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Most Who Begin Gender-Affirming Care as Youth Continue: Study

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A new study has found that most people who initiate gender-affirming treatment in their youth continue it as adults — undermining the argument by right-wingers that transgender people are likely to regret such treatment and even detransition, and that young people are not ready to make decisions about gender transition procedures, even though they do so in consultation with parents and doctors. The study, from Amsterdam University Medical Center in the Netherlands, looked at 720 people who had been treated with puberty blockers and hormones at the center as adolescents and whether they continued with gender-affirming care. “Most participants who […]

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Drag story time at Oregon pub draws gun-carrying protesters

 Protesters, some of them armed, threw rocks and smoke grenades at each other outside a drag queen story time event at an Oregon pub, but the weekend show that was to have featured a child performer went on as planned. The 11-year-old did not take part as scheduled but was in the audience of about 50 people as some 200 demonstrators and counterdemonstrators — some of them armed — faced off outside the Oregon pub where Sunday’s story time was held. Authorities said people in the crowd of about 200 protesters on both sides briefly “lobbed projectiles” at each other, […]

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Joe Biden takes a swing at trans health care bans: “No state should be able to do that”

In a Now This Presidential Forum, President Biden lambasted state lawmakers who want to ban gender-affirming health care. Biden was being interviewed by trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney, who has been publicly documenting her transition with a series called Days of Girlhood.  Mulvaney asked Biden if states should have the right to ban gender-affirming health care. “I don’t think any state or anybody should have the right to do that,” Biden responded. “As a moral question and as a legal question, I just think it’s wrong.” He continued, “Sometimes they try to block you from being able to access certain medicines, being able […]

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LGBT+ and Friends Halloween Dance Happens in Sebastopol Saturday, October 29

LGBT+ and Friends! Halloween Dance! Saturday, October 29th, 6:30-10 p.m. This dance is for all ages 21 and up. We are transforming the Senior Center into creepy circus with creepy clowns! Come be dazzled and energized with outstanding live DJ dance music, and a video dance room as well where you can dance to your favorite Stars. We will also have fortune tellers, and beer and wine for sale, $6. Advance tickets: $15; at-the-door: $20 Purchase at the Sebastopol Senior Center or call 707-829-2440.

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Same-Sex Marriages Begin In Cuba After National Vote

The Associated Press reports: Serious, standing upright and dressed in long gala dresses – despite the midday Cuban heat – Lisset and Liusba quietly walk up the ten steps of the notary office, their hands clenched and shaking. Less than a few feet ahead walk their two young daughters. Nearly an hour later, when they walked out of the doors, the tension on their faces was replaced by smiles. From that moment, they were wives. It became a possibility just three weeks before on the island when Cuba’s new Family Code – opening up everything from equal marriage to surrogate mothers […]

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Genital exams for schoolgirls called out in Ohio political ads

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Two hard-hitting ads are being aired in Ohio that blast Republicans’ attempt to pass a bill banning transgender girls from participating in school sports. In June state house Republicans passed H.B. 151, which contained a measure to ban transgender girls from participating in school sports. It said that if a female student-athlete is “accused” or “suspected” of being transgender, then she can be made to undergo an examination of her genitalia, hormone levels, and DNA. “This is truly bizarre medically and nonsensical, but looking at it practically, this bill means that if anyone decides to question a child’s true gender, […]

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Trump judge upholds Don’t Say Gay law because bullying is “a fact of life”

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For the second time, a Trump-appointed judge has upheld the legality of Florida’s Don’t Say Gay law. Lambda Legal, the Southern Legal Counsel, and the Southern Poverty Law Center joined together with a group of LGBTQ students and their families to advocate for a preliminary injunction on H.B. 1557 – which prohibits K-3 teachers from talking about sexual orientation and gender identity issues with their students. The lawsuit argued that the law restricts free speech and encourages bullying. ADVERTISING But U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger dismissed their request. “Plaintiffs have not directed this Court to any fact that would lead […]

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Florida Puts Raging MAGA Moms on Book-Banning Council

In the name of “curriculum transparency,” Florida’s Republican-controlled state government has appointed several anti-gay and anti-mask conspiracy theorists to take charge of a new effort at public schools: banning books. This hastily assembled censorship council—tasked with retraining public school librarians to abide by new restrictions—is the latest ploy in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ crusade to upend the state’s education system. But the council was also staffed under suspicious circumstances, with the state Education Department ignoring its own call for official candidates from local school districts and instead filling most of the slots with right-wing activists who have a history of proposing […]

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Shocking video shows officer choking an unarmed trans woman twice on her own property

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A Florida sheriff’s office has cleared an officer of wrongdoing after he was caught on a body camera footage choking a Guatemalan transgender woman and calling her “it.” In November 2020, Sean Bush, a deputy from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), said that a then-24-year-old trans woman named Jenny DeLeon had provoked his forceful arrest after she allegedly grabbed him by the wrist and knocked him off balance while he investigated a domestic disturbance on her property. However, attorney Katherine Viker recently uncovered Bush’s body cam footage while conducting an unrelated allegation of another HCSO deputy using excessive force, The […]

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Out Dem. Robert Zimmerman wants to be a warrior for LGBTQ rights in Congress

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When asked to confirm his age, Out Democrat Robert Zimmerman replied with an easy and emphatic laugh: “No.” For the record, the out Long Island Democrat – who is running for an open seat to represent New York’s 3rd Congressional District – is 68. It’s not a young age to hold elective office for the very first time, let alone to fight off an unrepentant MAGA opponent, who, at 34, is exactly half Zimmerman’s age. But the New York native, who graduated cum laude from Brandeis University and earned an MBA at Fordham, is a seasoned politico and strategist. He […]

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