#violence

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Kenya #Uganda #GayRights
https://theconversation.com/being-queer-in-africa-the-state-of-lgbtiq-rights-across-the-continent-205306

Being queer in #Africa: #LGBTQIA+ #rights

In recent years, several #African countries decriminalised #samesex #relationships. But they’re not #representative. In fact, #queer rights erode in much of Africa, with #Kenya and #Uganda in the news for harsh #laws and #violence against the #LGBTQ #community. We asked #sociologist #ZethuMatebeni five questions.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Transphobia

#Conservatives Reveal Why They’re So #Triggered By #Pride #merchandise.

After #threatening #boycotts of #companies and #violence against #retail #workers, #conservatives explain why they’re so #triggered by #products celebrating #PrideMonth.

https://www.theonion.com/conservatives-reveal-why-they-re-so-triggered-by-pride-1850476864

Miriam Dunn

:mastodon: decio㉿kali:~$:blinking_cursor:

@Susan_Larson_TN Do not be silent this pride month!
#pridemonth #Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Orlando #Pride #PrideMonth #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

My #spotify playlists 2023 -- rolling releases -- best served shuffled 🔀

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✇MIXTAPE✇ |*-*| 📻 Best of 2023
IMO best 2023 in #alternative, #rock, #noise, #postpunk, #indie, #world...
:catjam:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/61IvOIGpJImpyFI54V7vUs?si=4c86f8049a114e49

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#metal #imobest #best 2023 #violence #metal #punk #doom #sludge #stoner #hardcore #postmetal #grind _rolling_relese_***best served shuffled*** ⚠️explicit lyrics inside

🤘Handpicked cute Metal flowers 2023
:catjam:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5w76jBQohk9XulX6OiFvWI?si=0152aba55b424a9b
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👍 La relativamente meglio italiana 2023
:catjam:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0TTMDyFzTIQRW9r4kdaq2Z?si=f22b049f7eb14dd2

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#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Utah #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/05/28/burning-bridges-building-them/

This #LGTBQ+ #activist in #Utah aims to #protect his #community by #BreakingBread with #GOP #lawmakers

Since joining #EqualityUtah as its #executivedirector nearly a decade ago, the #LGBTQ+ #rights #activist has made unlikely #allies as he has worked to #protect his #community.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Texas passes #sexualconduct #bill sparking fears by #Drag #Performers that the #AntiLGBTQ #law will be used to #crackdown on #DragShows

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article275878336.html

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

A #Texas #bill could #ban #trans #athletes from playing #college #sports

"#SB15 is yet another #invasive, #impractical #measure #mandated by the #Texas #legislature to '#fix' a #problem that — unlike trans people — does not exist"

https://www.businessinsider.com/texas-bill-could-ban-trans-athletes-from-playing-college-sports-2023-5

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Louisiana group #marches at #Capitol to support #LGBTQ #youth, #protest #antiLGBTQ #bills.

The #RealNameCampaign, a #NewOrleans-based #advocacy #group arranged the Saturday afternoon march.

https://www.brproud.com/news/louisiana-news/louisiana-group-marches-at-capitol-to-support-lgbtq-youth-protest-certain-bills/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#CreepoftheWeek: #Florida #Republicans who are making things worse for #trans and #Nonbinary people, especially #kids.

With a #gerrymandered #supermajority and #control of the #governorship, they're busy passing #antitrans #bills that #Fascist #RonDeSantis going to sign.

https://epgn.com/2023/05/28/creep-of-the-week-florida-republicans-2/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-steele-republicans-2024_n_6474741ce4b0a7554f3fe198

Ex-#RNC #Chair Hits #Republicans With A #Harsh #Truth About #2024. "Y’all too late. Y’all too late," said #michaelsteele

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Colorado #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

[Video] #LaurenBoebert Admits That #Attacking '#Hate' Is An #Attack On #republicans

In an interview last week, #President #JoeBiden said that this #country has to #crackdown and #fight #hate and #antisemitism, Boebert says that' really means going after #conservatives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YbSoAhGyZA

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate

The #SistersofPerpetualIndulgence do #great #work. #Homophobic #religious #bigots say they still cross a line.

