Thursday, February 20, 2025

'New Health & Human Services head RFK, Jr continuing Trump's war on transgender Americans' & other Thur/Fri news briefs

HHS secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr

Trump’s Health and Human Services Department launches ‘vile’ anti-trans government website featuring right-wing influencer​ - Regardless how you feel about trans issues - I for one support trans equality - this targeting of trans Americans by Trump and members of his cabinet (particularly RFK, Jr in this case) is completely beyond the pale. And spare me any bullshit about how trans Americans brought it on themselves. That has been the excuse for every campaign of terrorism and scapegoating in history. Speaking of history, we all know how past campaigns of vilification against groups of people have ended. And there is always has-been, never-was profiting from it. In this case, it's fifth place loser Riley Gaines. 

 LGBTQ history videos find new home after PBS pulls content due to Trump executive orders - And it's not just about trans people. They want to generally erase all of us.

LGBTQ+ & Black rights groups sue Trump over “vague” “discriminatory” DEI orders - Meanwhile, Lambda Legal and the NAACP are teaming up to take down Trump's bigoted executive orders. 



Lesbian judge tears apart Trump’s ‘ridiculous’ anti-trans orders and leaves lawyer red-faced - She left no crumbs but watch out. If she does rule against it, expect the right-wing ecosystem to go after her. They've already started.