
The #HumanRight to #bodilyautonomy is #sacrosanct, whether you’re someone who needs an #abortion, #genderaffirming #Healthcare, or simply want to #liveyourtruth #openly.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Allies #Feminism #Activism #Politics #Representation #Culture
Counter protesters swamp anti-SOGI rally at Victoria legislature in British Columbia
Police asked people to leave, saying it was becoming 'unsafe' because of tensions, but hundreds remained
A second rally on Parliament Hill in #Ottawa heard from chiefs and #FirstNations scholars in #Ontario who vehemently object to the #federal #legislation #BillC53, which recognizes #selfgovernment for the #Métis Nations of #Ontario #Alberta and #Saskatchewan.
At issue is six additional historic Métis communities the #MNO is claiming.
#rights #treaty #Indigenous #cdnpoli
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New research reveals the incredible cruelty towards trans folks by conservatives in the '30s. Nothing has changed except the date.
"New Research Reveals How the Nazis Targeted Transgender People" - Smithsonian Magazine
#trans #care #is #health care #transexual #women #are women #LGBTQ #rights are #human rights #conservative #target #transgender #people for #political #power #nazi #GQP #GOP #religious #hatred #churches #teach #kids to #hate https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-research-reveals-how-the-nazis-targeted-transgender-people/ar-AA1h3dEK
#Federalcourt orders #labor contractor to pay more than $1M in #backwages, penalties after investigations find repeated violations of #farmworkers’ #rights
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20230919-0
It's that even possible? Seems to me their #veto power on the security council will stop a vote occurring based on the rules. Or have I got it completely wrong?
Though it has to be said #Australia is on the #human #rights council so they at least have a sense of humour.
Thank you past #feminists for fighting for our #rights
Large #police #presence in central #Auckland ahead of #court #hearing for #PosieParker #assault #case.
#Transgender #rights #activist #ElianaRubashkyn is asking to have the #assault #charges against her in the Auckland District Court #dismissed for #pouring #tomatojuice over #TERF #Extremist #PosieParker at a #rally in #AlbertPark in March.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewZealand #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Transphobia
#Nationalist, #populist, #farright #parties eye rising #support across #Europe
A #backlash against #immigration, #LGBTQ #rights, #abortion and support for #Ukraine is unfolding across the #continent.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Racism #AntiSemitism #Xenophobia #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia
#President #JoeBiden #references #LGBTQ, #intersex #rights in #UN #GeneralAssembly #speech
‘We cannot turn away from #abuses’
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #DemocraticParty #Allies
#Italy - Doing or playing #sport is about to become a constitutional #right (article in Italian) https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2023/09/20/lo-sport-entra-in-costituzione-ok-definitivo-della-camera_19c36b73-c205-44e8-ac49-c0b00012f6e5.html #rights
A fantastic explanation of why the UK’s #OnlineSafetyBill is actually damaging to our online #safety and #rights.
“We have to continue working to ensure that #women & #girls enjoy #EqualRights & #equal participation in their #society; that #indigenous groups, #racial, #ethnic, #religious #minorities, people w/ #disabilities do not have their potential stifled by systemic #discrimination, that the #LGBTQI+ people are not prosecuted or targeted w/ #violence because of who they are. These #rights are part of our shared #humanity.
Continue to strive for Global #Protections for the #Rights of #migrants
#Biden specifically cited The Los Angeles Declaration on Migration & Protection U.S. Government & Foreign Partner Deliverables
Because #legality is not #morality, in the #UK we have #juries which "allow ordinary people to decide what is right and fair"
Enshrined in law for centuries is the absolute right of juries to acquit a defendant according to their #conscience
Imagine a country that threatens people with imprisonment for simply reminding #jurors of their #rights?
Imagine a country that imprisons #defendants because they say #ClimateChange or #FuelPoverty in their defense?
That country is the #UK (although I expect this does not happen in Scotland!)
