Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik named to Oklahoma school library board

Keep digging your hole, Chaya Raichik. The LGBTQ community can wait. We have patience.

The most bitter woman in America, arch-homophobe Chaya Raichik is infamous for peddling false accusations of grooming and child abuse against libraries, hospitals, and LGBTQ teachers. These accusations have allegedly led to bomb threats in several cities, including Oklahoma.

And that last part is very important for this blog post. 

According to NBC Out:

A far-right influencer who was accused of instigating bomb threats last year against a school library in Tulsa has been named an adviser to a state library committee, the head of the Oklahoma State Department of Education announced Tuesday. Chaya Raichik, who runs the incendiary Libs of TikTok social media accounts and is not an Oklahoma resident, was appointed to the state education department’s Library Media Advisory Committee. 

 “Chaya is on the front lines showing the world exactly what the radical left is all about — lowering standards, porn in schools, and pushing woke indoctrination on our kids,” State Superintendent Ryan Walters said in a statement. “Because of her work, families across the country know just what is going on in schools around the country.”

 Raichik’s Libs of TikTok accounts have more than 3 million combined followers on X and Instagram. Its content — which is often laced with bigoted rhetoric — generally singles out LGBTQ people, drag queens and their employers, and criticizes them for promoting diversity, inclusion and equity efforts. In addition to last year’s scare in Tulsa, posts by the account have preceded several bomb threats to schools, libraries and hospitals across the country in recent years. 

 Walters, who appointed Raichik for whatever reason (most likely publicity) is also infamous his far-right spin regarding the LGBTQ community.

 According to LGBTQ Nation: 

 Oklahoma’s superintendent of public schools Ryan Walters (R) has suggested that the Bible be taught in history classes. Walters has previously pushed the transphobic lie about schools providing litterboxes to students who identify as cats. He also recently referred to teachers’ unions as “terrorist organizations” and illegally tried to make rules banning LGBTQ+ books and transgender bathroom access in schools. 

 In a recent video, Walters said, “Oklahomans, we have a clear choice in front of us. When it comes to our schools, do we want the radical ideology in our classroom that pushes gender theory, that pushes graphic pornography in order to perform a social experiment on our kids?” 

 . . . “Real Americans know that we’ve got to support our kids by giving them a great understanding of our history,” Walters added. “Radical leftists and Biden administration, they would prefer to sexualize our kids.” 

On one hand, this is an absolutely stupid thing for Walters to do, even if it is par for the course for him. On the other hand, I'm interested in how far this will go before it blows up in his and Raichik's face. 

 And it will blow up.

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'Ohio on the verge of becoming 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for trans adults' & other Tue midday news briefs

Ohio is on the verge of becoming the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults - Madness. Simple hateful madness. 

Florida GOP proposes sex affidavits and ‘grooming’ bans in slate of anti-LGBTQ bills - Florida simply can't take a hint.

Wyoming school principal axes antibullying play over gay character​ - You gotta be kidding me.

NYC Marathon refuses to give “devastated” first nonbinary winner their prize money - This is wrong. 

NFL to honor LGBTQ inclusion at Super Bowl for 5th year, and homophobes now just aware - Batten down the hatches. The haters are hating again.

Video - Goodbye Ron DeSantis (and good riddance)

 As you know, Ron DeSantis withdrew from the 2024 GOP presidential primary. What a shame. All of the stuff he did against LGBTQ people and African Americans in an attempt to ride an anti-woke wave to the White House blew up in his face.   All of his false bravado and mess about "killing woke" simply couldn't cover up how much of a bad candidate he was. It only made his many deficiencies stand out.

This is not to take away the fact that we are still going to be fighting for our political and personal lives in this upcoming election, but let's take a moment to watch this video of DeSantis during the third GOP primary election a month ago. Brought to you by the Lincoln Project, it showcases all of the "qualities" which DeSantis oozed; "qualities" which rightfully cost him the GOP nomination.

Joy Reid spotlights the hypocrisy of Moms for Liberty during contentious interview with founder Tiffany Justice

 

There is a reluctance by some members of the community to see conservative and right-wing personalities being interviewed by members of the media. This is a very credible fear due to pundits being either too accommodating or not having done enough preparation or research on the interviewee. Whether done individually or collectively, all of these factors have resulted in interviewers which right-wing personalities have been able to amplify their false points without the courtesy of a correction. 

