“... in America, we were richer, safer, more powerful, better defended, better fed, more entertained than any civilization had ever been in the history of the world.
And we were willing to burn it all down so we could be mean to people again.”
-Heidi Cuda
https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-complying-in-advance-to
It would appear that Miss Joanne Rowling has once again shown that she is completely ignorant of something relating to the experiences of #LGBTQ people. A shocker, I know.
https://buff.ly/ZLbYKrg
Anyone who calls the International #Asexuality Day a "fake oppression day" has NO idea what the fuck they’re talking about. It’s embarrassing.
And SMUG those weirdos are. "lol you're not murdered in the streets so it doesn't count". 
It would be funny, if it weren’t so sad. We just want to tell the world it's OKAY to be #asexual, to educate people.
Discrimination is still real tho, I just cited scientific data. I guess that doesn’t count either then? 
Weirdos.
The lawsuit came a week after #USDA announced the freeze, one of several actions Trump's admin had taken against the state since Democratic #Maine Gov #JanetMills clashed w/ #Trump over the issue of #transgender athletes during a WH event in Feb.
#Maine sues over #Trump #USDA pause on funds due to support for #transgender athletes
The state of ME on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the USDA's decision to freeze federal #funding for #education programs in the state over its refusal to ban transgender women from sports.
#law #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ
https://www.reuters.com/legal/maine-sues-over-usda-pause-funds-over-support-transgender-athletes-2025-04-07/
HOT TAKE: If you don’t feel comfortable that your future children might turn out to be asexual, you shouldn’t have children because you would #FAIL as a parent.
(Source of data: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute/assets/asexuality-in-the-uk.pdf ; annotation is mine)
A district court judge had blocked the #Education Dept from canceling more than 100 grants that funded 2 programs— #Teacher Quality Partnership & Supporting Effective Educator Development—while #litigation challenging the decision continued. Chief Justice #JohnRoberts & #SCOTUS’ 3 liberal justices said they would have denied #Trump’s request to intervene in the case.…
The initiatives provide leadership development, #teacher residency programs, training & other services. A coalition of Democratic-led states that challenged the funding freeze said it would trigger teacher #layoffs & other harm to #schools, weakening the teacher pipelines #Congress intended to enhance when it created the programs.
It noted that the #DOJ could sue for breach of contract if it found federal funds were spent while violating *#CivilRights* laws.
The fed govt accounts for ~8% of local #school #funding, but amounts vary. In MS about 23% of school funding comes from federal sources, while NY receives just 7%, acc/to the Pew Research Center.
[#TitleI schools receive additional funding see #Project2025’s plan to eliminate the funding entirely https://www.americanprogress.org/article/project-2025s-elimination-of-title-i-funding-would-hurt-students-and-decimate-teaching-positions-in-local-schools/]
In a memo sent to top #PublicEducation ofcls across the country, the #Education Dept said that #funding for schools w/high percentages of #LowIncome #students, known as #TitleI funding, was at risk pending compliance w/the #Trump admin’s directive.
The memo included a *certification* letter that state & local #school ofcls must sign & return within 10 days, even as the admin has struggled to define which programs would violate its *interpretation* of #CivilRights laws.
#Trump Admin Threatens to Withhold #Funds From #PublicSchools
State #education officials will be required to verify that they have eliminated all programs that promote #diversity, #equity & #inclusion [#DEI] that the administration deems *unlawful* [uncomfortable for #FarRight #bigots] according to a new memo.
#censorship #indoctrination #Whitewashing #racism #misogyny #heterosexism #bigotry #hate #extortion #law #USpol #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/public-school-funding-trump-dei.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=AEB43A0E-0ED5-401C-9960-8E17975F9091
It suddenly struck me that religions can do one of 2 things:
1) Religion can give you answers
2) Religion can lead you to ask questions
I prefer religion that does the 2nd.
#religion #bigotry
#caring #judgmental (cf Matthew 7)
Via Austin Kocher:
#USCIS just sent out an email announcing that it only recognizes "two sexes - male & female" & generally only sex assigned at birth.
“The govt's arguments are not persuasive, & it is not an especially close question…. The govt's unrelenting reliance on deference to #military judgment is unjustified in the absence of any evidence supporting 'the military's' new judgment reflected in the [#transgender] Military Ban—in its equally considered & unquestionable judgment, that very same military had only the week before permitted active-duty plaintiffs (& some thousands of others) to serve openly.
United States Court of Appeals for DC ordered the #Pentagon not to take action against any #transgender servicemembers while a judge's order blocking #Trump / #Hegseth's ban is appealed.
“The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion for stay pending appeal”
#law #military #bigotry #discrimination
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69800554/01208724672/nicolas-talbott-v-usa/
New filing by the plaintiffs in Talbott v. United States — the challenge to #Trump's ban on #transgender #military service members.
Last Friday, the DOJ asked the court to dissolve the injunction.
Plaintiffs also argue DOJ gave no legitimate reason for a stay pending appeal.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.276845/gov.uscourts.dcd.276845.96.0.pdf
#Trans #Transgender #HarryPotter #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #JKRowling #Hogwarts #bigotry #HBO #HBOMax
I know you loved the books, but it's time to put that shit down.
"#AntiVaxx Mom Whose Daughter Died From #Measles Says Disease 'Wasn't That Bad'"
This is the weight of prideful #ignorance
People for whom the death of their child is not as painful as saying "I was wrong" or "I didn't know" or "I'm sorry"
It is weighing on society as well
This will be the death of us
From #climateChange to #bigotry to #cult obedience leading to #fascism