#UKlaw #Justice #SocialJustice #ClimateJustice #ClimateEmergency
The freshly anointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh, getting a flower bouquet from the leaders of Chattra League, the student wing of Awami League which has quite a reputation for its colorful activities like tangling with opposition activists and indulging in a variety of misdeeds. Looks like a bit of a sticky situation for upholding the judges' code of conduct, but maybe it's all in the name of showing some loyalty to the ruling Awami League! 🌼😅
#bangladesh #news #bdnews #bangla #usa #justice #politics #humanrights #rights #freedomofspeech #eu #france
#Challenging The Shadows: #LGBT #Rights in #Islam.
Within the folds of one of the world’s most practised #religions — #Islam — the #conversation on #LGBT #rights has often been shrouded in shadows, evoking intense #debate and, at times, #division.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Religion #Islam #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
https://www.news18.com/opinion/opinion-challenging-the-shadows-lgbt-rights-in-islam-8579954.html
A #Proposed #Law in #Ghana Would #Require #Citizens to #Report #LGBTQ+ #People to #Authorities
Introduced in 2021, this bill not only #criminalizes #LGBTQ #relationships, but also those who #support #LGBTQ #rights.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ChristianDarkMoney #ExportingHate
Adilur Rahman Khan took courageous actions, and the effective work of "Odhikar" played a crucial role in restraining the violent actions of Bangladesh's law enforcement agencies, which had support from the Awami League Government. Those in the ruling party and security forces who are responsible should face accountability based on the documentation assembled by Adilur Rahman and Nasiruddin Elan.
#justiceforadilur #justiceforelan #bangladesh #bangla #policestate #justice #humanrights #rights #politics #fediverse #us #eu
It's absolutely infuriating to witness Adilur Rahman being prevented by a police officer from even raising his hand while journalists were attempting to capture a photo of him entering the prison van. It's astonishing how they view a simple raised hand as a threat.
#justice #politics #bangladesh #bangla #odhikar #humanrights #rights #adilur #eu #usa
Human rights, the environment and a crack down on protests.
"The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) says the number of climate-related protests and non-violent direct actions is escalating as public frustration over the lack of government action on climate change grows."
"At the same time, many states around the country are introducing harsh new penalties for protesters... "
"The appropriate response from government is not to crack down on protests. Rather, it's to deal with that very serious issue of climate change," EDO's director of legal strategy, Elaine Johnson
"We're seeing a really alarming crackdown on protests around the issue of climate change and other environmental issues, like forestry."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-16/older-climate-activists-joining-the-fight/102822208
#FossilFuels #governance #Australia #habitable #climate #activism #protests #law #PostDemocracy #democracy #rights #EDO #NSWlogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #NativeForests #ClimateEmergency
#ChickfilA tries to return to #UK after #LGBTQ+ #rights backlash forced a #retreat
The #American #chicken #chain has a long #history of #donating #money to #antiLGBTQ+ #organizations
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #TERFIsland
#LGBTQ+ #students in #Tennessee have never been more #terrified.
The #RepublicanParty #Dominiated #StateLegislature has passed a record number of #antiLGBTQ+ #bills #attacking #queer #students’ #rights and #wellbeing. In their own words: “I’m not #safe.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #SlateOfHate
https://scalawagmagazine.org/2023/09/lgbtq-tennessee-students/
The #school tried to #protect trans #students but the judge claims that the teacher's #religious #rights are more important than the #Constitutional #right to #equalprotection of the law granted by of the #14thAmendment.
#RishiSunak’s #approvalrating hits #alltimelow in August, with at least 67% of #Britons holding an #unfavourableview of him.
Along with a blistering #backlash to #government #immigration #policies and rising #inflation during the #costofliving #crisis, the #PM has been heavily #criticised for continued #attacks on #LGBTQ+ #rights.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Transphobia #TERFIsland #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/13/rishi-sunak-approval-rating-keir-starmer/
‘#LasLocasdel73’ #documents #historic #LGBTQ #rights #protest in #Chile.
#Demonstration took place months before 1973 #coup.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SouthAmerica #Chile #Activism #Representation #Culture
#Gay #author #criticizes #media #coverage of #BurningMan, while a new #survey suggests #Americans may be #souring on #transgender #rights.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Media #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Culturewar #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
He cited the 5 ongoing requests for #federal #removal, defense attorneys w/scheduling conflicts this fall & parties who wanted more time to examine the state’s voluminous #discovery — #evidence & other info which must be shared between the parties before trial.