#religiousbigots wrote that the satirizing sacred figures in their church crossed a line — although notably, one actual nun wrote a letter praising the Sisters.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-05-27/do-the-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-cross-a-line

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #TransKids #Education #Sports #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

After receiving #Hate and #bigotry from #Conservatives, #trans student athletes skip #state #track meet out of concern for their well-being.

In a #statement to The #LosAngelesTimes, The #CaliforniaInterscholasticFederation (CIF) #lamented the #students’ #concerns

https://www.newsnationnow.com/lgbtq/following-backlash-trans-athletes-are-no-shows-for-championship/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Alabama #Education #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Schools can’t solve #transgender #bigotry — but they don’t have to make it #worse.

This wave of #brazen #Rightwing #bigotry is new, but the #tools to #judge it are the same ones we’ve had for the better part of a century.

https://www.alreporter.com/2023/05/29/opinion-schools-cant-solve-transgender-bigotry-but-they-dont-have-to-make-it-worse/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Fascism #Disinformation #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Hategroup #MomsforLiberty #leader claims #Biden & #teachers are making #kids #queer.

She says supporting #LGBTQ+ #issues "#erode #ParentalRights

— You can't turn #Cisgender #Heterosexual #kids into #Gay or #Trans ones, or make #Gay or #Trans #kids become #Cisgender or #Heterosexual.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/moms-for-liberty-leader-says-biden-teachers-are-turning-kids-queer/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Fascism #DomesticTerrorism #DomesticTerrorists #Pride #PrideMonth #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Watchdogs #warn #Domestic Terrorist Group the #ProudBoys #planning big #PrideMonths protest, including the potential for #violence nationwide.

"What happened last year, was probably just a whiff of what we might see this year, after 12 months of organizing."

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/watchdogs-warn-proud-boys-planning-big-pride-months-protest-nationwide/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GenderNonconforming #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/transphobes-targeting-cis-people-251610

"Transphobes are targeting cisgender people now. That should be a #wakeupcall.

You cannot "eliminate transgenderism" from society—as the #Christofascist #right said they want to do—without restricting the #gender #presentation of all people in #society. Wake up to what's happening around us."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MemorialDay #MilitaryService #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

15 #history-making #LGBTQ+ #veterans who fought for #equality.

For many years, #LGBTQ+ #servicemembers couldn't #serve #openly. These #courageous individuals #served their #country anyway.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/15-history-making-lgbtq-veterans-who-fought-for-equality/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MemorialDay #MilitaryService #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#MemorialDay #Lesson: #Hate Diminishes the #Memory of Our #fallen.

#BobCasey #fought so that we could have the #freedom to be ourselves — including the right to #marry who we #love, embrace our #genderidentity, and #teach our #children acceptance.

https://www.advocate.com/voices/hate-diminishes-memory-of-fallen

#Ukraine #politics #violence

Brandon J. Brown

8 hours ago

"[Many people] believe they are nonviolent simply because they benefit to the utmost from the protection of the principalities and powers, and so they never have to use force themselves."
- Rene Girard - 'I See Satan Fall Like Lightning'
#renegirard #violence #privilege

Philip Cardella

10 hours ago

If I had to put together a list of Republicans who I *think* have most benefited from #Russian election interference, Lindsey #Graham would be in the top five.

And now the Editor of Russia Today is calling for his assassination.

The edited video seems like an excuse to me (it was *obviously* edited). I suspect something else is going on here.

