Wednesday, November 20, 2024

And So It Begins!

We saw it out in Montana when House Republicans voted to censured Rep. Zephyr and now the Republicans are focusing on the first trans person in Congress it got them in their craw.
House Republican introduces measure to ban transgender women from female bathrooms in Capitol
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced the resolution as Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., is set to become the first out transgender member of Congress.
NBC News
By Kyle Stewart and Raquel Coronell Uribe
November 19, 2024


Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced a resolution Monday that would ban transgender women from using female bathrooms in the Capitol just weeks before Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride of Delaware is set to become the first out transgender member of Congress.

The measure would prohibit any lawmakers and House employees from “using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.”

Asked by reporters whether her resolution was meant to target a marginalized person, Mace said, “Sarah McBride doesn’t get a say in this.”
Representative McBride responded…
McBride, who won the race for Delaware’s lone House seat this month, slammed the measure Monday.

“This is a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing. We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars,” she said in a statement.
The Pink News has more of what she said,
”The sanctity of protecting women and standing up against the left’s systematic erasure of biological women starts here in the nation’s Capitol,” Mace wrote.

[…]

McBride, who will become the first trans member of congress when she takes office in January, added: “Delawareans sent me here to make the American dream more affordable and accessible and that’s what I’m focused on.”

Her words echo what she said, after her victory at the polls, about Donald Trump’s anti-trans ads, which reportedly cost Republicans almost $215 million (£169 million).

“Those ads were part of a long-term strategy by the far-right-wing in this country, which is to pick [on] a small and vulnerable misunderstood community to fear-monger and scapegoat around, in order to distract and divide from the fact that those politicians have absolutely no policy solutions for the issues that are actually keeping people up at night.”
And…
 On one side of the Capitol, Republican Rep. Nancy Mace vowed to “stand in the way” of Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first out transgender woman elected to Congress, using women’s bathrooms in the US Capitol.

Across the building, McBride was privately counseling her Democratic colleagues how to balance both pushing back on dehumanizing rhetoric while also staying on message. McBride, who came up through the Delaware legislature, assured Democrats that she has faced similar attacks before and was not going to let this define her.

“This is not her first rodeo,” Democratic Rep. Becca Balint said of McBride. “I’m so impressed by the way Rep. McBride is really helping us navigate this. Because she said, ‘If we let them, this entire Congress, all we’ll talk about is bathrooms.’”

[…]

But Republicans discussing the issue privately say that any steps Johnson takes would be difficult to enforce. Although Mace’s resolution is in response to McBride coming to Congress, there are many transgender people who work and visit the Capitol.

“Those of us who want to be reasonable about things are having trouble with how you legislate this,” one GOP lawmaker told CNN.
Lastly FOX News wrote,
Johnson declines to say if transgender rep-elect is man or woman, says House to treat everyone with 'respect'
House Speaker Mike Johnson declines to say whether Rep-elect McBride is a man or a woman after Nancy Mace's transgender resolution
By Danielle Wallace
November 19, 2024


House Speaker Mike Johnson declined to answer whether transgender Rep-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., is a man or a woman, vowing to "treat all persons with dignity and respect."

At the House GOP weekly press conference on Tuesday, a reporter asked Johnson, "Is freshman elect Sarah McBride a man or a woman?"

"Look, I'm not going to get into this. We welcome all new members with open arms who are duly elected representatives of the people," Johnson responded. "I believe it's a… command that we treat all persons with dignity and respect, and we will. And I'm not going to engage in… silly debates about this. There's a concern about uses of restroom facilities and locker rooms and all that. This is an issue that Congress has never had to address before. And we're going to do that in a deliberate fashion, with member consensus on it. And we will accommodate the needs of every single person."
The Speaker was right in saying, “...We welcome all new members with open arms who are duly elected representatives of the people…” and “we treat all persons with dignity and respect, and we will.” We shall see!

The people of the state of Delaware elected her… respect their decision!

