'MAGA reduced to pushing misleading clip of El-Sayed about trans athletes' & other Mon/Tues news briefs

Editor's note - Tuesday is election day and the LGBTQ community simply have to show up. A lot of us do weeping and hand wringing about the attacks on our community, but Tuesday is the time we take some action. Securing our rights and safety isn't going to happen instantaneously. It's a process which begins on Tuesday by voting for the candidates who support our community and - at the very least - we can establish a dialogue with even if they don't fully support our rights (i.e. some issues involving our trans brothers and sisters.) Victory doesn't happen in one day or even in one election. It's a long process. It's about building power while telling our stories. That's how we've won so many battles in the past. And that's how we win now That gameplan never changes.

 The point is it's easy to bellyache, but bellyachers have never won anything. Those who fight win. Let's make Tuesday a start in our fight. Don't take anything for granted, don't get complacent and don't predict anything. Just get your asses out and VOTE.

Okay, on to the news briefs:

MAGA Melts Down Over Misleading Clip of El-Sayed on 60 Minutes - In spite of all of the unnecessary controversy regarding El-Sayed (much of it has to do with him being a Muslim running for the Senate,) the fact that his opponent has to rely on a misleading clip about trans athletes says a lot about how the Republican party have nothing to run on except to scare folks about trans people. The fact that MAGA folks are working to increase engagement of this narrative speaks to the same point. 

Abdul El-Sayed stands up for trans people & their rights in “hostile” 60 Minutes interview - For those wondering about what El-Sayed actually said, here you go. 

For LGBTQ Voters, the 2026 Midterms Are Personal -You ain't just whistling Dixie, my friend.

Preschool case puts LGBTQ and religious rights at odds in Supreme Court - So here we go again with this Supreme Court. The case involves religious entities receiving tax dollars while discriminating against LGBTQ families. Knowing how this court has acted against us in the past, there is no telling what it will do with this case. 

Based on anti-trans spending, right-wingers could afford to pay every trans student athlete a six-figure salary - And of course there are the referendums on Tuesday in four states targeting trans athletes.