'Latest study destroys transphobic lie about gender-affirming care' & other Mon midday news briefs

An overwhelming majority of trans youth continue gender-affirming care as adults​ - Another anti-trans trope bites the dust. 

These 10 LGBTQ candidates could make political history in November - This would be so SWEET!

Va. Department of Education holds hearing on proposed revision of trans, nonbinary student protections - LGBTQ folks made a good showing here. 

Moving Beyond the ‘Bury Your Gays’ Trope: Reclaiming Queerness in Horror Films - Nice! I love this!

1966 video shows where conservatives and Republicans want to drag LGBTQ people back to

Boys in this 1966 video listens to a police officer telling them that if they are "involved" with homosexuality, they will be caught.

"Don't kid yourselves about it. They can be anywhere. They can be judges, lawyers. We ought to know. We've arrested all of them. So if anyone of you have allowed yourselves to be involved with an adult homosexual or with another boy, and you're doing this on a regular basis, you'd better stop quick because one out of three of you will turn queer. And if we catch you involved with a homosexual, your parents are going to know about it first."

A 1966 video of a policeman 'warning' kids about the so-called dangers of homosexuality is where some folks want to drag us back to. It is a desired result of all of the legislative and social media attacks against  the LGBTQ community. It's one thing for conservatives, Republicans, and various right-wing personalities to see LGBTQ people as a criminal threats, but they want to take it further. They want that vision to be reality. So much so that they are willing to disrupt our lives, our families, and kids to make it so.  They want to mold us into the monsters of their imagination because they feel entitled to edit out parts of our lives which contradicts prejudices.

'In a football first, HBCU player comes out as gay' & other Fri midday news briefs

In a college football first, HBCU player comes out as gay​ - I commend him.

'Changed my life': Trans teen testifies against nation's first ban on gender-affirming care - Our future is in good hands.

Fla. OK's Sweeping Anti-LGBTQ+ Rules in Schools After 'Don't Say Gay' - Because they are in DeSantis's back pocket. 

National 'don't say gay' bill would force LGBTQ community to live by Republican lies - My post from last night. I really want folks to read this because the bill is dangerous on so many levels. 

How the conservative parents’ rights movement — fueled by LGBTQ backlash — is shaping Heidi Ganahl’s campaign - Messy and trashy. This woman is the type of person I talked about in the above post.

National 'don't say gay' bill would force LGBTQ community to live by Republican lies

Earlier this week, I posted about a bill pushed by Republicans which can be called a national 'Don't Say Gay' bill. Granted, I know our community has a habit of being aware of coming danger, but  not doing anything about it until it pops up on our front stoop (and then talking about "raising hell like in they did at  Stonewall," as if  a few hours or marching and shouting will fix everything) but this is something which cannot wait. 

I don't think a lot of us get the implications of this bill Republicans are pushing. And we're being a bit nonchalant about what it could lead to. And especially what it means.

From People magazine:

A new Republican-led House bill is being described as the national equivalent of Florida's controversial Parental Rights in Education bill, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which was passed into law earlier this year. On Tuesday, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana and 32 other congressional Republicans introduced what they're calling the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act of 2022, which would prevent the use of federal funds from developing or funding "any sexually-oriented program, event, or literature for children under the age of 10, and for other purposes." The bill, if passed, would prevent schools from providing books about LGBTQ topics to children under 10. And beyond that, it would impact federally funded facilities like public libraries, schools, hospitals and more.

 The big kicker is the following: 

 As NBC News points out, the bill defines "sexually-oriented material" as "any depiction, description, or simulation of sexual activity, any lewd or lascivious depiction or description of human genitals, or any topic involving gender identity, gender dysphoria, transgenderism, sexual orientation, or related subjects."

This is what that above paragraph means:

The bill is the first introduced at the federal level that characterizes LGBTQ people and concepts as inherently sexual, and follows some Republicans calling LGBTQ-inclusive curricula, or drag events, "grooming," which NBC reports as false moral panic about LGBTQ people. Framing sexual orientation and gender identity as "sexually explicit" in all contexts is deceiving and harmful.