Still,, this is WILD.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/head-of-rt-margarita-simonyan-calls-for-lindsey-grahams-assassination-after-edited-russia-comments

BellingenNSW

16 hours ago

Abuse towards #Vets by #Pet owners is "on the rise"
"Negative feedback and negative #interactions with clients when they bring patients into our hospitals is [also] a very real factor contributing to poor mental health."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-29/sa-vet-mental-health-crisis-education-campaign/102403120
#Clients #Interactions #Pets #Work #Violence #OneHealth

Rob Flint, MD

1 day ago

https://em.umaryland.edu/educational_pearls/4182/

Firearm violence is an issue in both urban and rural communities. Here is data to illustrate it is a rural issue as much as urban #umem #firearm #violence #rural #urban #publichealth

Steve Dustcircle ⍻

1 day ago

#Torture, #American Style; and the Cover-UP
https://tomdispatch.com/blindmans-buff/
#torturing #USA #terror #violence

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Business #Allies #Conservatives #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Brands can’t sit out the #culturewars—whether they like it or not.

As #shareholder #meetings become #cultural #battlegrounds, #companies are forced to consider what their #brands stand for.

— As they said in #Hamilton the #Musical, “If you stand for nothing, what'll you fall for?”

https://www.fastcompany.com/90900429/brands-culture-wars-esg

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Colorado #NewYork #Conservatives #DomesticTerrorism #DomesticTerrorists #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #Transphobia #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/club-q-shooting-new-york-woman-accused-threats-colorado-lgbtq-business-rcna86317

After #ClubQ #Mass #shooting, #NewYork #woman accused of making #Terroristic #threats to #LGBTQ #businesses in #Colorado

The 40-year-old #Brooklyn #woman is accused of making threats to at least four #Denver-area LGBTQ #businesses.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TERFS #Entertainment #Sports #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate

#Transphobic #Extremist and #ReligiousBigot #RileyGaines Calls Out ‘Systemic Breakdown of #Faith’ After #LosAngeles #Dodgers Re-Invite #LGBT #Group to #Pride #night

It was never just about #Trans Women #playing #sports against other women.

https://www.mediaite.com/sports/riley-gaines-calls-out-systemic-breakdown-of-faith-after-la-dodgers-re-invite-lgbt-group-to-pride-night/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/the-2024-election-is-going-to-be-wildly-transphobic/

The 2024 #election is going to be wildly #transphobic.

#Fascist #Republicans are already signaling that #attacking #trans #people will be one of their top #issues.

— It's time to send as many #republicans as possible home for good! So them that Americans reject their culture of hate and bigotry.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Media #Conservatives #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes

#RightWing #Media #Attacked #FoxNews For their #Trans #Supportive #Policies.

But what they aren't telling you, is that they all have the exact same policies.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/right-wing-media-attacked-fox-news-for-trans-policies-they-all-have-the-exact-same-policies/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Arizona #Education #Sports #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Republican #school #Superintendent #TomHorne attempts to defend the indefensible.

Despite less than a dozen #trans #students seeking to join #girls' #sports teams in Arizona in the past 10 years, Horne claims #girls are facing #unfaircompetition, in vehemently supporting the state's #trans #athlete #ban.

https://www.azmirror.com/2023/05/24/arizona-schools-chief-moves-to-defend-sports-ban-for-trans-girls/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Alaska #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#CityCouncil in #Alaska upholds #citymanager’s decision to prohibit #dragqueen #storytime at #Ketchikan #Library citing last year’s pushback from #rightwing #extremists.

https://www.krbd.org/2023/05/24/council-upholds-managers-decision-on-drag-queen-story-time/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Fascism #MoralPanic #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Assault on #LGBTQ #Rights Must be #Countered.

As we approach #PrideMonth, we are collectively witnessing a widespread public #assault on #LGBTQ #rights. As a #rabbi this terrifies me, as it should you.

https://www.jewishexponent.com/assault-on-lgbtq-rights-must-be-countered/

European Research Executive Ag

Even in areas that provide fertile ground for #radicalisation, the majority of people don't become radicalised✖️

The @PREVEXproject is exploring why & how people do radicalise, examining the legitimate grievances that can grow into #violence💢

More👉https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/443342

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/REA_research/status/1661627405096583168

Pat

#Cdnpoli #Uspoli #Florida #ReublicanDecadence

#Violence #Guns #Massacres #SlaughterHouse #MoralDecadence

What a majour trait of a decaying society exhibiting signs of moral decadence, immorality, indifference and acceptance of atrocities looks like

Charting gun violence in the United States

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gun-violence-charts-us-1.6847911

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #Winnipeg

#Winnipeg #advocate urges need for #action to #fight #transphobia.