“The precarious ability of the Court to safeguard each defendant’s #DueProcess #rights & ensure adequate pretrial preparation on the current accelerated track weighs heavily, if not decisively, in favor of #severance,” #McAfee wrote.
My article on political opportunity and #protest has finally hit the pages of an official issue of International Journal of Comparative #Sociology. It's a direct descendant of my #dissertation research, with many improvements and updated data. Country-level factors (regime durability, empowerment #rights) enhanced the impact of social #trust, organizational #membership, and #ideology had upon protest (across 43 countries).
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00207152221133059
Download PDF: https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:58991/
#GCHQ breached privacy #rights of IT professional and #security researcher, #humanrights court rules
#court #BigBrotherWatch #Wieder #Guarnieri #privacy #Article8 #EuropeanConventionOnHumanRights #communications #UK #EHCR
In the coming years, #SCOTUS will face a series of decisions on the new #redstate #agenda that may determine whether the U.S. maintains a strong baseline of #CivilRights available in all #states or reverts back toward a pre-1960s world where people’s #rights varied much more depending on where they lived.
#Israeli #police try to #investigate a prominent #Israeli #LGBTQ and #intersex #rights #activist and #protestmovement #leader
#HilaPeer is chair of the #Aguda, the #Association for #LGBTQ #Equality in #Israel.
#Women #Intersex #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MiddleEast #Israel #Police #NoPoliceAtPride
I keep hearing about #ParentsRights when it comes to #education. But what about the #rights of the #students
Or do they not matter?
"The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007to ensure protection of Indigenous rights and self-determination. With governments lagging in its implementation, researchers—at universities, government institutions, consultancies, and elsewhere—have a responsibility to understand and advance these rights"
#researchethics #indigenousrights #indigenous #rights #researchresponsibility
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh4470#:~:text=Researchers%20must%20ensure%20that%20free,necessary%20for%20Indigenous%20self%2Ddetermination.
Rethinking open source for AI
What are the license rights and restrictions for large language models? Do they cover weights and deep neural network architectures?
🧠 https://www.infoworld.com/article/3706091/rethinking-open-source-for-ai.html
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#ai #artivism #intelicense #rethink #rights #license #opensource #language #neuralnetwork #network
A short YouTube playlist I've put together for Labor Day — music that stirs my soul, lifts my heart, sometimes makes tears flow.
There's so much work to be done to build a better world for us all, and the odds we're up against, if that's our inclination, are so steep. But step by step….
#LaborDay #solidarity #workers #rights #HumanRights #union #women #racism
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUODZFusB6LhZ5bPmWzEbhmvdt-GX2EMM
Again we've got a piece of news that isn't good, but I wanted to share it to highlight the heroic disabled people who travelled to Geneva when the UK government couldn't be bothered. Thank you all - I can't thank you enough for fighting for us.
#GoodNews #Disability #Protest #Law #DPAC #Rights #Equality #Heroism #Hope
The #Taliban doesn't want women to travel out of #Afghanistan to obtain #rights they are forbidden to obtain in Afghanistan.
Hmmmm...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/01/texas-abortion-highways/
https://www.wired.com/story/insterstate-travel-abortion-post-roe/
#WomensRights #Freedom #Travel #FreedomToTravel #USPol #USA #News
🚨 THE ECONOMY, UNIONS, AND YOU🚨
"Let's be clear. After this report, after this study, after all of the information we have seen, after everything that has gone on the last few years... When politicians are anti-union, you need to remember that they're not actually anti-union.
They're anti-YOU.
Because its YOU that's paid less. Its YOU that has less benefits. Its you that is so easily replaced."
#union #labor #workers #rights #economy #politics #FuckCapitalism #USA
WARNING:
Alabama AG Says He Can Prosecute People Who Assist Out-Of-State Abortions.
They are going after all women, no woman who isn't kneeling to obey the GOP, in every state is at risk.
Its not about fetuses, its about sicking police on women, like Nixon sicked police on pot smokers.