My prediction… The Republicans will use male pronouns when addressing Rep. McBride.


Between when I wrote this in the morning and now... there has been developments!


House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday he is banning transgender individuals from accessing bathrooms on the House side of the Capitol complex that correspond to their gender identity.

Why it matters: The move comes in response to an effort by GOP firebrands to restrict Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), who is set to be the first transgender member of Congress, from using women's restrooms.

What he's saying: "All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings (like restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms) are reserved only for individuals of that biological sex," Johnson said in a statement.

Johnson told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday: "Like all policies, it's enforceable. We have single-sex facilities for a reason. Women deserve women's only spaces."
"We're not anti-anyone. We're pro-woman. I think it's an important policy for us to continue. It's always been, I guess, an unwritten policy, but now it's in writing," he added.
I guess that “we treat all persons with dignity and respect" didn't last long!

Forbes reported...
After Forbes spoke with Mace, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a new rule that would prohibit McBride from using women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol. “All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” he wrote in a statement.
However, indecent behavior is okay by its members as long as it is by a Republican.

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has resurrected questions about Justice Department and House ethics investigations into Mr. Gaetz’s conduct and whether he had sex with a 17-year-old girl who was being paid for her services.
The House Ethics Committee revealed in an unusual statement on Tuesday the status of its investigation of GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida on allegations ranging from sexual misconduct, drug use and obstruction.

So that behavior is okay! But being trans had to shutdown the House so they ban one of their elected members from using the bathroom!

The Hill reported that the Republicans might not release the investigation on Rep. Gaetz just like the Republicans covered sexual allegations on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh!
On one side, Democrats on the committee — and several Republicans in Congress — say the report contains information that the public and senators should know as they consider whether to make Gaetz the head of an agency that once investigated him.

On the other end is Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who is arguing that releasing the report — which is the culmination of a roughly three-year investigation — could damage the House since the panel would be in the rare, but not unprecedented, situation of publishing information on a former member.
Now we have the feigned indignation Rep. McBride!


Update: 3:30PM


Update 4:00PM
The Hill
by Brooke Migdon
November 20, 2024 @ 3:05 PM ET


Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), set to be the nation’s first openly transgender member of Congress when she takes office in January, said she will comply with a policy instituted Wednesday by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) barring transgender people from single-sex facilities that match their gender identity in the Capitol and House office buildings. 

“I’m not here to fight about bathrooms. I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down the costs facing families. Like all members, I will follow the rules outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them,” McBride said Wednesday in a statement posted to the social platform X. 

“This effort to distract from the real issues facing this country hasn’t distracted me over the last several days, as I’ve remained hard at work preparing to represent the greatest state in the union come January,” she said. “Serving in the 119th Congress will be the honor of a lifetime — and I continue to look forward to getting to know my future colleagues on both sides of the aisle.”
Bravo! Sarah bravo! She took the high ground not wallow in the mud.
“Each of us were sent here because voters saw something in us that they value,” McBride continued. “I have loved getting to see those qualities in the future colleagues that I’ve met and I look forward to seeing those qualities in every member come January. I hope all my colleagues will seek to do the same with me.”
She is showing the voters how petty the Republicans can be. In another Pink News article,
A Democratic congresswoman has spoken out against Republican Nancy Mace’s efforts to ban transgender women from female toilets in the US Capitol – aimed directly at Democratic congresswoman Sarah McBride.

[...]

Now, McBride’s fellow Democratic congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, the US representative for Texas’s 30th congressional district, has also spoken out forcefully against the anti-trans move.

Writing on X/Twitter on November 19, she said: “If @HouseGOP really wanted to protect women, they’d release the Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz’ alleged sex trafficking – not try to ban their colleagues from using the bathroom. Stop the bigotry and release the report.”
The Republicans are so transparent.

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Over Two Decades

And what has changed?

