Police chief begs transphobes to stop saying Wisconsin school shooter was trans
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/police-chief-begs-transphobes-to-stop-saying-wisconsin-school-shooter-was-trans/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundant_Life_Christian_School#2024_shooting

* transphobes increasingly/falsely accuse school shooters of being trans
* wedge strategy: vilify trans people as dangerous
* "I wish people would leave their own personal biases out of this," the local police chief said

#transgender #TransRights
#Christofascism #transgenocide #Catholicism #OpusDei #ParentalRightsMovement
#GOP #Trump2 #fascism #antiLGBT #antiDEI

/1 Virtually no school shooters are trans

Most U.S. shootings done by men; Wisconsin school attack an exception
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/17/nx-s1-5231532/wisconsin-school-shooting-suspect-female

* FBI: active shooter incidents 2000-2019: 322/345 (93.3%) perpetrators male; 13/345 (3.8%) female
* DoJ: staggering 97.7% of perpetrators of mass shootings 1966-2019 male
* nonprofit Violence Prevention Project: 4/200 (2%) shooters involved in mass shootings 1999-2024 ident. as female
* 1 as transgender: 2023 Nashville TN Christian elementary school shooting

Disney cuts trans storyline f. Pixar series over fears of parental backlash
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/disney-cuts-trans-storyline-from-pixar-series-over-fears-of-parental-backlash

* culture war around trans kids/sports

Comments:
* Disney historically an ally: "We pledge our ongoing support of the LGBTQ+ community"
* Florida/DeSantis: https://persagen.org/docs/florida_parental_rights_in_education_act.html
* that said, this action contributes to trans erasure, part of transgenocide

#transgender #TransRights
#Christofascism #Catholicism #transgenocide
#Project2025 #ParentalRightsMovement
#GOP #Trump2 #fascism #antiLGBT

Disney decides against transgender arc in Pixar’s "Win or Lose"
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/17/disney-decides-against-transgender-arc-in-pixars-win-or-lose-series
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/disney-pulls-transgender-storyline-win-or-lose-1236088172

* decision made w. parents in mind << Comment: trans folx be damned 🤨 🤬

LGBT backsliding/duplicity/sycophantism
Walt Disney Corporation made sig. donations to Republicans who voted for "Don't Say Gay" legislation

#transgender #TransRights
#Christofascism #Catholicism #OpusDei #transgenocide
#Project2025 #transphobia #ParentalRightsMovement #Disney
#GOP #Trump2 #fascism #antiLGBT

Disney decides against transgender arc in Pixar’s "Win or Lose" series

Disney decides against transgender arc in Pixar’s "Win or Lose" series

Salon.com

Very disheartened: trans actress speaks out as Disney turns her character cis
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/very-disheartened-trans-actress-speaks-out-as-disney-turns-her-character-cis
https://deadline.com/2024/12/win-or-lose-transgender-actress-speaks-after-disney-cuts-storyline-1236209109

* scene about dysphoria cut, effect. making character "a straight cis girl"
* trans actress who played role of trans teen in Pixar series
* speaking out after her character was turned cisgender by Disney

#transgender #TransRights
#Christofascism #Catholicism #OpusDei #transgenocide
#Project2025 #transphobia #ParentalRightsMovement #Disney
#GOP #Trump2 #fascism #antiLGBT

How Disney conspired with government officials to steal over $100 million from theme park workers
https://popular.info/p/how-disney-conspired-with-government

Comment: at the end of the day Disney is a corporation, with all the associated baggage/malfeasance.

#capitalism #corporations #Disney #Pixar #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #CorporateTax #WealthTax
#WorkersRights #solidarity #unions
#ChristianRight #antiLGBT #transphobia #Christofascism #transgenocide #Florida

How Disney conspired with government officials to steal over $100 million from theme park workers

Working at the "Happiest Place on Earth" can be a nightmare.

Popular Information

Trump wants to ban trans athletes. Reality is nuanced
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-transgender-athletes-title-ix-eca2303fee01202096348b4186303f8e

* one of most popular talking points: transgender athletes
* >1/2 all voters/vast maj. of Trump supporters: support for transgender rights in gov't/society gone too far
* survey of 120+k U.S. voters: https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/votecast
* Trump Day 1 would cut fed. $ to any school pushing
critical race theory
transgender insanity
inappropriate racial, sexual, political content

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Christofascism #transgenocide

Trump said he wants to ban trans athletes from competing. The reality is more nuanced

President-elect Donald Trump's campaign promise to ‘ban’ transgender athletes struck a chord with voters. It's uncertain, however, what exactly Trump will do once his second term begins in January. The most immediate action could be to remove Title IX protections for trans-athletes that were introduced by the Biden administration. Several ongoing court battles about the participation of trans-athletes could also shape the near future of the issue.