Because of Nixon, jail population rose from 300,000 to 3 million.
#LGBTQ+ #groups, #lawmakers #rally at #California #StateCapitol amid #fight over #rights of #trans #students and their parents lead by a #conservative #hategroup calling themselves ‘Protect Kids California," and #Fascist #Republican #lawmakers.
This is your reminder, that the CEO of Brave Browser, does not believe in human rights, for everyone.
Repeatedly has funded electronics against women's rights and their right to choose. Repeatedly funded candidates who do not believe love is love and would strip LGBTQ+ members of basic human rights.
"We are now locked in battle with the GOP over whether women and girls will have fundamental civil rights. In fact, women in 1973 America after Roe v. Wade was decided had more civil rights than the women of 2023 America."
~ Dean Obeidallah
#women #rights #abortion #Republicans #Ohio
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/the-gops-religious-fundamentalists
ISP's Should Not Police Online Speech: No Matter How Awful It Is
Special interests may seek pressure to expand censorship, to protect financial / influence interests
#ISP #censorship #freespeech #freeExpression #humanrights #civilliberties #rights #surveillance
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/isps-should-not-police-online-speech-no-matter-how-awful-it
Live on an unlivable planet?
In the face of the deepening climate crisis, the UN Committee specified obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
“Children worldwide have been leading the fight against climate change; calling on their governments and corporations to take action to protect the planet and their future."
“This new General Comment marks a vital step forward in the recognition that every child on Earth has the right to live in a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Governments must now take urgent action to address the global environmental crisis in order to breathe life into these inspiring words,” says David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment."
"General Comment No. 26 specifies that States are responsible not only for protecting children’s rights from immediate harm, but also for foreseeable violations of their rights in the future due to States’ acts — or failure to act — today.
Furthermore, it underlines that States can be held accountable not only for environmental harm occurring within their borders, but also for the harmful impacts of environmental damage and climate change beyond their borders. Particular attention is to be paid to disproportionate harm faced by children in disadvantaged situations."
"The 196 States that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child are urged to take immediate action including organizing the phase out of coal, oil and natural gas and shifting to renewable energy sources, improving air quality and ensuring access to clean water, transforming industrial agriculture and fisheries to produce healthy and sustainable food, and protecting biodiversity."
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/un-committee-rights-child-calls-states-take-action-first-guidance-childrens-rights
#children #rights #FossilFuels #pollution #heatwaves #harm #disasters #FailureToAct #UN #governance #biodiversity
'Like Killing Fields': Report Says Saudi Border Guards Killed Hundreds of Ethiopian Migrants
"If committed as part of a #Saudi gov policy to murder migrants, these killings, which appear to continue, would be a #crime against #humanity," said #Human #Rights #Watch.
Saudi border guards allegedly killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum-seekers—including women and children—from Yemen between March 2022 and June 2023, Human Rights Watch revealed Monday.
Pakistan rights activist Imaan Mazari-Hazir arrested | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
Just more #badpoems
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Be what ever You wish to be,
I don't care since is not me.
I like every color produced by my eyes
with the help of light
but I know is only another kind
of poetry that we can define
to be a symbol of pride.
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I am not proud of anyone,
Mainly when the propose is only to have fun.
While is true that I use the same technique,
That is why I use this nick.
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I like to improvise,
but that is not always wise.
Since we are emotional connected to the mind
is not always easy to say: "I am fine"
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I feel my self as a Monkey
and if you don't understand it,
try to compreend it.
I will not say to the world I feel discriminalized
just because when I register in any platform,
there is no Monkey definition that give a big hug to my time.
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I am what I feel I am, but in fact I am not what I can imagine
I am what I do, not what I say I am too, because is always about the mood.
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I do a lot of creative writting,
which help me to get the right pattern
in this eternal self-research to explain reality
which help me and others to define it in paper, better organized.
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I like to think, the probabilities
I like to learn, about everything
Even if I don't understand, deeply
I spend time to get it, to feel satisfied and happy.
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All #Rights reserved to you.