#TaylorLakhryst, a #trans #woman and #advocate in #Winnipeg, has witnessed the #abuse and #violence faced by #genderdiverse #individuals. She emphasizes the pressing need for #action and #allyship in combating #transphobia.

https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2023/05/23/winnipeg-advocate-urges-need-for-action-to-fight-transphobia/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Pride #PrideMonth #Conservatives #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #Transphobia

#NewJersey #Church sign #Vandalized less than 12 hours after #pridemonth display erected.

The #sign in front of #Morristown's #Episcopal #ChurchoftheRedeemer, which reads "#allarewelcome," was slashed in half.

https://patch.com/new-jersey/morristown/church-vandalized-next-pride-flag-display-morristown

"According to research published in 2021 by the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “homicide during #pregnancy or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy exceeded all the leading causes of #MaternalMortality by more than twofold.”

In a 2014 study published by BioMed Central, physical #violence decreased when #women had access to abortions and increased when women were denied them."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/19/texas-gun-abortion-domestic-violence-gabriella-gonzalez/

Mastodon thread: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/110402895255664791

#Abortion #Health #Texas #USA

Screen shot of a Mastodon post by @ZhiZhu@newsie.social

Text from post:
"Forget about #Texas being pro-life. When it comes to #guns, #abortion and the lives of #women, Texas has chosen the path of death.

...increase the risk of women being trapped in abusive relationships — as carrying a pregnancy to term and giving birth ties women more closely to abusers, via their shared children.

...gun owners in Texas, including domestic abusers, have simultaneously become more empowered because of the state’s “permitless carry” laws"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/19/texas-gun-abortion-domestic-violence-gabriella-gonzalez/

#USA #Politics

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Misgendering #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#MarjorieTaylorGreene's #villageidiot #boyfriend calls #BrittneyGriner, a #man. It is important to note that she is a #cisgender #woman."

"Cruelty is *always* the point with these people."

— But they can always tell right?

https://www.queerty.com/marjorie-taylor-greenes-new-boyfriend-calls-brittney-griner-a-man-20230523

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Politics #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

Free #Advice for #Florida Governor #RonDeSantis: Don’t Run for #president.

The #Fascist #Florida #governor is #uncomfortable around regular #people, hides from the #media, and is too #skittish to take on #trump. So what’s the point in his running at all?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/free-advice-for-ron-desantis-dont-run-for-president

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Media #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/right-wingers-want-to-boycott-fox-news-for-following-trans-non-discrimination-laws/

#Rightwingers want to #boycott #FoxNews for following #trans #nondiscrimination #laws
Fox's #policy is to #respect #trans #employees' #identities. Conservatives like self-proclaimed #Fascist #MattWalsh are #outraged

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SocialMedia #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate https://gomag.com/article/republicans-are-recording-themselves-triggered-by-target-pride-merch/

#Republican #Snowflakes Are #Recording Themselves being #Triggered By #Target #Pride #merch

But no one is losing their minds over the #collection like #Conservatives on #TikTok.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate

#Objection to #sexual, #LGBTQ #content propels #spike in #book #challenges

An #analysis of #book #challenges from across the #nation shows the #majority were filed by just 11 #people

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate

#Many #trans healthcare bills came from a handful of #farright #interestgroups, #analysis finds

At least 17 #states have enacted #laws #restricting or #banning #MedicallyNecessary #GenderAffirming #Healthcare for #transgender #minors

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/many-trans-health-bills-came-handful-far-right-interest-groups-analysi-rcna85599

