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How Trump self-scored 36 points on LGBTQ rights — and why it’s a failing grade
The administration has done nothing whatsoever to support LGBTQ rights. The Trump administration has done nothing whatsoever in favor of LGBTQ rights. Don’t repeat its lie to the contrary. It causes pain and stress.

Republicans say: Make it hard to divorce again
The Party of Trump wants to stop your divorce. Independence? For whom? The Republican Party wants to end no-fault divorce. They want everyone to be married with children. This threatens everyone’s right to exit a bad marriage.

Transphobia is a bellybutton mirror
On the Tucker ’n’ Carlos Show, insights from Naomi Klein’s ‘Doppelganger’. We have to stop copying historical patterns of hate and cruelty. I try to reflect the world in ways that are good and true, not through a pipik-mirror.

New York Times ‘Daily’ podcast talks about gender-affirming care ban
Here’s more audio explaining U.S. v. Skrmetti. The court steered the discussion back to sex discrimination which is the narrow question on which it’s able to rule.

The Tennessee law tells us: They want to stop people from being trans
Chase Strangio talks with Zach Stafford about the Supreme Court case ‘U.S. v. Skrmetti’. They aren’t trying to protect kids or keep trans women out of sports. They do not want anyone to be trans, and that’s why they’re banning gender transition.

Tennessee ‘isn’t hiding the ball here’
Chase Strangio talks with Imara Jones about the Supreme Court case ‘U.S. v. Skrmetti’. Please listen to this great discussion about bans on gender-affirming care. The legal reasoning is learnable and is so important to understand.

Will SCOTUS let parents and doctors support trans kids?
The case over youth gender-affirming care: United States vs. Skrmetti. Tennessee still claims science backs its position when demonstrably it doesn’t. The ACLU & Biden admin say this is discrimination against trans people.

Once again, it’s not about sports
Why trans allies objected to Seth Moulton’s comments last month. This ‘idea’ is not fully baked because it’s not consistent even about whether it would regulate adults or children. This is not about sports.

Too much ‘noo’ in the sphere (all spin, no facts)
Steve Bannon describes MAGA narrative in terms of Teilhard’s ‘noosphere’. Bannons says that liberals get sucked into fact-checking while Trump’s followers don’t let themselves be distracted by questions of truth.