1. You can Share it.
2. You can suggest modifications
3. You can inspire your self for new creations.. and finally:
4. You are free to copy and say "this was me", but please, try to be fair, ok? I will not run against you just because you are free to do it.
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https://art.odicforcesounds.com/pages/Data/Audio/Emotional_Signals/tracks/02_Just_Another_Open_Door/index.html
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And if you like this poem, try to explore all others that are in my site, even if they are not so bad to the #mind :D
Why was there no water to fight the fire in Maui?
"Big corporations, golf courses and hotels have been taking water from locals for years. Now the fire may result in even more devastating water theft."
"All over Maui, golf courses glisten emerald green, hotels manage to fill their pools and corporations stockpile water to sell to luxury estates. And yet, when it came time to fight the fires, some hoses ran dry. Why?"
"This is a classic case of the most craven disaster capitalism: a small elite group using a profound human tragedy as their window to roll back a hard-won grassroots victory for water rights, while removing civil servants who pose a political inconvenience to the administration’s pro-developer agenda."...
by Naomi Klein and Kapuaʻala Sproat
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism
#bushfires #disasters #water #rights #theft #golf #plantations #developers #resorts #SettlerCulture
"One #freelance #writer, #JohnLubbock, told #TheGuardian that after being #assigned to #write an #article for #Vice on a #campaign for #transgender #rights by #young #Saudis, the #story was was never #published."
Baylor University has not been controlled by the Baptist church since 1990. The Board of Regents has only 1/4 members from the church, yet they've applied for *and received* permission to discriminate against LGBTQ rights while receiving federal funds!
#baptist #church #not a Baptist #university #federal #funding #allowing #discrimination #against federal #law - #religious #exemption #private #school #LGBTQ #rights #are #human rights #conservative #culture #wars #winning https://baptistnews.com/article/baylor-asks-for-and-gets-new-exemption-to-discriminate-against-lgbtq-students/
How the #ECHR has #transformed #LGBTQ+ #rights in the #UK for the better, as #Hateful #Tories consider leaving it.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #TERFIsland
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/echr-rwanda-lgbtq-rights/
The US judge overseeing #Trump’s prosecution for allegedly #criminally #conspiring to overturn Biden’s election victory said while TFG has #FirstAmendment rights to #FreeSpeech, those #rights are not absolute & must be weighed against protecting the #integrity of the #CourtProcess, regardless of his status as a #political #candidate.
So many fabulous people at Cork Pride today, with some simmering anger on display. #AngerIsAnEnergy
Opening #Pride balloons;
#Queer #Liberation - Not Rainbow Corporations;
Silence is Violence; No #Drag, No #Panto; Fabulous by Choice; Uh-Oh - You Need to Calm Down;
#MattHealy’s #tonedeaf #attempt to #support #LGBTQ #rights in #Malaysia is a #lesson for #white #saviours everywhere
The #lead #singer of #The1975 is no stranger to #controversy, but his latest #outburst puts #vulnerable #communities in #danger
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SoutheastAsia #Malaysia #Entertainment #Music #Culture
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/matt-healy-lgbtq-the-1975-malaysia-b2380876.html
Open Data Institute (#ODI) and #HumanityUnited Seeking participants for our #data #workers #rights peer-learning network (PLN). #Funding https://www.theodi.org/article/open-call-peer-learning-network-for-organisations-using-data-to-support-workers-rights/#SupplyChain #LabourRights
Disappointment as peers fail to protect privacy on encrypted chats
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/disappointment-as-peers-fail-to-protect-privacy-on-encrypted-chats/ - A blog article by Dr Monica Horten on last night's proceedings in the Lords and the debate on the #OnlineSafetyBill #rights #surveillance #spyware #encryption #e2ee #privacy #humanrights
It's actually very simple:
Right to SAFETY.
Right to JUSTICE.
Right to EDUCATION.
Right to NATIONALITY.
Right to SEEK ASYLUM.
These - and more - are fundamental human rights for ALL.
They should be protected, always and everywhere.