 A recent discussion between Moms for Liberty head Tiffany Justice and MSNBC pundit Joy Reid was not one of those interviews.  Reid came prepared and determined to keep the interview getting highjacked. It was a breath of fresh air to watch Reid ask Justice probing questions about why the Moms For Liberty pushes viewpoint censorship under the guise of banning sexually explicit books. Reid named several banned books - such as ones about the Civil Rights Movement and the Holocaust - and asks why are they considered banned. Justice evades the question. 

 It is a contentious interview and several times, Justice throws out sexually graphic words and phrases taken from books which were banned. Reid uses that to point out that Justice is taking things out of context deliberately to shock and scare people while at the same time not knowing anything about the books she's condemning. 

The interviews itself is 12 minutes long. The remaining six minutes is Reid analyzing the interview with two other MSNBC pundits. And that is as enjoyable as the interview itself.

'Anti-trans bill passes SC house. Heads to the state Senate' & other Fri midday news briefs

Lawmakers in South Carolina approve ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors - What's even more galling about the bill passing was the process. It was insultingly formulaic. Over 40 parents, medical professionals, young adults, and children showed up to speak against the bill. The vast majority - if not all of them - were South Carolinians. The only person testifying in favor of it was a lawyer with the Alliance Defending Freedom who didn't even bother to show up. He testified on video. The bill now goes to the Senate.

Related post - South Carolina legislators ignore parents, trans kids, and medical professionals to pass anti-trans bill out of committee

The Pride flag is back after a small town reverses its controversial ban - A win!! 

Trans candidate facing disqualification now cleared to run despite omitting deadname - More good news!

Libs of TikTok leads vitriolic backlash against RuPaul’s latest Emmy win - Meanwhile, RuPaul is polishing his 14 Emmys and cashing his checks while asking "who is this white girl?"

Trouble in MAGA paradise? FRC's Tony Perkins not happy with 'God made Trump' video

Family Research Council president Tony Perkins (top photo) is not happy with a video made by Trump enthusiast Brenden Dilley which implied that Trump was chosen by God to lead America. 

I guess there is a line Trump can cross when it comes to some conservative evangelicals. In the clip below courtesy of People for the American Way, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins criticized Trump's decision to share a recent video which implied that he was chosen by God.

Tony doesn't like it. 

Tony Perkins and David Closson of the religious-right Family Research Council fault Trump for embracing the "So God Made Trump" video: "I think this video is inappropriate ... I don't like it." https://t.co/8y0Bi3rIDR pic.twitter.com/oltGHHGI3k

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) January 18, 2024

What will happen next? Probably nothing. Both parties will ignore it and life will go on as usual, thereby signifying yet again how conservative evangelicals are willing to sacrifice their supposed integrity for a taste of power. But on the off chance that Trump does talk about the video, my guess is that he will offer excuses such as saying his campaign didn't make it (even though he shared it). 

Now should that happen, I bet the makers of the video won't be happy.

 According to Deseret News: 

The video was created by Dilley Meme Team, a group of online content creators independent from the Trump campaign, though they work in close contact with it. The group — which calls itself Trump’s Online War Machine — has faced controversy for its vulgar and sexist content.

Dilley Meme Team is the brainchild of Brenden Dilley and he is an "interesting character."

 According to the People for the American Way: 

 Last month, the New York Times profiled what it called the “troll army” that is attacking former President Trump’s enemies on social media as part of the campaign to get him elected to the White House in 2024. The leading figure behind this “army” is MAGA broadcaster and “life coach” Brenden Dilley, whose cultish devotion to Trump has gained him direct access not only to the Trump campaign, but to the candidate himself  . . .

. . . Right Wing Watch has been covering Dilley since 2018 and given that he has now established such close ties with Trump’s campaign, it is even more important to expose how overtly racist, unapologetically misogynistic, and gleefully amoral he is. The most important thing to know about Dilley is that he doesn’t “give a fuck about being factual” and will “make shit up” if doing so furthers Trump’s political agenda. Dilley openly admitted it in 2020:

 “I don’t give a fuck,” he continued. “My objective is to destroy Democrats, OK? To destroy liberals, liberalism as an idea, Democrats, and anything that opposes President Trump. That’s my goal. I’ve never made any bones about that.”

