this is not about sex, so no heightened scrutiny for you! and of course now you lose because the state is legitimately interested in enforcing sex stereotypes. which, again, are not about sex!
how on earth can they say this is not a sex classification. I mean I know the answer is "sheer will to power," but jesus christ how do they keep a straight face
"this doesn't discriminate on the basis of transgender identity"
"this is ok because the state has a legitimate interest in making sure you are not transgender"
whatever this administration might say, Bostock is still good law and makes clear that firing somebody for being trans violates federal law applicable in all 50 states
the dark bitter reality that losses like the 4th Cir today are the direct consequence of our rights being sacrificed in 2016
and why it became even more important for ppl to show up again and again after to limit the damage from throwing away the federal courts
which, of course, people did not do
If you're in Oregon and care about good government, government ethics and accountability, this is a big deal and I'd urge you (in my personal views-do-not-reflect-employer capacity) to contact the governor and add your voice here.
I just feel that in 2026 with everything going on if you cause me to read the word “truscum” you owe me $5
it's kind of crazy just how much they've destroyed the internet as we know it over the last 5-10 years. and the killshot of ID verification a culmination of a change people were maybe kind of aware of but never with enough clarity or organized will to do anything about it
"but what about-" beloved I promise you there is no apparent hypocrisy, no gotcha, not comparison to other care or other group experience or impact that will make any difference to people trying to eliminate trans people
killing a bunch of people while doing a huge amt of "why aren't they thanking us for all this freedom, why do you libs hate freedom for Iranian women" only to leave Iranians under an even more hardline theocracy would be super on-brand for this admin
I know people are very sensitive about the use of the word “genocide” but the attempts to medically eliminate trans children is very clearly meets the standard because they are trying to eliminate a population and also they know some of those kids are going to kill themselves
I feel like it crossed for me from “I think this is good at the specific thing it’s trying to do” to “this is a good Star Trek show that holds its own alongside the rest”
Still on Facebook for exactly two reasons:
1. Yell at cis people I know personally in real life about the ongoing and escalating trans genocide
2. Woodworking reels
like, regular 90s star trek already kind of worked like that and the weekly episodes airing fall through spring made that happen
I can't recall a time, even under prior Republican presidents, where I've been generally rooting against America this hard
until now I've held off the urge to use my law faculty privileges to acquire hard to find transsexual literature via the academic library network. until now
interestingly enough the “we may not get, or care about, trans people specifically but we can tell when people are being vicious to a vulnerable minority and we hate it” anti-anti-trans backlash feels closer to a coherent liberation vision than the gender bread man paradigm ever did
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Gene Roddenberry: the Vulcan motto is "infinite diversity in infinite combinations"
Crypto-chuds: why is star trek woke now
“Mom, can you play 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins?”
“Yes, my child. Yes I can”
Bro’s wife was going to die and he got spun abt it which, plausible. Meanwhile in the real world man-children start chanting the 14 Words the minute somebody doesn’t laugh at one t-slur joke
One of the great indignities of my lifetime was watching these and thinking wow, they sure didn’t sell Anakin’s fascist arc, no actual human could fall to murderous fascism this stupidly
and then, well, you know
Trump is so bad at re-industrializing we can't even manufacture consent in the United States anymore
Let the zombie 90s media era end. Let it die. The mine is spent, the well is dry, we deserve to live free again. Ursula K. LeGuin’s Earthsea saga was specifically about this
NYT: "brilliant! here's another million dollars for the same hack op-ed full of lies we publish every month"
"journalist" whose entire career now revolves around grifting against trans medical care voice: "umm well akschewely did you know major medical organizations have financial and professional stakes in this area?"
Millennials doing this just have no fucking excuse
Seeing a possibly hopeful trend where regardless of isolated issue polling, fighting against GOP attacks on minorities is something people deeply want to see. Like even if they don’t love every specific pro-trans policy base voters see the attacks for what the are
tragic: her post surgery depression has imposter syndrome
many such cases