#Refugees #refugee #refugiados #HumanRights #justice #safety #education #nationality #seekasylum #rights #humanrighrsforall #humanrights4all #photo #Photography #photos #news #justiça #UN #union #equality #equal #woman #women #BlackLivesMatter
A legal opinion has found that there are, “real and significant issues” regarding the lawfulness of a clause in the Online Safety Bill.
#OnlineSafetyBill #censorship #freedomodexpression #privacy #humanrights #digitalrights #rights
Surveillance over saving lives - Read our latest update on issues affecting migrants’ digital rights.
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/migrant-rights-update-july-2023/ #privacy #humanrights #rights #surveillance
#NeptuneFrost is #gender, #geopolitics, #history of #Africa, #Rwanda and the #Black #diasphora, #policing, #technology, #surveillance, #Western #exploitation, #economics, #oppression, #propaganda, #love, #community, #music, #individuality, #resistance, #workers, #rights, #solidarity, #hate, #internet, #data, #privacy, #homophobia, #surreal, real, #hope.
A 5 star recommendation.
#TheCritetionChannel #Intersex #transgender #nonbinary, #genderqueer #movie #film
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth-control pill—The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the birth control pill Opill to be available over-the-counter — the first nonprescription birth control pill in the United States.
#News #ReproductiveRights #Rights https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/health/fda-otc-birth-control-opill/index.html
What i think Europeans should really be scared of is that even that #digital #privacy #rights group noyb seems to think that if #EU citizens and not "only US persons are worthy of constitutional rights" it'd be OK and let me tell you US Constitutional rights don't count for anything when it comes to privacy from mass surveillance— and that was the case even before our Supreme Court took a hatchet to the implicit right to privacy in its campaign to destroy bodily autonomy and force birth.
Conservatives are still obsessed with calling LGBTQ+ people “groomers,” and Meta is still helping them do it.
Despite confirming in July that using anti-LGBTQ+ “groomer” rhetoric constituted a violation of the company’s policies against hate speech, Meta continues to allow advertisements using the slur to proliferate on its platform and is making money in the process, according to a new report from nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters for America.
https://www.them.us/story/meta-groomer-ads-anti-lgbtq-profit-ban
Expanding Justice: Organizing to Reform the Supreme Court – Netroots Nation
#Expanding the #Court has quickly entered the political mainstream as the surest way to restore ideological balance and save us from a generation of right-wing, minoritarian rule.
Over 60 members of Congress and 130 organizations have endorsed historic legislation to add 4 justices to the Court.
Featuring progressive champions inside and outside Congress, this panel will underscore how the progressive community can strategically organize to #rebalance the court to save #democracy and our #rights
'I don't understand the #mentality': #PeteButtigieg reacts to #video of #Ad shared by #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDesantis' campaign
#SecretaryofTransportation Pete Buttigieg reacts to a video, shared by the DeSantis #Presidential #campaign's account, on the #toxic #socialmedia #hellsite #twitter which attacks #Republican #rival #DonaldTrump's previous #promise to #protect #LGBTQ #rights.
Man cited in #SupremeCourt #LGBTQ #rights case says he was never involved. The man says he has been married to a woman for 15 yrs and never asked for services from a #Christian website designer -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/01/supreme-court-colorado-website/ How can this case stand - The court filing in Stewart’s name has left many baffled, including Stewart himself, who said he was concerned that the case had proceeded without anyone verifying if the request was authentic. #JusticeisDead This is #NotFreeSpeech #SCOTUS #DueDiligence
It's now law here: I cannot discriminate against you because of your religion, but you can discriminate against me because of your religion. Expand the illegitimate Supreme Court.