It has been over two decades since I first attended a Day of Remembrance. Going back to my old GeoCities [Warning: My virus software has flagged this link but found no problems] blog in 2001 I wrote...
The "Day of Remembrance". I just got back from the vigil that was held in Hartford. I read the name of Ontwon Curtis, On September 13th of this year she was murdered. She was shot several times in the chest at her home in Newport News, Virginia. Andrew Coleman has been arrested for her murder.

I had a very difficult time reading that statement out loud. It brings home the point that people will kill one another just because they are different, that they are just trying to be whom they are inside, to be themselves.
2002...
The "Day of Remembrance". I just got back from the vigil that was held in Hartford. I read the name of Ontwon Curtis, On September 13 th of this year she was murdered. She was shot several times in the chest at her home in Newport News, Virginia. Andrew Coleman has been arrested for her murder.

I had a very difficult time reading that statement out loud. It brings home the point that people will kill one another just because they are different, that they are just trying to be whom they are inside, to be themselves.
2003...
Last night I went to the "Day of Remembrance" vigil in Hartford. They filled the room with people who came out for it at the MCC chapel in the Community Center. They had a number of good speakers there and these two I thought stood out.

The speaker from the Anti-Defamation League spoke about the time he was over in Germany a couple of years ago. He was walking around a city in the old East German sector looking for the Synagogue. He saw an Orthodox Jew and he went over to ask him where the Synagogue was. The Orthodox Jew said that he was on the way there now and was welcome to come along with him. As he was walking along with him he could hear kids laughing and taunting them. At first he was embarrass, but as he walked he started to straighten his back and walk tall, proud of whom he is. He said it made him aware of what it is like to be identified by what you wear, to be singled out by how you dress. And through that experience it helped him imagine what it is like every day for us in the transgender community.

The other speaker spoke about her youth. First when she and her friend were asked to leave a church because of her friend. The second incident was when she was bused to a white school in New Jersey, out of all the children that were bused to the other school, only her friend they did not accept and was sent back to her old school. A little while latter her friend committed suicide. Why? Because, she was a Transsexual.

I went up to read one of the names and I had a hard time doing it, my eyes were all tears. It was a very emotional time. As I sat back down in my seat the woman next to me touch my hand and just nodded slightly, she was from the ACLU. And her gesture brought on more tears.
And now I attend another TDoR, what has changed?
 
The list has gotten longer, that is the only thing that has changed.
You can see the list of those who were murdered this here.

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The Fox Is In Charge Of The Hen House

You know how Musk bought Twitter and changed its name to X and now hate is all over the platform! You know how much Trump denied knowing anything about Project 2025… it that is true then how come Trump is appointing the guy who wrote the chapter on the FCC?
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, will oversee the agency that regulates U.S. internet access and communications networks such as TV and radio. Carr believes it's an institution ripe for change,  according to the chapter he wrote in Project 2025 about the FCC.

Carr will be stepping into the role of FCC Chair after serving as one of its five commissioners since 2017, when Trump nominated him to the role during his first administration. Prior to that, Carr served as the agency's general counsel.

[…]

In Project 2025, Carr highlighted what he believes is a need for a new approach to dealing with tech giants such as Google, Meta and others.

"Today, a handful of corporations can shape everything from the information we consume to the places we shop," Carr wrote in the document. "These corporate behemoths are not merely exercising market power, they are abusing dominant positions."
So what does Musk have to do with all of this?
Carr has built an alliance with billionaire Musk, the world's wealthiest person who backed Trump's campaign and whose Starlink satellite internet service could benefit from access to federal cash.

In a Tuesday interview with Fox News, Carr pointed to Musk as an example of how the federal government doesn't treat people fairly, noting that a grant of almost $900 million to Musk's Starlink was "revoked unlawfully." Last year, the FCC said it rejected the grant because of lack of proof that Starlink would be able to provide service to hundreds of thousands of rural properties.

"It is time for the American government to not give people different treatment based on their last name," Carr told Fox News. "Everybody will get a fair shake from the government going forward."
Carr said he is going after NBC!
Carr has taken aim at some broadcasters, including CBS News, echoing Trump's claims that they engage in political bias. For instance, Carr singled out NBC for including Trump's Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, in a "Saturday Night Live" skit before the election. 