"A new NATIONAL bill by Republicans would ban 'any exposure to transgenderism to children under the age of 10,'" activist Erin Reed wrote on Twitter. "This would fire all trans teachers, Trans workers in hospitals that serve children, counselors, social workers. It defines being trans as 'sexual.'" Alejandra Caraballo, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law School, also spoke out about the proposed bill on Twitter, writing that "equating LGBTQ people to sexually explicit material is dehumanizing and disgusting."

What they want to do is codify by law the false belief that the LGBTQ orientation is about sexual intercourse and everything having to do with us, including our families, kids, even mundane parts of our lives is all about having sex. And therefore is dangerous to children

Think of it as being just like how Donald Trump and his cohorts have been whining about a stolen election. They can't handle the fact that Trump lost in 2020 so they have been trying (unsuccessfully) to craft a new reality in which he won by a landslide but was cheated out of his victory

That's what we have here with this vile bill. 

Certain people have an ugly opinion of us. Whether it be religious beliefs or just plain bigotry, some folks can only see us with biased vision.  They see us as personifications of  the worst form of vulgarity - flippant, irresponsible, mentally messed-up and unable to function like mature adults, selfish, and completely by driven our sex drives. To them that makes us  highly toxic and especially a danger to the well-being of children. 

They have every right to feel the way they do about us, after all people have a right their opinion. The problem is when certain people attempt to make their opinion a reality based upon their personal feelings instead of facts.  LGBTQ people not indicative of  negative characteristics. We are not vile or toxic. Our lives aren't filled with scores of sexual activity.  And we certainly aren't a danger to kids. We've proven that point continuously over the years via court cases, telling our life stories, or simply living our lives in accordance to who we want to be, not what someone decided what we should be.

LGBTQ reality don't suit certain people, so they want to create, by rule of law, a reality where we are a danger to children because they feel entitled to make it so. That is ironic because their entire narrative is how LGBTQ people are "forcing" people to accept us. They say we are "forcing" people to sanction our supposed "lifestyle."  None of that is true. 

We aren't the ones attempting to create laws designating an entire group of people as toxic simply because we want it to be that way. 

'The growing religious alliance to ban LGBTQ books' & other Thur midday news briefs.

Genderqueer has been the subject of several school and library book bans.

The Growing Religious Alliance to Ban LGBTQ Books - Ain't this a trip? The only thing which can get conservative Christians and conservative Muslims united is an attack on LGBTQ people. 

A high school artist was chosen to paint a mural. Then came the outrage - Some people have too much time on their hands in this country. 

Schools will now call parents if students want to check out this LGBTQ book​ - I wonder if this madness will continue after the mid term elections. 

LGBTQ+ Topics Rarely Discussed in Schools, New Study Finds - Not surprising, unfortunately.

Bigoted pastor can't help going on and on about 'gay sex,' vomit, and intestines

 

No matter what they say, how they present themselves, or method they use to make what they are doing seem good, hiding behind the mask of every homophobe (and that includes Franklin Graham),  every so-called 'pro-family' group, every effort to ban LGBTQ books, and every effort to shut us down and undermine our right is this guy going on and on about "gay sex," vomiting and intestines. If you ask me, he has too much stuff on his mind and it is funny. It would be funnier if one doesn't think of the type of damage people like him do.

In a sermon now removed from YouTube, Christian hate-preacher Jonathan Shelley asked "Why is someone a homosexual?"

His response was a litany of bigotry and lies, including the statement that "their intestines will sometimes just fall out because of the actions that they do." pic.twitter.com/r4738F2yBS

— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) October 18, 2022

'Conservative arrested for death threats against superintendent after district put on 'watch list'' & other Wed midday news briefs

Conservative arrested for death threat against superintendent after district put on “watch list” - Social media can be a dangerous thing in the hands of the naive.

Trans Woman Accused of Murder; She Says It Was Self-Defense​ - This is what trans women have to deal with. 

Jaelene Daniels cut by the Courage after her continued anti-LGBT actions - If this is the last that we will be hearing from this, color me surprised The anti-LGBTQ industry is always looking for new martyrs. 

Hochul signs bill expanding resources for LGBTQ seniors - A lot of times, the seniors in our community are forgotten. We need to do better.