Palm Oil Detectives

#News: In #Africa, millions of workers who power the continent's economies have almost no legal rights to their lands or livelihoods. #Landgrabbing, #violence and #slavery are ongoing and connected to the #supplychain of #palmoil #cocoa and #mining #landrights #indigenous rights. Help them every time you shop and #humanrights #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://allafrica.com/stories/202305190047.html

#News: In #Africa, millions of workers who power the continent's economies have almost no legal rights to their land or livelihood. #Landgrabbing, #violence and #slavery are ongoing and connected to the #supplychain of #palmoil #cocoa and #mining #landrights #indigenous rights #humanrights #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://allafrica.com/stories/202305190047.html

Kriszta Satori

BBC News - 35,000 cases of sexual #misconduct or #violence in #NHS in five years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65671018

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #NewHampshire #DemocraticParty #Allies #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2023-05-22/lgbtqia-issues/nh-house-rejects-controversial-parental-bill-of-rights/a84556-1

#NewHampshire #House #Rejects #RepublicanParty's #Controversial '#ParentalBillofRights'.

Two #Republicans crossed #partylines to help #defeat the #bill, which would have required #educators to inform inquiring #parents whether their children are using a different #genderidentity or #name at #school.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Indiana #TransKids #Parents #Allies #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

'This is #lifeordeath for my #kid’: #Parent reacts to passage of #SB480

Access to gender-affirming care can be especially crucial for LGBTQ+ youth.

https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/05/22/parent-of-transgender-son-reacts-to-passage-of-indiana-senate-bill-480/70233429007/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #ChristianDarkMoney

How a #Racist #nonprofit led by #Transphobic #doctors is using 'recycled #false #claims' to push #antitrans #legislation: report.

No, not the #ACPeds, another one…

https://apnews.com/article/transgender-bills-lobbying-do-no-harm-94f56059d24608d724eb78fefecf4e09

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #History #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#America is in the grip of a new ‘#LavenderScare,’ spreading #fear of #LGBTQ+ people.

In the early 1950s, the Eisenhower administration fired or barred thousands of gay, lesbian, and transgender people from federal government jobs. This was called “The Lavender Scare.”

https://lailluminator.com/2023/05/21/america-is-in-the-grip-of-a-new-lavender-scare-spreading-fear-of-lgbtq-people/

Danny Boling 🌈 ☮️

"American politicians funded by pro-gun organizations either refuse to acknowledge the urgent need for stricter gun control laws. That’s why we decided to explain it to them in the easiest way possible: as if they were five years old."

Watch the 2:22-long video at the top.
📢 WATCH IT!

Make a gun cultist watch it.
📢 MAKE THEM!

Make all elected lawmakers watch it.
📢 DO SOMETHING!

https://www.myfirstschoolshooting.com/
A Children’s Book to explain Gun #Violence to Childish #Politicians

#IAmDB #Guns

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Mississippi #Education #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Trans #girl told to dress like a #boy by #school, #lawsuit claims. The #superintendent told the teen's #family she “needs to wear #pants, #socks, and #shoes like a #boy" to #Graduation #ceremony

#District #Judge #SulOzerden set a Friday #hearing on the #family’s request for #TRO against the #schooldistrict

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/trans-girl-told-not-wear-dress-mississippi-graduation-lawsuit-says-rcna85231

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Louisiana #Allies #TheKidsAreAlright #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/why-youth-activists-in-louisiana-say-theyll-no-longer-stay-quiet

Why #youthactivists in #Louisiana say they’ll ‘no longer stay #quiet.'

As #Republican #State #Lawmakers in Louisiana have pushed a barrage of #bills targeting #LGBTQ+ #rights, a new wave of #youth #activism has been awakened, especially in the state’s #rural, #conservative #strongholds.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Florida #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#TampaPride cancels #PrideontheRiver #event due to #Hostile #political #climate

“We’re very concerned about what’s happening in the #state,” said the #organization’s #president

https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/entertainment/things-to-do/2023/05/18/tampa-pride-river-canceled-desantis/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia

What is a #TERF? Unpacking Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism.

