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Hundreds of people turned out in Iowa to protest state legislature repealing civil rights protection for trans people after 18 years. No one could cite any negative thing that happened over the past 18 years as a result of trans people having rights. Republicans voted to repeal anyway, although five Republicans voted no. Governor expected to sign bigot law.
 
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During his speech, Trump claimed that $8m was used to make mice transgender because he doesn't know what transgenic means
 
SlyPokerDog said:
During his speech, Trump claimed that $8m was used to make mice transgender because he doesn't know what transgenic means
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I think he does know what it means, but he knows his base is afraid of the concept transgender (tho I'm willing to bet 85% of them don't actually know what it means), and all he has to do is say stupid shit and these morons eat it up.

It's why he said the thing about Haitians eating cats.
 
Military to Remove 'Enola Gay' Photos for Violating DEI Rules

Images of "Enola Gay," the aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan are among those targeted by the U.S. military in an initiative to eliminate content related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

They are among a number of photos unrelated to DEI that have been mistakenly flagged, including those from an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in California, seemingly because an engineer in the image had the last name "Gay."

https://www.newsweek.com/military-remove-enola-gay-photos-dei-rules-2041029
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Military to Remove 'Enola Gay' Photos for Violating DEI Rules

Images of "Enola Gay," the aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan are among those targeted by the U.S. military in an initiative to eliminate content related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

They are among a number of photos unrelated to DEI that have been mistakenly flagged, including those from an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in California, seemingly because an engineer in the image had the last name "Gay."

https://www.newsweek.com/military-remove-enola-gay-photos-dei-rules-2041029
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Hegseth's Frenzied DEI Purge Targets 'Gay' Plane...
 
Rachel Maddow recently ran a segment about such fuckups. Remember when Tyson Gay set world record? Right wing media wouldn't use word gay because it sounded too, well, gay. So we saw headlines like "Homosexual is world's fastest man" with references to Tyson Homosexual.

They had same problem with NBA. Rudy Homosexual named to All Star team.
 
Hegseth orders military to remove thousands of pages and images depicting or describing Black, female, gay, and people of color in military. They can ONLY show straight white men.
 
insane how much time and energy is spent on trans and eggs. a complete non-factor to anything currently wrong with america. I WISH the biggest problems we had were eggs and trans people. would be like living in a dream world. how bout once we get healthcare, education, economy, immigration, impoverished kids who dont eat lunch, homelessness, inflation and most of the country living paycheck to paycheck we worry about the big bad trans community and the unfortunate news that we have scrambled eggs twice a week instead of three times?
 
Maine governor told Trump "see you in court" after he publicly threatened her due to grand total of two trans girls on high school sports teams.

Maine is being "investigated" by six federal agencies. They have had federal funding for state projects cut off. Trump told her he is federal government. L'etat, c'est moi.
 
Judge Forced to Pause Trial Because DOJ Lawyers Are so Unprepared
Justice Department lawyers had not read any of the three reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited in his ban on transgender military service members.

A federal judge stopped a hearing about Donald Trump’s ban on transgender military service members in its tracks Wednesday, calling for a recess from proceedings to invite the Department of Justice’s lawyer to actually read up on the policy they were defending.

U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes had criticized the department’s lawyer for not having read three reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited in his policy banning transgender members of the military, according to Politico’s senior legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney, who posted several updates on the hearing on X.

An internal memo issued by the Pentagon in February “disqualified” transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military.

“Service members who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria are disqualified from military service,” the memo said, also banning individuals who had a “history of cross-sex hormone therapy or a history of sex reassignment or genital reconstruction surgery as treatment for gender dysphoria or in pursuit of a sex transition.”

Reyes claimed that Hegseth’s policy banning transgender service members had “egregiously misquoted” the three reports it cited, and she couldn’t believe that the Justice Department’s lawyer hadn’t bothered to actually read them.

Reyes requested that the court take a 30-minute break, and asked the department’s lawyer to review the reports and compare how they’d been misquoted by Hegseth in his policy. Then, they could tell her whether they believe she could reasonably rely on Hegseth’s interpretation of those reports.

When the court resumed, Reyes pointed out that one study Hegseth had relied on to demonstrate that transgender service members hurt troop readiness and weaken their unit, actually concluded the exact opposite. The study found that transgender service members were more deployable, and experienced fewer lapses in their service than those diagnosed with depression, who were not automatically excluded from service.

But that wasn’t all. As Reyes went through each of the findings cited in the ban, she found that “virtually every” one contradicted support for Hegseth’s policy, according to Cheney.

Reyes asked the DOJ lawyer why she should defer to Hegseth’s blatant “cherrypicking” and providing “misleading” analysis.

In a brief memo filed in court on February 10, Hegseth directed the military to stop integrating new recruits “with a history of gender dysphoria” and to pause “planned medical procedures associated with affirming or facilitating a gender transition.” The policy wouldn’t affect the estimated 9,000 to 14,000 transgender individuals currently serving the military.

Later in February, as part of a complaint the Pentagon filed against Reyes, accusing her of “misconduct,” indicating potential bias in the case, an internal Pentagon memo was revealed that pushed the ban even further.

https://newrepublic.com/post/192657/judge-military-trans-ban-trial-lawyers-incompetence
 
People worried San Francisco Pride had become too corporate. Guess we can worry less now. Five corporations pulled support from Pride. They are afraid of retaliation by Trump.

Corporations are not allies.

I recall Cleve Jones saying corporate diversity is saying you can be your authentic self while you pillage the planet.
 
crandc said:
People worried San Francisco Pride had become too corporate. Guess we can worry less now. Five corporations pulled support from Pride. They are afraid of retaliation by Trump.

Corporations are not allies.

I recall Cleve Jones saying corporate diversity is saying you can be your authentic self while you pillage the planet.
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The 90s and 00s activist capitalism era was a mistake and I feel bad for ever having bought into it. At least new generations are also learning the lesson that capitalists are inherently cowardly.
 
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