[RD] LGBTQ news

[Arwon]

That's terfs for you - completely incapable of ever being normal or talking about anything else.

 

[Arwon]

This is such an incredible degree of cowardice from a first term government. Anodyne reform pushed by the stats Bureau for consultation and testing and they've just decided they're not even willing to follow through, even on just allowing the public service to roll forward and do what it does.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Republican lawmaker moves to bar trans colleague from women's bathrooms​

A Republican congresswoman has introduced a bill to ban transgender women from using female bathrooms in the US Capitol, just weeks after the first-ever openly transgender lawmaker was elected to the House of Representatives.
On Tuesday, South Carolina's Nancy Mace said her resolution was "absolutely" a response to the election of Sarah McBride, who will be sworn into office in January.
McBride called the move “a blatant attempt from far-right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing”.
Republicans campaigned heavily on opposing transgender rights during the election. At a closing rally, Donald Trump said he would keep "transgender insanity the hell out of our schools... and men out of women’s sports".

The resolution introduced on Monday does not specifically mention McBride, but Mace told reporters on Tuesday, that “it’s 100 percent because of McBride”, according to the Washington Post.
“This is about women and our right to privacy, our right to safety,” Mace said. “I’m not going to allow biological men into women’s private spaces. It is the height of hypocrisy.”

On Monday, McBride responded to the measure, posting on X: “Every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness.”
House Democrats strongly condemned the resolution and accused Mace of bullying a fellow member of Congress.
"This is your priority, that you want to bully a member of Congress, as opposed to welcoming her to join this body so all of us can work together to get things done and deliver real results for the American people?" Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said.
It is unclear when the measure may be taken up by Congress for a vote. It is expected to be part of the House rules package that members vote on after being sworn in.
Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Tuesday declined to say that it would be part of the rules package, telling reporters that lawmakers would seek consensus as they approach the "unprecedented" issue.
"We’re going to do that in a deliberate fashion with members’ consensus on it, and we will accommodate the needs of every single person,” Johnson said.
"We treat everybody with dignity,” he added. “We’ll provide appropriate accommodation for every member of Congress.”

It comes as Republicans in Washington DC and in state capitols have focused sharply on transgender issues, including seeking to limit access to gender-related surgery for minors and to bar transgender athletes from female-only sports categories.
During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump said transgender students should be allowed to use whichever bathroom "they feel is appropriate", but he reversed his stance after facing Republican criticism.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2pknez94o

 

[Cloud_Strife]

It's always transphobia with these people, disgusting bullies desperate to harm trans people in whatever way possible

 

[Caesar of Bread]

The resolution introduced on Monday does not specifically mention McBride, but Mace told reporters on Tuesday, that “it’s 100 percent because of McBride”, according to the Washington Post.
“This is about women and our right to privacy, our right to safety,” Mace said. “I’m not going to allow biological men into women’s private spaces. It is the height of hypocrisy.”

Mace woke up early to be a hater.
Anyways Nancy Mace is a *****

 

[Cloud_Strife]

It's always transphobia with these people, disgusting bullies desperate to harm trans people in whatever way possible

You know what's worse? They're given the veneer of acceptability, even on this forum, by the way of using "reasonable concerns".

Believing that trans people, trans women in particular, are intrinsically dangerous to cis women is bigotry, it's a form of motivated reasoning that if applied to Jewish people, gay people or PoC would be tantamount to anti semitism, homophobia or racism

 

[Sommerswerd]

House approves $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors​

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday passed a $895 billion measure that authorizes a 1% increase in defense spending this fiscal year and would give a double-digit pay raise to about half of the enlisted service members in the military.

The bill is traditionally strongly bipartisan, but some Democratic lawmakers opposed the inclusion of a ban on transgender medical treatments for children of military members if such treatment could result in sterilization.

The bill passed the House by a vote of 281-140 and will next move to the Senate, where lawmakers had sought a bigger boost in defense spending than the current measure allows.

Lawmakers are touting the bill’s 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted service members and a 4.5% increase for others as key to improving the quality of life for those serving in the U.S. military. Those serving as junior enlisted personnel are in pay grades that generally track with their first enlistment term.

They are also focused on cultural issues. The bill prohibits funding for teaching critical race theory in the military and prohibits TRICARE health plans from covering gender dysphoria treatment for children under 18 if that treatment could result in sterilization.

Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, the ranking Democratic member of the House Armed Services Committee, said minors dealing with gender dysphoria is a “very real problem.” He said the treatments available, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy, have proven effective at helping young people dealing with suicidal thoughts, anxiety and depression.

https://apnews.com/article/military...defense-bill-53c929ef534d906f721426f41b23a53c

 

[lymond]

Moderator Action: Thread getting a bit long in the tooth. Took most recent posts and started a new thread here. Cheers - lymond