“You don’t have to fact check me because I don’t give a fuck,” Dilley added. “I fucking make up shit sometimes, from time to time. I don’t care. I don’t care. Democrats know it. Republicans know it. I don’t mind admitting it. I don’t give a shit … When I get a chance to shit on the left, I don’t mind making shit up. No, not at all.” 

As you can see in the above tweet, Dilley is already overjoyed that Trump shared his video.  Trump loves to lavish devotion. He calls it "loyalty." But what will happen if Dilley's excesses offend the senses of the evangelicals Trump needs to win the election. 

Good news day! Book ban blocked in TX, trans healthcare ban blocked in Idaho, & I receive my 7th GLAAD Media Award nomination.

Me in 2017 with friends celebrating my GLAAD Media award win.

There is so much good news to share right now, so I am going to make this a three-item post. First let's talk about two very important and wonderful recent happenings:

From The Hill:

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a Texas law banning “sexually explicit” books from public schools likely violates the Constitution, partially upholding a preliminary injunction issued by a lower court. The three-judge appeals panel issued a unanimous ruling that the plaintiffs — two Texas bookstores; three national trade associations representing booksellers, publishers and authors; and a legal defense fund — would likely succeed on their claims that Texas’s law violates their First Amendment right to free speech.  The Restricting Explicit and Adult-Designated Educational Resources Act (READER) requires vendors who want to do business with Texas public schools to give sexual-content ratings for all library material and flag any “sexually explicit” or “sexually relevant” material.

 . . .Texas has said the law aims to protect children and has pushed back on claims of free speech by the booksellers. The state also claimed there would be no irreparable harm, in arguing against the injunction. The court rejected those arguments, however, upholding the district court’s conclusion that the government-speech doctrine does not apply and that “the ratings are the vendor’s speech, not the government’s,” and therefore the law mandating the ratings violates freedom of speech. The court also argued that “compliance costs alone” could cause irreparable harm to the plaintiffs. And while the risk of irreparable injury must be weighed against the public interest, “neither [the State] nor the public has any interest in enforcing a regulation that violates federal law.”

In Idaho, the block on the ban against gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth remains blocked. According to KTV-TV Boise: 

 A federal judge will continue to enforce a block on Idaho’s law that bans transgender health care for minors. U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill had put a temporary injunction on the ban on Dec. 26, meaning it hasn't yet gone into full effect while it's being challenged in court. Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador has appealed the decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

 . . . In his decision, Winmill wrote that the attorney general didn’t provide new evidence to persuade him that the state would likely prevail in its appeal. Labrador had argued in his motion that the judge had failed to consider the “conflicting evidence regarding the risks and benefits associated with gender-affirming care.” He said that the experts brought in by the plaintiffs currently provide gender-affirming care, and thus had a “direct financial stake in ensuring the continued availability of ‘gender-affirming care.’” 

 Winmill cited his earlier decision in which he acknowledged the conflicting evidence but found that “the risks associated with the treatments used in gender-affirming medical care are similar to risks associated with other types of healthcare families may seek for minors.” The judge also noted that the doctors who were brought in as experts don’t provide care in Idaho would thus not be affected by HB 71, so they don’t likely have a financial stake in the case. 

 Last but not least, nominations for the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards came out Wednesday morning and this little ole blog of mine received a nomination in the category of 'Outstanding Blog.' It is my third consecutive nomination and my seventh nomination overall. As seen by the photo above, I was blessed to have won the award in 2017.

 I can't begin to tell you how much this means to me. This blog, my 17-year-old baby, sprang out of the anger, misery, and pain I felt while attempting to come out during my college years. And especially the rage I felt at the forces who peddled and continue to peddle lies designed to undermine LGBTQ lives, health, and safety. Receiving a GLAAD Award nomination means credibility and love from the LGBTQ community - a community I love in return and will continue to fight for in my own way day after day. I'm honored and grateful for the ability to fight and to help create a more positive future for the LGBTQ community, and especially our children. 

If you are interested in the various topics regarding religious right lies I've covered throughout out the years, check out The Best of Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters listings on the right. Or feel free to use the search engine above to see if I covered any LGBTQ topic which interests you.