"This is a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC's Equal Time rule," Carr wrote on X on November 2. "The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct — a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence for one candidate on the eve of an election."

After Trump announced Carr's pick, Carr said on X that he will ensure the FCC "will enforce" laws that call on broadcasters "to operate in the public interest."
Of course all the lies that Fox News spreads are okay!
"While styling himself as a free-speech champion, Carr refused to stand up when Trump threatened to take away the broadcast licenses of TV stations for daring to fact check him during the campaign," Free Press Action Co-CEO Craig Aaron said in a statement. "This alone should be disqualifying."

Free Press and Fight for the Future, an advocacy group focused on digital rights, both have cited concerns about net neutrality, a policy that ensures internet service providers treat all websites and online content equally. Net neutrality was overturned during the first Trump administration, but was restored during Biden's term.
The truth will take a back seat in Trump's administration!

Trump got up and swore that he knew nothing about Project 2025 but he is hiring all the authors of the different chapters. Two other appointees are from Project 2025, Russ Vought and Gene Hamilton!

The New Republic writes…
Donald Trump repeatedly told America he had “nothing to do” with Project 2025. But now, he’s welcoming its architect into his Cabinet with open arms.

Russ Vought, who was deeply involved in the creation of Project 2025 and wrote an entire chapter in the right-wing playbook, is being strongly considered for an upcoming Cabinet position, according to several sources who spoke with ABC News. Vought has already begun the vetting process and has been seen at Mar-a-Lago meeting with Trump’s team.

Vought—a former lobbyist, self-described Christian nationalist, and director of the Office of Management and Budget in Trump’s first term—authored a chapter in the 922-page MAGA extremist master plan titled “Executive Office of the President” for Project 2025’s “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise” section. The chapter serves as “a comprehensive policy guide for the next conservative U.S. president.”

[…]

On the campaign trail, Trump had tried to distance himself from Project 2025, particularly after it became a focus point for Democrats. “This was a group of people that got together, they came up with some ideas, I guess some good, some bad, but it makes no difference. I have nothing to do [with it],” Trump stated during his nationally televised debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. His loyal transition team co-chair Howard Lutnick described the project as an “absolute zero” and “radioactive.”
Trump… the Liar-in-Chief will say anything that is for his benefit, not for the country’s benefit, and not for the Republican party’s benefit… but for his own personal benefit. Trump cannot be trusted!

This is so true!
Credit: R.J. Matson, CQ Roll Call


Paul Krugman a columnist for The New York Times writes...
The good news: I don’t think Donald Trump will cause a global trade war.

The bad news: The reason I say that is I believe that a trade war would be coming even if Trump had lost the election, largely because China is refusing to act like a responsible economic superpower. Unfortunately, Trump may be the worst possible person to guide U.S. policy through the turmoil that’s probably ahead.

He won’t be the reason we have a trade war, but he may well be the reason we lose it.

China is the greatest economic success story in history. It used to be very poor; there are still many people alive who remember the great famine of 1959-61. But after the reforms that began in 1978, its economy soared. Even now, China is only a middle-income country, with GDP per capita substantially lower than ours or in Western Europe.

[...]

So the trade war is coming; in some ways it has already started. What will Trump add to the story?

Ignorance, lack of focus and potential cronyism. Oh, and gullibility.

[...]

Cronyism: The president has great discretion in granting tariff exemptions to selected companies. During Trump’s first term, such exemptions went disproportionately to companies with Republican political connections. It’s naive to think this isn’t likely to happen again, and on a much larger scale.

Gullibility: During his first term, Trump eventually stopped raising tariffs after signing what he called a “historic trade deal” in which China agreed to buy $200 billion in American goods. How much of that total did China actually buy? None.

The fox is in charge of the hen house! 

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

We Just Never Thought About It.

