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14 hours ago

Anti-trans activists turn in signatures for sports ban in Maine as new strategy takes hold - LGBTQ Nation

Organizers from the anti-trans group "Protect Girls Sports" in Maine say that they turned in over 82,000 signatures to the state secretary of state's office to put a trans sports ban on the November ballot this year. Their ballot initiative would require the entities that govern interscholastic sports to designate all teams as male, female, or coed and allow only students assigned female at birth to participate in girls' sports.
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fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Daily newsletter 12/17

Plus, Pam Bondi reportedly wants the FBI to offer bounties for "radical gender ideology" groups, a California hospital is holding the line on gender-affirming care following protests from families, and a Tennessee whistleblower says a library board was seeking private details about people who checked out certain books. We also talk to Rep. Sarah McBride about how the GOP is obsessing over transgender people instead of focusing on Americans' healthcare costs.
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2 months ago

'Baleful and malign' former teacher Enoch Burke to spend Christmas in jail

The Irish former teacher will spend Christmas Day behind bars after he was jailed in November for contempt of court. Burke was sent back to jail two weeks ago for disobeying a court order not to enter Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath for at least three years after routine attempts to trespass on school grounds. In 2022, Burke was suspended and subsequently fired from a teaching position at the school for aggressively confronting the head teacher,
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fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

12 far-right influencers targeting the LGBTQ+ community

Right-wing online influencers have driven anti-LGBTQ+ extremism, amplifying anti-trans narratives, mobilizing harassment, and influencing legislation targeting queer rights.
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 months ago

MAGA protestors strip down at school board meeting to protest trans kids as it descends into chaos - LGBTQ Nation

A chaotic school board meeting in Maine on Wednesday night confirms a trend among anti-trans MAGA activists desperate for attention in Donald Trump's crusade against trans identity: stripping in public. The Augusta School Board devolved into partially-nude anarchy last week when local MAGA activist Nick Blanchard, who led the stunt, delivered an angry speech from the podium as two women stripped down to their underwear next to him and yelled at board members and the audience.
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fromAdvocate.com
7 months ago
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San Francisco bookstore drops 'Harry Potter' over J.K. Rowling's anti-trans donations

Independent bookstore in San Francisco ceases sale of Harry Potter books due to J.K. Rowling's financial backing of anti-transgender organizations.
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fromAdvocate.com
8 months ago

J.K. Rowling uses 'Harry Potter' wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

J.K. Rowling is establishing a fund to support legal battles against transgender rights, promoting a controversial agenda on women's sex-based rights.
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fromAdvocate.com
8 months ago

J.K. Rowling uses 'Harry Potter' wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

J.K. Rowling is establishing a fund to support legal battles against transgender rights, promoting a controversial agenda on women's sex-based rights.
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