With New #Taliban #Manifesto, #Afghan #Women #FeartheWorst.

3-years into its #rule, the #Islamic #movement has #codified its harsh #decrees into #law that now includes a #ban on #women’s #voices in #public.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SouthAsia #Afghanistan #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Misogyny #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/04/world/asia/women-taliban-prohibitions-afghanistan.html/

Rep. #AyannaPressley (D-MA) introduces a #bill to #counter #fascist #bookbans

She wrote the #law to combat #hateful #rhetoric #codified into #AntiBlack, #AntiLGBTQ, and #AntiWoman #laws, addressing the #intersection of these #harmful #policies and #hatespeech.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.advocate.com/news/ayanna-pressley-book-bans-bill

#Push for #inclusive #parenting #law in #Massachusetts, as #families seeking #assistedreproduction in the state ‘live in fear' of losing their kids.

Massachusetts is the leading state for assisted reproduction in the country, but #legal #experts say the #relationship between those #parents and their #children is not #codified into #law

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Massachusetts #Family #Relationships #Surrogacy

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/lgbtq-advocates-push-for-massachusetts-parentage-act/3057565/

Democrats: Look to #Minnesota’s #Miracle.

The avalanche of #progressive #legislation that the state’s two-vote Democratic majority in the
state House and one-vote advantage in the state Senate have enacted this year is a wonder to behold.

.“Democrats #codified #abortion #rights, #paid #family and #medical #leave, #sick leave, #transgender rights protections, drivers #licenses for #undocumented residents, restoration of #voting rights for people when they are released from prison or jail, wider voting access, one-time rebates, a #tax #credit aimed at low-income parents with #kids, and a $1 billion #investment in #affordable #housing including for rental assistance.”

Take a breath and move on: “Also adopted were #background #checks for private #gun #transfers and a #redflag #warning system to take guns from people deemed by a judge to be a threat to themselves or others.

[Democratic] lawmakers banned conversion therapy for LGBTQ people, legalized recreational marijuana, expanded education funding, required a carbon-free electric grid by 2040, adopted a new reading curricula based on phonics, passed a massive $2.58 billion capital construction package and, at the insistence of Republicans, a $300 million emergency infusion of money to nursing homes.” The mix of tax cuts and increases, by the way, will make the state’s revenue system more progressive

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/04/democratic-party-minnesota-legislature-progressives/