That is what I hear more and more, I have seen a tend as I grow older… there is a new forgotten generation. They fought for our rights but now they are being turned out to pasture.

Have you noticed that when there are rallies, protests, Pride parades and legislation that there is a lack of seniors at them. There are no pride busses for seniors and the disabled. There are no speakers speaking about seniors issues. How many Pride events have senior speakers?

I give an A- to the rally this weekend… they had seating for the mobility impaired which earned them an A++ but they didn’t have one senior talking about discrimination that the Stonewall generation faces now and that earned them a B-.
 
The Advocate reports...
But that can't be said for everyone. After I wrote a column with New York Times columnist Frank Bruni about gay men and aging last year, I heard from many older gay men who felt the same insecurities as I did, that being an older gay male makes us obsolete in a community dominated by youth and beauty. Some told me that they felt happy to be out as men of a certain age. While others said that they experienced some form of depression about getting older.
 
[...]
 
"These findings are deeply troubling and point to the need for vigorous enforcement of existing state and federal law prohibiting anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, as well as targeted interventions to reduce social isolation among LGBTQ older adults and meet their unique health care needs," said Sean Cahill, PhD, Director of Health Policy Research at The Fenway Institute and author of the report.
HELL NO! We will not got back!
They May Be Out Of The Closet, But Many LGBT Seniors Are Facing Aging Alone.
Healthcare, support, and legal protection: another hurdle to overcome by the LGBTQ community as they age
My Elder
By: Jack Halpern
Published: 14 Jul


“Boomers don’t want to have to go back into the closet to receive health care,” a woman recently told me. “But if they perceive themselves as being in an unsafe place, they may have to go back.”

Aging and health issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender baby boomers have often been ignored by services, policies and research. However, these seniors face higher rates of disability, physical and mental distress, and a lack of access to elder care services, according to a new study on aging and health in these communities.

Tina and Jackie were born in the same town in 1947. Despite similar beginnings, their lives take very different turns. In 1967, Tina met Frank. And Jackie met Frances. As a same-sex couple, Jackie and Frances couldn’t marry, were denied spousal benefits, and experienced a lifetime of discrimination and lost wages. Today, Jackie, like many other older adults, struggles with financial insecurity, social isolation, and overall lack of health and well-being, simply because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT).
HELL NO! We will not got back!
“The higher rates of aging and health disparities among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults is a major concern for public health,” according to author Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen, professor at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work. “The health disparities reflect the historical and social context of their lives. The serious adversity they have encountered can jeopardize their health and willingness to seek services in old age,” she said in a statement.
HELL NO! We will not got back!
Social connections are crucial, the study noted because, unlike their heterosexual counterparts, most lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender seniors rely heavily on partners and friends of similar age to provide assistance as they age. While social ties are critical, there may be limits to the ability of those older adults to provide care over the long-term, especially if decision-making is required for the older adult receiving care.
I have been relying on friends form the community and allies to get around as driving at night becomes more stressful. I was going to go and see my brother and sister-in-law one last time before they move to New Jersey from Maine but I would have had drive up and back in the dark from Litchfield but even though I know the road be heart it still would have meant driving at night for an hour each way.

SAGE which is a LGBTQ+…
SAGE is the country’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ older people. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in New York City, SAGE is a national organization that offers supportive services and consumer resources to LGBTQ+ older people and their caregivers.
Writes that,
LGBTQ+ seniors face unique challenges
Posted May 19, 2018

Aging can be a challenge for any community. But the lives of LGBTQ+ seniors bring distinct pleasures and pains. Or, as author Dave Singleton wrote, nearly half a century after Stonewall, “we’re still in the early stages of grasping what it really means to be LGBTQ+ and older. … Now, a confluence of a cultural and legal shift — along with sheer population size — is changing how we approach the needs of the LGBTQ+ senior community.”The Census Bureau reports that over five percent of the 65-and-over population reside in nursing homes, assisted living and similar situations. By 2030, the last Baby Boomers will have turned 65, and older adults will make up a fifth of the nation’s population.

