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Edited by Mrph1 on Dec 1st 2023 at 6:53:59 PM
Let's wake this thread up with some good news.
Court rules that trans girl in West Virginia can participate in track alongside other girls. The Fourth Circuit was up until recently very conservative, but recently they've been on the cutting edge of expanding the rights of trans people.
This is a pretty nice ruling, especially since the Supreme Court are probably going to take a punt on this (they already refused to let the ban stand while the appeal was on) which will mean that Ms. Pepper-Jackson gets to run with her peers, as will other girls in the affected states.
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Speaking of trans-athletes, I find it both amusing and annoying how whenever there's a news about them having "unfair advantages", it's almost always from a (far) right source.
Honestly, I used to believe that too, until I started to actually check my sources and went, "wait a minute...!"
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
Well, yeah. The right are the ones who came up with the term "reality-based community" like it was an insult. Of course their heirs will intentionally spew bullshit and pretend it's facts.
Edited by Ramidel on Apr 16th 2024 at 7:28:41 AM
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It will go into effect in August.
Edited by Demongodofchaos2 on Apr 19th 2024 at 11:02:37 AM
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The United Methodist Church will be lifting its 40 year ban on gay clergy on May 4th.
4th Circuit: Gender Identity Is A Protected Characteristic, Blocks State Coverage Bans
The 4th Circuit of Appeals stated that bans on gender affirming care from receiving state funds is unconstitutional, which affected state employees and Medicaid recipients, stating it is discriminatory based on protected characteristics of sex and gender identity.
Surprisingly based 4th Circuit. I think they through out a ban on trans girls and women in sports a few weeks ago as well.
Looking at the makeup of the court... how the hell is a Reagan appointee still there? Just fucking retire, dude.
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Better. The court is writing that the plain meaning of the Constitution is that discriminating against trans people is discrimination based on sex.
In other words, they're actually writing specifically to Neil Gorsuch.
A court will immediately smack this down (right now, I don't see Obergefell being overturned; Gorsuch won't put up with it and Roberts is trying very hard not to score more points for the Democrats) but in the meantime it'll cause more pain for Tennessee couples.