'they're coming after us':...an update.

as for the LGBTQ community... it is clear they're coming after us.... with legislation designed to criminalize if not eliminate us....

( the best trans blog i have ever come across... thanks to MLJ's Miki )

www.erininthemorning.com

During a meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a Republican representative, Rep. Keith Self, called transgender congresswoman the "gentleman from Delaware." Dems pushed back.

Fireworks erupted during a House Foreign Relations Subcommittee meeting when Chairman Keith Self (R-TX) deliberately misgendered Representative Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first transgender congresswoman, referring to her as the "Gentleman from Delaware."

....the quick thinking Trans-Congress-woman replied.....

“Thank you, Madame Chair,” McBride responded

they simple don't want to recognize any longer the existence of transgendered people....

www.acluohio.org

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the administrations attempt to eradicate.... Women's rights ...the Transgendered...Gays....and the disenfranchised by its constriction of words and definitions in Governmental - language.....

medium.com

There was no press conference. No grand announcement. No bold-faced declaration of intent. Just a quiet edit to a government policy manual…

There was no press conference. No grand announcement. No bold-faced declaration of intent. Just a quiet edit to a government policy manual — one that erased protections for LGBTQ+ Americans from the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence surveillance guidelines.

And just like that, in the shadows of bureaucratic language, the United States took one more step toward treating queer people as security threats rather than citizens.

This is how oppression works.

It doesn’t always arrive with a bang. It creeps in through policy rewrites legal loopholes, and ambiguous justifications.

msmagazine.com

As the GOP ramps up its culture war, no-fault divorce is emerging as its latest target, with conservative politicians and activists calling for its restriction or elimination. While no-fault divorce has been law in all 50 states since 2010, its repeal would disproportionately harm women—especially survivors of domestic violence—by making it harder to leave unsafe or unhappy marriages. Framing divorce as “too easy,” right-wing leaders are pushing a regressive agenda that prioritizes traditional family structures over women’s autonomy and safety.

'We’re living in a culture of blame—no wonder no-fault divorce is at risk'

Research has shown “the most dangerous time for women experiencing abuse is when they attempt to escape”.

msmagazine.com

John Mullin is the founder of the nonprofit Spending Spotlight, which is seeking to rally progressive consumers to redirect their individual spending patterns to counter the influence of corporate spending on right-wing causes. Recognizing, as he explained, that as a resident of Seattle, his “elected officials already doing things on these issues that are in alignment with what I would like to see happen,” such that his vote was not “actually making a huge difference,” Mullin began to consider the idea of “voting” through the redirection of consumer dollars. Mullin and his small volunteer team developed a strategically targeted plan for

progressive Women in positions of power is part of the solution....

www.thenation.com

To borrow a phrase from the photographer and activist Samra Habib, “We have always been here”—or, at least, people somewhat like us have always been here.

be strong..... be yourself....be beautiful... be committed.... peace, alyssa