In an interview with Georgia Voice, Linda Ellis, executive director of the Health Initiative (an LGBTQ+-centered health organization), outlined several of the singular problems faced by LGBTQ+ seniors.

“It’s sometimes harder,” she said, “for LGBTQ+ seniors to take advantage of the progress that our community has gained in recent years.” She noted that recognition and marriage had arrived too late for some members of the community.

“Getting old isn’t easy by any standard, and it’s much harder when you’re more likely to be alone or have less income or not enjoy partner or spousal benefits, as many LGBTQ+ elders are.” Isolation was the biggest challenge: many of the “current generation of elders came out of straight marriages after the kids were raised” with strained or lost family connections, or lack of long-term partnering.

Ellis stressed that not all elders share the same experience: “Lesbians and people of color are more likely to live in poverty than white gay men. Older bisexual adults are more likely to experience greater social isolation, and are more prone to depression. Transgender older adults are more likely than their peers to be forced back into the closet or forego needed healthcare.”
Some of the things that I am pushing for anyone who will listen is…
  • LGBTQ+ senior housing. Many LGBTQ+ are fine living on their own but some of us need extra care and need LTC facilities. Some of them might also be okay in being in a LTC facilities but other might fear discrimination so it would be nice to have a place like SAGE runs or the new one in Boston.
  • Second is getting them out of the house and it would be nice to have a senior day at pride centers where they can go during the day to be with others.
  • We have laws here in Connecticut protecting us but when you talk to staff at LTC they say “WE DO NOT DISCRIMINATE end of converation! But they do, they do so out of exclusion… they hold other days special like St. Patrick;s Day but not Pride month. What they need is training! They have Christmas and Hanukkah but what about Kwanzaa? What about Muslim holy days?
SAGE goes on to write,
“Often times,” Ellis said, “the biggest challenges are from fellow residents or participants — or volunteers — and it’s difficult for staff to feel comfortable addressing those behaviors without the policies and training to support them as they do so.” According to a City Lab post, these challenges are even harder when the seniors “are transgender and are people of color. LGBTQ+ older adults who live in more rural areas are also particularly affected.”

There are heartening signs of change. In September 2017, the California Legislature passed SB 219 — a Bill of Rights for LGBTQ+ Seniors in long-term care facilities. The law was designed to protect elderly members of the community (who rely on assistance from professionals) from being mistreated.

Additionally, there is a boom in LGBTQ+-specific institutions. By 2017, the number of retirement communities for LGBTQ+ seniors had grown, numbering 20 according to U.S. News & World Report, with several more on the way.
Can you imagine what it would be like day after day living in a LTC facility or a 55+ facility and being shunned every day?
 
HELL NO! We will not got back!

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They Don’t Know It Yet, But They Shot Themselves In The Foot.

All of these anti-trans laws and anti-abortion laws is having an affect on the states… it is slowly happening in ones and two but will add up in time. What I am talking about are medical schools and doctors.

The Common Wealth Fund reports that…
Data indicate that medical students may be less likely to apply for residency training in states with abortion bans. Data from the 2023 and 2024 application cycles showed an overall decrease in the number of graduating M.D. students applying to residencies, but an even greater decrease in applicants to states with abortion bans. While training slots continue to be almost entirely filled for now, the number of applicants to ob/gyn residency programs during the 2024 application year decreased 6.7 percent in states with abortion bans from the prior year. In contrast, there was a small (0.4%) increase in ob/gyn residency applicants to states that maintained legal access to abortion. Family medicine residency applicants were also less likely to apply to states with abortion bans during the 2023 application cycle. Surveys of medical students and residency applicants find that most respondents regarded abortion training, along with abortion access for themselves or a partner, as important considerations in deciding where to apply for residency.
They have a hole in their foot but it hasn’t registered yet in the brain.