#ExpandTheCourt #illegitimate #SCOTUS #SCOTUSisCORRUPT #corrupt #court #LGBTQ #rights #are #human rights #discrimination is #legal for #religious #zealots & #bigots #protections #stripped #legislating #from #the #bench by #definition #US #civil #laws #overturned #bought #judges
#Faithgroups #marshal #support for #LGBTQ #rights, #challenge #discrimination based on #discrimination
The #occasion was a #gathering of #faith #leaders who came together to present a #faithbased #response to the #HumanRightsCampaign’s #declaration earlier in June of a #stateofemergency for #LGBTQ #americans
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Wisconsin #Religion
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/06/29/faith-groups-marshal-support-for-lgbtq-rights-challenge-discrimination-based-on-religion/
# Parents take on struggle for transgender rights for their kids and others in conservative Poland
The article is about a group of #parents in #Poland who are fighting for the #rights and #acceptance of their #transgender #children and other #LGBTQ+ people in a #conservative and #Catholic society. The parents offer #FreeHugs at #Warsaw's #Pride #celebration, #share their #stories online and in videos, and #challenge the #antiLGBTQ+ #rhetoric of the #ruling #party leader and some #church #officials. They also #support each other and provide a #SafeSpace for #trans #youth who face #rejection, #depression and #suicide risk. The article #highlights the #personal #experiences of some of the parents and their children, as well as the #political and #social context of Poland's LGBTQ+ #rights #movement.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/parents-take-on-struggle-for-transgender-rights-for-their-kids-and-others-in-conservative-poland
# Here’s what’s left for the Supreme Court’s final week of the term
* The #SupremeCourt (#SCOTUS) is expected to release several major #decisions in its final week of the term, including rulings on #AffirmativeAction, #StudentLoan #payments, #ElectionLaw, and #LGBTQrights.
* The affirmative action case, Fisher v. University of Texas, could have a significant impact on college admissions policies across the country.
* The student loan case, Biden v. California, could determine whether the Biden administration can cancel student loan debt.
* The election law case, Moore v. Harper, could weaken state and federal election laws.
* The #LGBTQ #rights case, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, could determine whether #businesses can #refuse to #serve #LGBTQ people on #religious grounds.
* The Supreme Court is expected to release its decisions on these cases by the end of the week.
* The decisions could have a major impact on American society, and they are being closely watched by both sides of the political spectrum.
* The affirmative action case is a challenge to the University of Texas's affirmative action program, which considers race as one factor in admissions decisions.
* The student loan case is a challenge to the Biden administration's plan to cancel up to $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers.
* The election law case is a challenge to a North Carolina law that makes it more difficult for people to vote by mail.
* The LGBTQ rights case is a #challenge to a #Philadelphia #law that #requires #businesses that contract with the city to serve LGBTQ people.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/politics/supreme-court-final-week-preview/index.html
# How to Advocate for Trans Rights in Your Community
* #Transgender people face #discrimination in many areas of life, including #healthcare, #employment, and #housing.
* There are many ways to #advocate for #trans #rights, including #donating to organizations that support transgender people, #writing to your elected officials, and #volunteering your time.
* It is important to #educate yourself about transgender #issues and to #challenge #transphobia when you see it.
* You can also support transgender people by using their #correct #pronouns and #names, and by being an #ally in their #fight for #equality.
* The article provides a list of #organizations that #support transgender people, including the National Center for Transgender Equality, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Trans Lifeline.
* The article also provides tips on how to write to your elected officials, including providing them with information about transgender issues and urging them to support transgender rights.
The article concludes by saying that "the most important thing you can do is to be an ally to transgender people. This means being willing to listen to their experiences, to challenge transphobia, and to support them in their fight for equality."*
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-advocate-for-support-trans-rights/
# After Roe’s overturn, Republicans target trans rights using extremist rhetoric
* #Republicans are increasingly targeting #transgender #rights with inflammatory rhetoric.
* This rhetoric is often based on #false or #misleading claims about transgender people.
* The rhetoric is being used to justify efforts to #restrict transgender people's #access to #healthcare, #education, and other services.
* The rhetoric is also being used to #incite #violence against transgender people.
* The rhetoric is #harmful to transgender people and their families.
* The rhetoric is being used by Republican #politicians, #religious #leaders, and #conservative #media outlets.
* The rhetoric often claims that transgender people are a threat to children, women, and public safety.
* The rhetoric has been used to justify efforts to ban transgender people from using #public #bathrooms that align with their #GenderIdentity.
* The rhetoric has also been used to justify efforts to #prevent transgender #children from #receiving gender-affirming #care.
* The rhetoric has been linked to an #increase in #violence against transgender people.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/26/republicans-target-trans-rights-extremist-rhetoric