Learn about TERFS are and their troubling views on trans people.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/what-is-a-terf-unpacking-trans-exclusionary-radical-feminism/

Alexander Karn

#politics #violence #democracy

@noahshachtman

I’m sure that some on the left will take satisfaction in this. And it’s valid to ask whether there is another/better alternative, given what’s on the landscape.

But the story of reciprocal violence (or reciprocal force projection) rarely ends well.

https://www.intomore.com/impact/politics/anti-trans-gays-are-turning-new-hampshire-into-the-next-anti-trans-battleground/

#LogCabin #Republicans turning #NewHampshire into the Next #Transphobic #battlefield

After #Fascist #Florida #Governor and #Republican #Presidential #Hopeful #RonDeSantis released a list of supporters, one notable name stood out: #JoeArmstrong, an #out-#gay #politician supporting DeSantis' #antigay, #antitrans #policies.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #NewHampshire RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate

#CatholicLeague and Sen. #MarcoRubio launch #holywar against #Dodgers #PrideNight and The #SistersofPerpetualIndulgence

The #Sisters have #ministered to #AIDS #patients in the 1980s and #underserved #groups since then, and #Catholics are apparently angry about this.

https://www.outsports.com/2023/5/16/23726246/dodgers-pride-night-catholic-league-marco-rubio-sisters-perpetual-indulgence

Mongabay

#News #Conservation #Environment #Indigenous #Brazil #Violence

In the early hours of May 14, Indigenous chief Lúcio Tembé was shot by two gunmen on an unpaved road in Brazil’s northern Pará state, Indigenous leaders say.

This is the latest episode of violence in an area facing an outbreak of land conflicts between a major palm oil company and local communities, the so-called “palm oil war,” as reported on by Mongabay since October.

By Karla Mendes
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/indigenous-chief-shot-in-head-brazils-palm-oil-war-region-crisis-group-launched/

Autonomie und Solidarität

https://digit.site36.net/2023/05/16/police-violence-in-germany-is-mostly-male-and-more-often-goes-unpunished-research-project-finds/
#police #Germany #violence #AbolishThePolice

Police violence in Germany is mostly male and more often goes unpunished, research project finds

"Most of those affected suffered police violence in various forms, with almost two-thirds reporting beatings as well as punches. At football matches and other large-scale events, the police used pepper spray to a similar extent. Outside of such major events, 62 per cent of those affected complain of inappropriate restraints and fixations. 19 per cent of all respondents report serious injuries, including to joints and sensory organs. The more severe the injuries, the more severe the psychological consequences were, they added. 16 percent of the participants refer to a migration background. Most of the cases involving this group of people occurred during police checks and conflicts to which officers were called.
In interviews, some of the police officers also admit to the existence of unauthorised means of intervention. „We have self-turned, what are they called, like Japanese massage sticks,“ reports a police executive. Attached to a ribbon in the sleeve, the device, built by a colleague with a talent for handicrafts, was used in unobserved moments to inflict great pain on certain parts of the victims‘ bodies."
via @matthimon

TC Workers Defense Alliance

Indicates a fairly weak political will— call numbers at the #Minnesota department of transportation and demand they stop this eviction, ask why they are doing displacement when #Minneapolis and #HennepinCounty and the state itself are not #housing all in need, and that you do not want your #transit and #highway dollars going to #violence

Please report which numbers answer, what people say: https://dot.state.mn.us/information/talk.html

Yahia Lababidi

#psychology #history #trauma #ptsd #violence #politics #quotes

Break the vicious cycle …

Chuck Darwin

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/15/gun-show-customers-fear-society/

#Gun #violence is now the leading cause of death for children and teens in the United States.

Yet over and over, people told me they *needed their guns to keep themselves safe*.

#Safe from what? Most couldn’t answer; they simply had a feeling that the world had become a more dangerous place.

How would they use their guns in a crisis? Their confidence in their own abilities seemed inflated.