Association of American Medical Colleges writes…
States’ abortion-ban status may be correlated with program number and size, but these findings suggest that applicants may be responding to something independent of program size, particularly given two years of similar patterns. In other words, while states with more severe restrictions are often less populous (and have fewer residency programs) than other states, U.S. MD applicants may be selectively reducing their likelihood of applying to programs in states with more state-imposed restrictions on health care regardless of the number of available residency programs. The relative decrease in applicants to programs in states with abortion restrictions compared with the number of applicants to programs in states where abortion remains legal was also greater in 2024 than in 2023.
USA Today reports that,
As hormone specialists, endocrinologists such as Haller can support patients receiving gender-affirming care. But as the profession comes under political pressure, Haller fears that Florida's anti-DEI law could also make it even harder for children to find a specialized doctor in the state who can treat diabetes, thyroid disease and delayed puberty, examples of other work that pediatric endocrinologists do.

[…]

“Why would anyone want to go into this field when they are going to get attacked by their own government, and their own institutions are not necessarily going to speak up on behalf of them or their patients?” Haller said. “It's really hurting our ability to recruit the next generation.”
And it is not just the students are avoiding states with trans bans but also professors…
A recent survey of college professors in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and North Carolina found that two-thirds said they would not recommend their states as a desirable place to work for colleagues. Nearly a third were considering leaving their jobs, and some were already interviewing for positions out of state.

Nearly 60% of the would-be movers cited their state’s political climate as a reason — and over 40% mentioned issues related to DEI and tenure. The survey was conducted by several state American Association of University Professors conferences and faculty unions in Florida and Texas.
In their zeal to punish medical professionals for their “sins” in treating us or providing care for pregnant women they have their blinders on they are so focused that they don’t see what other harm they are doing to their citizens. Wait until a frantic mom is looking for a pediatric endocrinologists for a diabetic baby and told that there will be a six month wait to a see a doctor. Wait until a mother needs a specialist to treat their little boy for thyroid disease and they can’t find a doctor because they all fled to other states where they wouldn’t have government looking over their shoulders. Wait until a child with precocious puberty can’t get any medicine to treat it because the same drug is used for us.

What the Republicans don’t understand is that doctors who treat trans patients also treat cis patients also! And doctors who preform abortions also treat women for other problems! They don’t understand that medical students what a whole education not one with gaps.

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Monday, November 18, 2024

A Plethora Of Laws!

Are being passed against us in using bathrooms…
Ohio transgender bathroom ban bill heads to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk
Once DeWine receives Senate Bill 104, he will have 10 days to sign the bill into law or veto it
Ohio Capital Journal
By: Megan Henry
November 14, 2024


A bill that would ban transgender students from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity is going to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk.

The Ohio Senate voted to concur on Senate Bill 104 in a 24-7 party-line vote Wednesday afternoon. The Ohio House wove House Bill 183 (the bathroom ban bill) into S.B. 104 and passed the bill before going on break at the end of June.

Once DeWine receives S.B. 104, he will have 10 days to sign the bill into law or veto it.

“We have no new comments today,” DeWine’s press secretary Dan Tierney said in an email Wednesday afternoon. “As far as receipt, sometimes that can take a week or more.”

The bill would require students at Ohio K-12 schools and colleges use the bathroom or locker room that aligns with their gender assigned at birth. It would not prevent a school from having single-occupancy facilities. The bill would not apply to someone helping a person with a disability or a child younger than 10 years old being assisted by a parent, guardian or family member.
So what this bill really does it punishes “out” trans people!  Have you ever met a trans child? There is no way to tell that they are trans.
“It revolves around safety, security and, I think, common sense,” he said. “It protects our children and grandchildren in private spaces where they are most vulnerable. It is us using our legislative authority to ensure schools are, in fact, safe environments. After all, bathrooms, showers, changing rooms should all be safe places for our students.”
Safety! Are you kidding me? Who gets attacked in bathrooms? It is the trans child who get attacked by cis-people! And this law will put us at risk, can you imagine what might happen if a trans girl uses the boys bathroom?
Senate Democrats spoke in opposition to weaving the bathroom ban into S.B. 104.

