🚨BREAKING: Emails obtained by Democracy Docket show the Justice Department contacting multiple states about overseas voting compliance ahead of the 2026 midterms, emphasizing ID verification rules that could complicate voting for Americans abroad. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Citizenship in the News 📰🇩🇰
Most citizenship applications put on hold during elections: The ministry said it will generally not process applications for Danish citizenship until after the election, when the conditions for naturalization cases are clarified
cphpost.dk/2026-03-09/l...
Headline in the Spanish news outlet The Objective English translation: The PP launches an offensive against the 'trans law' with the aim of portraying the Government in the 8-M: Populars push for ‘law against women’s erasure’ to prevent opposition or physical evidence fraud Original Spanish: El PP lanza una ofensiva contra la 'ley trans' con el objetivo de retratar al Gobierno en el 8-M: Los populares impulsan una ‘ley contra el borrado de las mujeres’ para evitar el fraude en oposiciones o pruebas físicas
Headline in the Portuguese news outlet Expresso English translation: PSD wants to reintroduce medical validation for sex changes but there is already internal contestation Original Portuguese: PSD quer reintroduzir validação médica para mudanças de sexo mas já há contestação interna
Within hours of each other, both the Spanish & Portuguese center-right parties (PP & PSD) launched an attack on transgender people in their parliaments over gender self-determination without medical requirements. On International Women's Day, I have some thoughts. (Links to articles to follow.)
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Cid is in favor of reverting to Spain's 2007 law on gender identity that requires a formal diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to change one's gender marker. It also requires one's name to change to "match" their gender marker.
Spain's first openly trans military member, Estrella Cid, came out against the Ley Trans after a 2024 report claiming 37 men in Ceuta and Melilla in the military and police changed their sex from M to F in order to get benefits (link CW: mild transphobia) www.elmundo.es/cronica/2024...
The PP (center-right) push against the 2023 Ley Trans (Trans Law) is timed to coincide with International Women's Day as they try to position themselves as "protecting women." They say it is to prevent recent alleged cases of people changing gender markers to take advantage of benefits for women
Spain's center-right Partido Popular is proposing a "non-binding legislation" that would call for ending the ability to self-identify one's gender. It would become a proposal for the government to act on but they would not be legally bound to enact the change. amp.elmundo.es/espana/2026/...
Turkey holds 3.2mil Syrian refugees. They are one of the most welcoming countries in terms of refugee housing. They also share a border with Iran. Now we have the most half assed regime change ever in Iran and it will be up to others to pick up the pieces.
Citizenship in the News 📰🇸🇪
Sweden to raise hurdles to gaining citizenship: Starting in June, Sweden will require that people have lived in the country for 8 years, earn a modest income and pass a test to gain citizenship
www.dw.com/en/sweden-to...
I don’t get it. It’s an anglicized spelling of Oaxaca. Which is dumb (why not use the actual spelling) but am I missing something else?
It is very difficult for trans refugees and immigrants coming to Spain without updated name and gender on their home country documents to have their Spanish ID updated with correct info when they arrive www.publico.es/sociedad/rea...
What has been surprising to me here in Spain is the prevalent use of biometrics for ID cards and border controls. IDs also control access to public services. The EU could easily have its own version of ICE’s Mobile Fortify app www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
A relatively new far right party in Catalonia, Aliança Catalana, is canpaigning on anti-immigration and shifting the neoliberal Junts party rightward. AC is oddly moderate on LGBT issues. theconversation.com/why-the-rise...
In other positive Spanish news, the government is challenging changes to Valencia's trans legislation that allows for conversion therapy, bans sexual and gender diversity education, and allows parents to block social transition for their kids in school elpais.com/sociedad/lgt...
In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
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It’s best to take all your data out of the big tech cloud. This includes photos, email, contacts, calendars, notes, and passwords.
There is no reason to assume companies like Apple aren’t doing this too
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Who needs a protein boost?
All roads lead to Rome if you’re in Vatican City
no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
-Warsan Shire
www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poe...
I remember watching the show because my teenage brain thought anything created by Captain Kirk would be good. I kept waiting for it to get good. It never did.
Tonight I remembered that William Shatner "wrote" Tekwar. And they made a TV show.
They’ve already been complicit. Many have recognized the opposition candidate after the 2024 election and Spain let him live in exile in Madrid.
My pet theory is that the outage cut the connection to the cars from the live safety monitors in India and so the cars just halt. Nothing to do with traffic lights.
👩💻 Spain boosted LGBTQ+ workers’ rights
💍 Gay marriage became legal in Thailand
🏳️⚧️ Cuba made it easier to change one’s legal gender
I’ve written about some of the countries that advanced queer rights in 2025 👇
Una muestra de que se puede regular el alquiler para que las familias trabajadoras no vean sus ingresos aspirados por una élite rentista.
Lo siguiente es prorrogar los más de 600.000 contratos que finalizan en los próximos meses.
www.eldiario.es/catalunya/ca...
I don’t think many people appreciate the sheer genius of “Who Let the Dogs Out”
Her: we were supposed to light the candles at sunset
Me: well it’s 5:00 somewhere