This manifested in the constant invocation of the word “#tactical” — a gun-industry buzzword used to suggest that buyers of weapons, body armor and shooting courses will be able to engage with enemies like trained soldiers. In other words, a #fantasy.

William Lindsey :toad:

"That is the dangerous message being sent recently by the GOP governors of Texas and Florida who have very publicly spoken out in support of defendants who have literally killed people and Donald Trump’s defense of the Jan 6 terrorists at last week’s CNN Town Hall."

#Republicans #Trump #violence #crime #criminals #GregAbbott #Texas #DeSantis #Florida
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William Lindsey :toad:

https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/gop-leaders-step-up-their-dangerous

"We are seeing a very alarming pattern emerge where some of the GOP’s best known figures are increasingly defending killers and terrorists. And the reason why is simple: These Republican leaders believe it helps them politically."

~ Dean Obeidallah

#Republicans #Trump #violence #crime #criminals #GregAbbott #Texas #DeSantis #Florida
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#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #Texas #Entertainment #NightLife #Drag #DragQueens #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Lesbian #bar in #Texas denied #insurance for hosting #dragshows, #owner says

"I cried about this for about a week,” said #JulieMabry, the owner of #Houston's #PearlBar, one of only two #lesbian #bars in #Texas.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/texas-lesbian-bar-denied-insurance-hosting-drag-shows-owner-says-rcna83954

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Kentucky #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Trans #Kentucky #teen #reacts to the state's new #antiLBGTQ #law: ‘I wish we could just be #kids

“I woke up that morning, and I could not make myself go to school," #RayLoux, 16, says.

https://www.today.com/health/news/trans-kentucky-teen-anti-lgbtq-law-mental-health-rcna77700

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Kansas #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia

With the #antitrans #bill override, 112 #RepublicanParty #legislators in #Kansas have stoked #hatred.

The time for quiet #discourse and #snarky articles has passed. #Farright #extremists have made clear their #indifference to being labeled as #transphobic or #bigoted, disregarding the #HumanRights of those they deem #unworthy.

https://kansasreflector.com/2023/05/11/with-anti-trans-bill-override-112-kansas-legislators-unleashed-hatred/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Kansas #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate.
https://womensagenda.com.au/politics/world/women-banned-from-public-toilets-under-extreme-anti-trans-law-in-kansas/

#Kansas has just made it #illegal to #wee at #women’s and #girls’ #public #toilets if you’re #perimenopausal or #menopausal, taking the #contraceptive #Pill, or you don’t #ovulate for any another #medical reason.

"This is where #antitrans #madness leads."

Ruth Zakarin 🧶🪬😷

I’ve been in #GunViolence prevention work for the past four years.

Before that I spent my entire adult life working with survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

I have a lot of experience thinking and talking about #violence.

But this lately? Totally overwhelming amount of violence. Can’t even begin to process it.

tiburoncito

@w7voa On a day in which the governor of the same state is advocating for mental health to distract from #GunControl, we get this reminder that
1. not all violence is gun #violence and
2. #GregAbbott said everything he could think to say in the last several years to encourage this type of violent #vigilatism

Prayers for these #immigrants and their loved ones. I hope it helps to know that there will be no pardon for the perpetrator by #GovernorAbbott, if only because it's not within his power.

PeterD

On Red Dress Day, Indigenous voices urge timely introduction of proposed public alert system
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/red-dress-day-alert-system-1.6833299?cmp=rss
"Indigenous women, families and advocates are calling for swift action in introducing a Red Dress Alert system, an initiative to shed light on and take action against the ongoing violence against Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people."
#RedDressDay #Violence #IndigenousWomen

William Lindsey :toad:

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/we-all-failed-jordan-neely/

At the heart of the strangling of Jordan Neely, a homeless Black man, on a New York F-train in full view of other passengers, Elie Mystal says, is this:

"We leave people struggling with mental illness or addiction to fend for themselves on the streets, but then carry out entire administrative campaigns to keep them from being seen in our public spaces."

