Wednesday News Round-Up (12/14/2022)

[virgosplaining]

Some relevant news from 12/07/2022-12/13/2022. As always, I'm American, so my sources tend to reflect that. Please always feel free to share pertinent news in the comments & in your own posts to the community at any time. ♥


ACTIVISM & ADVOCACY
School Officials And Students Defend N.J. High School Drag Show After Backlash; some pushback against the pushback.

Advocates prepare for legal challenge to ban on transgender medical care for kids; preparing the fight for trans kids in FL.

Educators: We Must Be Champions for Our Trans Students; this teacher's passion is moving, and their sources & documentations are on point.

Drag performers join Gays Against Guns to decry nationwide attacks

Class Struggle Solidarity and the Trans Movement (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Class); an incredibly stated article that approaches the topic of many trans people's mixed feelings about the NYT strike.

Twitch’s debacle with anti-trans group shines an ugly light on the realities many LGBTQ+ gamers face; jfc twitch

Trans group demands Keir Starmer urgently addresses transphobia in Labour – before it’s too late

Chilean government launches LGBTQ, intersex rights campaign


POLITICS
Transphobes Kara Dansky and Lierre Kieth Get Their Hateful Banners Snatched Away in Oakland; the mocking tone here is truly all the scorn these two (and all TERFs) deserve

Dylan Mulvaney Gives Tampons to People Who Need Them. Transphobes Are Mad; I'm too Old for tiktok but I follow Dylan on instagram and saw her video, which broke my heart.

The Anti-Trans Hate Account That Bari Weiss Says Is Yet Another Right-Wing Voice Censored by Twitter; the conservative victimization complex is so strong it's incredible they have the gall to call anyone else a snowflake.

Transphobes claim “American Girl” book encourages 3-year-olds to get on puberty blockers; conservative hysterics about age-appropriate education on any topic for kids? quelle surprise. oh yeah, and Caitlyn Jenner weighed in. ngl the article title made me snortlaugh. American Girl themselves are unbothered.

Transgender school board member resigns after months of harassment from hate group; disgusting.

Transgender Politician Wins Indian Election In Big Step For LGBTQ+ Representation

Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Will Be Focus of House Oversight Committee Hearing; Club Q and Pulse survivors are expected to speak at the hearing on Wednesday.

Transgender Lawmaker Hopes Her Presence Brings Understanding; Zooey Zephyr's struggles to bring perspective to Montana's lawmakers.

JK Rowling opened a rape crisis center that excludes trans women; TERF supreme is at it again. here's the twist: "board members include Rhona Hotchkiss, a prison governor whose prison was condemned by inspectors for the frequent abuse of women prisoners by her staff". awesome! she's totally not cancelled, though.

Gender law reform in Northern Ireland would have ‘positive impact’ on trans people, report finds
; ...obviously

Trans women can take seats on public boards set aside for women, Scottish judge rules

Ten trans lawyers just got appointed to the Supreme Court bar. Here’s why that matters


CLUB Q
Why extremism experts say it's worth discussing the Colorado shooting suspect's pronouns; New information from the alleged shooter’s online presence and former neighbor has led to skepticism among some extremism experts about the suspect being nonbinary. Personally, I didn't have to be an extremism expert to tell you that this motherfucker is a chan troll, but I guess it's nice to explain it in a way that boomers can potentially digest.

Understanding the Carnage at Colorado Springs

Warnings on Gay Club Shooter Stir Questions about Old Case; police & DA incompetency/inaction? you don't say. additional details + + +


HATE WATCH
Far right protests targeting the LGBTQ community show a troubling correlation with violent attacks; they're all white nationalists/neo-nazis. here's my shocked face.

Texas Man Charged With Attacking Trans Woman; FBI Seeks Other Victims; a fucking disgusting coward.

What We Know—and Don’t Know—About Recent Power Grid Attacks; +NC Power Grid Attack Stokes Fear in Rural LGBTQ+ Community

"It's terrifying": Texas drag shows become a right-wing target amid rising extremism

Suspect Charged With Hate Crimes in Stabbing of Transgender Woman; horrifying.

Protests won't stop Drag Queen Story Time in Sarnia, bookstore owner says

Transgender Americans feel under siege as political vitriol rises

Woman grabbed trans man’s genitals in public to “confirm” his gender

Armed Protest at Christmas Drag Show Highlights Intensified LGBTQ Threats

Man issued ‘death threats’ to doctor for providing gender-affirming healthcare to trans patients

Bar hit by gunfire just days before drag queen story time event

Man arrested in clash with cop, Drag Story Hour protesters at NYC public library; free my bitch


HISTORY
‘Framing Agnes’ unearths historic trans narratives for engaging doc; a fascinating read about what sounds like an incredible film. I hope to see it!


OTHER
Nonbinary Energy Department official charged with second luggage theft; what a hot mess. more info here.

Elon Musk Throws Transphobic Outburst After Being Booed Onstage; his loserness is so fathomless that Dave Chappelle fans booed him. then he had to go be a transphobe about it. just incredible.

Dictionary.com’s word of the year is ‘woman’, for reasons you can mostly guess. I haven't looked at the reaction to this, or to Cambridge Dictionary's updated definitions of man and woman, but I'm sure the TERFs have gone completely bald over it.

‘Terrified’ trans royal fled from Qatar to UK, leaked documents reveal

Facial Recognition Researcher Left a Trans Database Exposed for Years After Using Images Without Permission


ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE...
Against the binary: Reconnecting to Islam as a trans person

For Indonesia's Trans Community, Faith a Source of Discrimination — but also Solace

Trans soprano leads glorious 18th century ‘Christmas Oratorio’

‘Revolution Is Love’ Is a Powerful Visual Record of the Fight for Black Trans Liberation; an interview with Qween Jean on her new book

Avan Jogia Quietly Updates Their Pronouns Online; ngl I've never heard of them, but congrats!

This Christmas whiskey ad about trans acceptance is warming hearts around the world

Chef closes restaurant that deadnames his trans son: ‘They go by a different name’

This trailblazing clinic is helping trans people in Brazil get the healthcare they need

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