“We could not wait one week, not one single week before we start attacking children once again in this legislative body,” said state sen. Bill DeMora, D-Columbus.
This is just another attempt to spread fear of us with their lies! We are the ones being attacked!
The community came together Sunday to support two transgender women who say they were attacked at a light rail station in Minneapolis.

The incident happened Nov. 10 at Hennepin Avenue and Fifth Street in downtown Minneapolis. It's where community members gathered for a rally Sunday afternoon, one week since the attack.

Amber Muhm, a community leader with Trans Movement for Liberation, said the two trans women were attacked by a group of men at the light rail station after one of the men used transphobic slurs.

"No one came to help them. In fact, they said people were cheering the attackers on while they were getting beaten," Muhm said.

She said the attack left one of them with a broken nose. Minneapolis police confirmed they are investigating the incident, but as of Sunday night, no one has been arrested.
We are the victims… we are the target of the anger that the Republicans have stirred up.

Yesterday at the rally for our human rights there were protesters there, they were kept away but once in a while in the silence between speakers you could hear their vitriol chants.
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Even With All The Laws…

...They still thought that they could fire someone because they are gay!
The Manchester Township School District in Ocean County is facing multiple lawsuits, with one former superintendent arguing he was fired due to anti-LGBTQ+ bias.

John Berenato, who served as superintendent and is gay, claims the Manchester Board of Education fired him after community members and board officials targeted him in a campaign for his ouster.

Berenato’s lawsuit describes derogatory remarks and overt hostility from district staff and community members, which he says were part of an effort to dismantle LGBTQ+ protections and undermine his leadership.

His lawsuit against the district accuses officials of fostering a hostile work environment intolerant of LGBTQ+ rights and inclusivity.

Two other former employees, Bridget Antonucci and Lori Burns, have also filed lawsuits against the district and various officials, including current Superintendent Diane Pedroza.
NBC News reported that,
According to court documents, board members expressed religious beliefs in opposition to homosexuality and discussed fears of Berenato “pushing a gay agenda.”

The complaint alleges that Diane Pedroza, the current superintendent, expressed not wanting the district's curriculum to become "too gay."

I was watching another video not related to this case, in the video a person says that that they are not against LGBTQ+ people but why do they have to keep pushing it in his face! When asked by the reporter what he meant by "in your face" the person said, Well you know like when they (Meaning us trans people) go out in public!

What was his “Gay agenda” well following the non-discrimination laws and that he is gay!
One incident cited in the lawsuit was an October 2023 board meeting to discuss transgender student policy. Burns and Berenato were both in attendance, and, according to court documents, "derogatory and homophobic" comments were made during the meeting and transgender people were characterized as "dangerous" and "predatory."

Berenato’s lawsuit also alleged that there was “open animosity toward policies in place to protect LGBTQ students in the District.”
So just by being an out LGBTQ+ person they feel it is wrong, that he should hide in a closet. The NJ.com article ends with…
Antonucci, the former director of special services, claims that her support for state-mandated inclusive policies and her advocacy for LGBTQ+ colleagues led to targeted harassment and eventual termination. She states in her lawsuit a campaign of retaliation began in late 2023.

Burns, former director of early childhood education and a lesbian, says she experienced anti-LGBTQ+ comments from district officials who opposed her efforts to promote an inclusive curriculum.

Known for her work on LGBTQ+ inclusion in schools, Burns resigned in June, citing a hostile environment for diversity advocacy.

All three former employees accuse the district of violating New Jersey’s anti-discrimination laws and are seeking damages for emotional distress, lost wages, and punitive measures against those involved.
And so it begins...


Update 11/19 @ 11:30AM

You know one thing that the Republicans keep forgetting not only are there trans women but they're also trans men. Hairy trans men. Hairy trans men that now have to use the women's bathroom!
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