"The west #Texas city of #Odessa, notorious for adopting one of the most extreme anti-trans bathroom measures in the country, has now declared the ordinance unenforceable, a step taken after voters ousted the council members and mayor who had pushed it through." A Texas City, Once at the Center of Anti-Trans Efforts, Now Offers Hope — Assigned
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A Texas City, Once at the Center of Anti-Trans Efforts, Now Offers Hope — Assigned
After previously passing legislation offering “bounties” on trans people using bathrooms not matching their gender assigned at birth, Odessa de...
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"The modicum of believability provided by the Nashville shooting... was enough to fuel this ongoing strategy for two years. Since then, conservative influencers have attempted to link nearly every viral mass/school shooting to trans people to create a false trend." The Madison, Wisconsin School Shooter Was A "Femcel" Columbine Copycat: Here's What That Means
The Madison, Wisconsin School Shooter Was A Columbine Copycat: Here's What That Means
Also: why the far-right wants you to believe she was transgender
 #extremism #transphobia #GunViolence
Last weekend, I traveled to #Dallas to cover a mass protest against the Jewish National Fund's annual conference. The JNF, which lost tax exempt status in Canada, is a key provider of material support to the illegal expansion of Israeli settlements, and frequently uses tree planting to greenwash their actions. Here's my latest for Deceleration:
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Opposing Jewish National Fund, Dallas Protesters Plant 'Tree of Life' Against Genocidal Greenwashing – Deceleration
Over a thousand protesters crowded the sidewalks, streets, and green spaces outside Dallas's Hilton Anatole hotel last week to decry the annua...
 #politics #USpol #environment #ClimateChange #Palestine #FreePalestine #Israel @palestine group #news #Texas #religion #activism image
"No one came to help them," one person said about how people cheered while the women were attacked. #Minnesota: Two #trans women beaten in train station while bystanders cheered - LGBTQ Nation
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Two trans women beaten in train station while bystanders cheered - LGBTQ Nation
"No one came to help them," one person said about how people cheered while the women were attacked.
 #news #transphobia #LGBTQIA #politics #USpol
"To suggest we should compromise on the rights of trans people, for instance, and all of the other critical issues we care most about, is unacceptable. It is shameful and cowardly. We cannot abandon the most vulnerable communities to assuage the most powerful." - Roxanne Gay Opinion | Enough - The New York Times
Opinion | Enough (Published 2024)
To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.
 #politics #transphobia #trans #transgender #LGBTQIA #news #USpol #Trump #Democrats
“We’re seeing a rise in anti-LGBTQ crimes in the state because of the culture wars that #Republicans are fighting.” Experts on #LGBTQIA+ and human rights say an alarming rise in anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation leads directly to a rise in hate incidents, including deadly violence. I used GLAAD data to analyze incidents in Central #Texas over the last few years:
Austin Free Press
Legislating intolerance: Anti-LGBTQ legislation tied to “massive rise” in hate incidents
Even Austin has seen a rise in incidents of LGBTQ+ hate and intolerance.
 #news #homophobia #transphobia #politics #USpol #HumanRights #Austin #TXlege #trans #transgender
A group of about 10 protesters disrupted the Kamala Harris rally in #Houston last month, demanding an end to U.S. support for Israeli genocide in #Palestine. They faced hostility, even violence from the audience. My latest for Deceleration:
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Protesters Disrupt VP Harris's Houston Rally to Demand An End to Genocide  – Deceleration
A local coalition faced a hostile crowd at Houston's Shell Energy Stadium while repeatedly interrupting Presidential candidate Kamala Harris&#...
 #Genocide #politics #USpol #Israel #FreePalestine #KamalaHarris #election2024 #news
#ProjectEsther is a sister project to #Project2025 which would see supporters of #Palestine prosecuted with federal terrorism and RICO charges. Heritage Foundation’s Christian Nationalist ‘Project Esther’ Won’t Combat Antisemitism — But it Will Weaponize Jews | Religion Dispatches
Heritage Foundation’s Christian Nationalist ‘Project Esther’ Won’t Combat Antisemitism — But it Will Weaponize Jews | Religion Dispatches
 @palestine group #activism #FreePalestine #FreeSpeech #news #politics #USpol #democracy #election2024
“These are called ‘authoritarian bargains. He courts the police by saying, ‘You won’t pay a price for any violence I ask you to do.’ He is arranging these things ahead of time.” Experts on #fascism warn that #Trump is preparing to use American #police for a possibly unprecedented wave of violence and repression:
Trump’s Plan to Make Cops More Violent: 'American Death Squads'
Donald Trump wants to push cops to be as brutal as possible and shield them from accountability.
 #extremism #democracy #immigration #HumanRights #activism #racism #news #politics #USpol
I've a new piece out in The Barbed Wire, based on a fresh set of data from #GLAAD documenting almost 100 anti-LGBTQIA hate incidents in #Texas since 2022. 10 incidents can be traced to Chaya Raichik, the online hatemongerer better known as Libs of TikTok. For this article, I teamed up with Leslie Rangel, Investigations Editor at The Barbed Wire:
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There’ve Been 93 Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Incidents in Texas Since 2022, Data Shows
Editor’s note: This story mentions threats of violence against the LGBTQIA+ community. Before dawn on a Sunday morning in April, the bars in Aust...
 (CW: Descriptions of homophobic #violence) #Texas #politics #extremism #homophobia #transphobia #USpol #news #LGBTQIA+