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Welcome to the LGBTQIA+ News Post for August 8.
Well, I won't back down, No, I won't back down, You can stand me up at the gates of Hell, But I won't back down.
The Bad News
The Head of the Regime today signed a new executive order that mandates amongst other things in Section 3:
(ii) Discretionary awards shall not be used to fund, promote, encourage, subsidize, or facilitate:
(A) racial preferences or other forms of racial discrimination by the grant recipient, including activities where race or intentional proxies for race will be used as a selection criterion for employment or program participation;
(B) denial by the grant recipient of the sex binary in humans or the notion that sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic;
(C) illegal immigration; or
(D) any other initiatives that compromise public safety or promote anti-American values.
Presumably,
Der Oberfuhrer gets to decide what fits under D. This is another bad, bad order.
The Department of Homeland Insecurity has
removed trans women athletes who participate in women's divisions in sport from getting 'extraordinary ability' visas to enter the US and compete. Sayeth the Spokesperson for Customs and Immigration, a toady named Matthew Tragesser:
"Men do not belong in women's sports. USCIS is closing the loophole for foreign male athletes whose only chance at winning elite sports is to change their gender identity and leverage their biological advantages against women. It's a matter of safety, fairness, respect, and truth that only female athletes receive a visa to come to the U.S. to participate in women's sports. The Trump Administration is standing up for the silent majority who've long been victims of leftist policies that defy common sense."
Which explains why The Head of the Regime has stated that he will be pushing for
"strict gender testing" at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. He's already been violating the laws keeping him from screwing around with the USOPC.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released the annual crime report.
The statistics are sobering.Published on Tuesday (5 August), the report found that attacks based on a victim's sexual orientation made up 17.2 per cent of all hate crime in the US in 2024, while attacks based on gender identity made up 4 per cent.
According to the FBI's crime data explorer, of the 13,175 offences reported across the US over the last year, 2,263 recorded incidents were based on a victim's sexual orientation, while 531 were based on a victim's gender identity.
Race and ethnicity-related hate crimes remain the highest category, with an alarming 51.8 per cent of all violent crimes relating to a person's race or ethnicity.
Intimidation remains the most common type of reported hate crime, with around 4,915 intimidation offences reported in 2024. Subsequent offences include vandalism (3,714 incidents), simple assault (3,255), and aggravated assault (1,807).
Around 3,420 of these incidents occurred in a person's residence or homes, while 2,462 occurred on a highway, road, alley, street, or sidewalk.
Reported hate crimes are also particularly common in schools. 989 incidents in an elementary or secondary school were reported in 2024.
This report is only of reported hate crimes. It's quite probable the numbers are much higher.
The Supreme Court has decided to hear Chiles v. Salazar, which is a case where a bunch of religious fuckwits with the help of the so-called Alliance Defending Freedom - but I repeat myself - are claiming that
the Colorado ban on conversion therapy is interfering with the free practice of religion. Until now, the Supremes have declined to hear cases on conversion therapy bans at the state level.
The United States Air Farce has stated they're going back on their statement that transgender soldiers leaving the service due to the ban will have their full retirement benefits if they have sufficient time in service. Instead, those soldiers
will be given involuntary discharges and lose all benefits. The deadline for applying for voluntary separation has passed.
The US Court of Appeals for the 10th District has
cited U.S. v. Skrmetti in their rejection to a challenge on Oklahoma's trans youth health care ban.
I said something nice about New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte recently and I want to apologize, because she
signed a ban on health care for trans youth.
Indiana Lt. Governor Micah Beckwith shared a post on social media from a church that called for
the death of gay people, then pulled it down, but this guy has a history of being shitty about the LGBTQIA+ community.
In the wake of the Regime's work to make life worse for the trans community, especially trans kids, some places are pre-surrendering. In Pennsylvania, at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the trans youth staff were told
they could be fired, lose their medical licenses, and be sentenced to ten years in prison despite that not being the law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (This despite the work of a former gubernatorial candidate to make it so.) This is also happening at other medical institutions, where the staff is being told that providing this care is illegal, or that the facility is no longer going to provide that care.
Cowards.
Dean Cain wants to join ICE. I got nothing more on this.
A new set of
audiobooks of The Boy Who Lived is being released with a celebrity cast. After reading the cast, I am going to miss seeing episodes of House (Hugh Laurie), Bertie and Wooster (Laurie and Stephen Fry), a bunch of the twelfth Doctor (Michelle Gomez), and am currently trying to decide if I can still watch Star Wars: Rogue One (Riz Ahmed).
In the UK, the Times of London has state that the EHRC (of which I cannot say enough to revile them) will soon
release their new guidelines on trans people in single-sex spaces, wherein trans people will be barred from accessing toilets, gyms and changing rooms that match their gender.
AND, if that's not bad enough, they may also be banned from "single-sex spaces" that match their
birth gender, and the guidance also bans trans men from female toilets on the basis that their presence would cause "alarm or distress". It also will spell out that transgender competitors can be excluded from single-sex sporting competitions and that it would be reasonable for a woman to object to the presence of a transgender woman if she will be getting undressed or in a vulnerable situation. Basically, it bans trans people from being outside their home.
British store
Marks & Spencer has apologised to a customer after a "trans" employee offered to help her. The customer stated that her fourteen-year-old daughter was looking to get a bra fitting when an employee asked if they needed help to find the correct part of the store. When asked how she knew the employee was transgender, she stated "This is obviously the case: he is at least 6ft 2in tall." (what is it with transphobes and tall women?) The customer also said her daughter was "visibly upset" and "freaked out", and they left the store. Despite the apology, the customer is demanding that M&S makes sure that this never happens again. Now, it is not known if the employee was trans, if the employee was asked to do the bra fitting (apparently M&S bra fittings require an appointment), and there's no reason a trans woman can't do the fitting, so this is just another TERF Tempest in a Teapot, but there are some British who do love them. JK Fouling has, of course, called out for a boycott of Marks & Spencer.
The Good News
Pete Buttigieg has
clarified his comments about 'fairness' of transgender kids' participation in sports. Eh. It's something, but not a lot.
The United Nations is
getting tired of the Regime whining about trans people.
Sixteen state attorney generals and one state governor have
filed a suit that the current administration is trying to ban trans health care. This has occured in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi referring to it as "fraud" and "abuse" and pushing DoJ attorneys to prosecute providing such care under federal laws prohibiting female genital mutilation, the distribution of harmful drugs, and the filing of "false medical claims" . The states suing are California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia, with Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania also joining.
The fleeing of the Texas Democrats
to stop the insane gerrymandering has also put the kibosh on anti-abortion and anti-trans bills that "Hot Wheels" Abbott and his friends wanted passed. Unfortunately, it's also stopping bills dealing with the recent devastating floods in Texas as well.
In New York City, a new homeless shelter for trans and non-binary people has opened.
Ace's Place is in Long Island City, and is named after the late mother of the CEO of Destination Tomorrow, the organization that is running the shelter. The shelter has 150 beds. For those who aren't aware, 38% of transgender girls/women, 39% of transgender boys/men, and 35% of nonbinary youth have experienced homelessness or housing instability at some point in their lives compared to 23% of cis LGBTQ+ youth.
The Cinnamon Roll Report will not appear this time, as I couldn't find anything for it.
Be well, friends. If you have news I missed or personal triumphs, bring them here! Let us know your joys.
Well, I know what's right
I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down
(I won't back down)
Hey, baby, there ain't no easy way out
(I won't back down)
Hey, I will stand my ground (Ooh, I won't back down)
And I won't back down
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