#homeless #violence

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Montana #Politics #Media #Police #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

4 weeks ago

#Trans #lawmaker #ZooeyZephyr and #girlfriend #ErinReed #targeted in ‘#swatting’ #attack: ‘We will not be #deterred!'

“I will never stop #advocating for my #community and will never be #silenced.”

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/04/zooey-zephyr-erin-reed-swat-attack/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Police #Allies #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Transphobia

4 weeks ago

#ErinReed the #partner of #Montana #trans #lawmaker #ZoeyZephyr Narrowly Avoids Danger in #Rightwing #Swatting #Attack at their Montgomery County home. The swatting attempt was confirmed by local #Police.

https://www.rawstory.com/zooey-zephyr-montana-2659943847/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Africa #Uganda #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ExportingHate https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/02/uganda-parliament-passes-anti-lgbtq-bill

#Uganda’s #parliament #passes mostly unchanged #antiLGBTQ #bill.

The Bill retains #harshest #measures of #legislation adopted in #March, including #deathpenalty for certain #samesex #acts, and prison for "promoting" Homosexuality.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #MentalHealth #Suicide #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

In an annual #survey, #TheTrevorProject found that more than 40% of #LGBTQ #youth said they considered #suicide in the past #year, and that the #RepublicanParty's #antiLGBTQ #legislation was making it #worse

https://www.businessinsider.com/lgbtq-youth-suicide-survey-anti-trans-laws-policies-2023-5

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #TransKids #Healthcare #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.them.us/story/doj-lawsuit-tennessee-ban-gender-affirming-care

#Biden #Administration #Sues to #Block #Tennessee #Ban on #GenderAffirming #Healthcare

The #lawsuit argues the #law violates #trans #minors’ #constitutionalrights and specifically those protected by the #14thAmendment.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Nebraska #Allies #RepublicanParty #Fascism #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Nebraska #Democratic #lawmaker under #investigation because she has a #trans #child

“The point isn’t that I could gain financially if my kid has rights,” she said. “The point is the harassment.”

Even some #Republicans have come out in #opposition to the #Ethics #complaint

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/04/nebraska-democratic-lawmaker-under-investigation-because-she-has-a-trans-child/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Texas #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://19thnews.org/2023/04/texas-agriculture-commissioner-issues-anti-transgender-dress-code-for-employees/

#Texas #agriculture #commissioner makes #Texas #DepartmentofAgriculture a #hostileworkplace under #TitleVII as he issues #Transphobic #dresscode for #employees.

The #Transphobic policy comes as #LGBTQ+ #advocates are fighting a #Genocide pushed by #hateful #RepublicanParty politicians across the country.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Montana #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#ZooeyZephyr #Fought #Back Against #Transphobic #Republicans. Now, They’re Trying to #Silence Her.

Mincing no words, the states first and only openly #trans #legislator told #Republican #lawmakers they would have #bloodontheirhands.

Republicans have responded with calls for Zephyr to be #censured—for “inappropriate” language.

https://www.intomore.com/culture/zooey-zephyr-fought-back-against-transphobic-republicans-now-theyre-trying-to-silence-her/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Texas #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

At #Gay #Rodeo In #Texas, #Riders Gallop On Despite #Rights #row

The show's organizer, the #TGRA has put on these events for 30 years, even while the #statelegislature in #Austin debates dozens of bills -- 140, according to #EqualityTexas that would seek to limit the rights of LGBTQ people, a trend seen in #conservative states across the country.

https://www.barrons.com/news/at-gay-rodeo-in-texas-riders-gallop-on-despite-rights-row-6f3148ec

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Texas #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-department-agriculture-dress-code-transgender/

#Texas #DepartmentOfAgriculture institutes #transphobic #dresscode.

An April 17 #memorandum from #AgCommissioner #SidMiller states that the Department welcomes “#Westernwear” but requires #employees to dress according to “#biologicalgender.”

Erika Sumner