AP News

Disney: Real Reason ABC Caved to Trump
https://newrepublic.com/post/189527/abc-news-disney-donald-trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/business/media/disney-trump-abc-lawsuit.html

* Disney owns ABC News
* agreed to pay $16M settlement to Trump to avoid lawsuit
* protecting Disney brand, ABC News
* undermining First Amendment rights

Disney conspired w. gov't officials to steal $100+M f. theme park workers
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113675036289759416

#capitalism #corporations #Disney #Pixar #CorporateCorruption #censorship
#WorkersRights
#ChristianRight #transphobia #Christofascism #transgenocide #Florida

The Real Reason ABC Settled Trump’s Dangerous Lawsuit

ABC agreed to settle a lawsuit with Donald Trump, setting a chilling precedent.

The New Republic

Ohio lawmakers pass forced outing bill w. religious release time amendments
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/12/19/ohio-lawmakers-pass-forced-outing-bill-with-religious-release-time-amendments-during-lame-duck

* Gov. Mike DeWine
* req. school districts to create mandatory religious release time
* req. educators to out students’ sexuality to parents

Ohio H.B. 8 (2024)
Enact Parents' Bill of Rights
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/135/hb8

Released time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Released_time
* U.S. public schools
* time set aside for students to vol. receive private religious education

#GOP #MikeDeWine #Christofascism #transgenocide

Ohio lawmakers pass forced outing bill with religious release time amendments during lame duck • Ohio Capital Journal

A bill that would require school districts to create a mandatory religious release time policy and require educators to out a students’ sexuality to their parents is on its way to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk for his signature. 

Ohio Capital Journal

Valentina Gomez: Unhinged GOP candidate says 2SLGBTQIA+ people are “terrorist organization” who kill Christian kids
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/unhinged-gop-candidate-says-lgbtq-people-are-a-terrorist-organization-who-kill-christian-kids

Valentina Gomez: https://archive.fo/mUVlK
* Republican Valentina Gomez Noriega, age 24 (2023), Missouri
* repeated slurs, hateful rhetoric as part her failed campaign
* now in Texas running for U.S. Congress
...

#GOP #Trump2 #fascism #ValentinaGomez #RINO #disinformation #FarRight #transphobia #antiLGBT
#Christofascism #transgenocide #Catholicism #OpusDei

/1 Valentina Gomez

"LGBTQ is a terrorist organization”
“If they can’t groom your children they will kill them”
“Pedophiles that hide under the LGBTQ flag are next mass shooters”
“Christians are being hunted & killed & now multiple kids in Christian school are dead.”

* referring to Madison, WI school shooter
* not 2SLGBTQIA+ in any way
* social media activity suggests she was influenced by neo-Nazis/far-right

#GOP #Trump2 #fascism #ValentinaGomez #disinformation
#Christofascism #transgenocide

120 Anti-LGBTQ Bills Filed Across U.S. Before 2025 Starts 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈
https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-120-anti-lgbtq-bills-filed-across-the-us-before-2025-has-even-started

* far surpasses 80 bills filed this time in 2023
* sig. another hist. wave of legal transgenocidal attacks

Erin Reed | Erin In the Morning | Legislative tracker 🙏
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Reed_(journalist)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NfY8VvrUNQKX77CXilxlE1pepRSGTMZ70LoyFwx6fbk

ACLU tracker: https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights-2024

Movement Advancement Project: https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps

#ChristianRight #Chistofascism #Catholicism #OpusDei #transphobia #transgenocide #antiLGBT #Trump2 #GOP

Nearly 120 Anti-LGBTQ Bills Filed Across the US Before 2025 Has Even Started

This far surpasses the 80 bills filed by this time in 2023, signaling another historic wave of legal attacks.

Truthout

Ken Paxton sues NCAA over transgender athletes in women’s sports
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/22/texas-ken-paxton-ncaa-transgender-college-athletes-women-sports

* TX A.G. accuses NCAA of misleading fans by allowing transgender college athletes in women’s sports
* alleg. violated Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act
* Paxton: “Radical ‘gender theory’ has no place in college sports”
* NCAA President Charlie Baker: “less th. 10” trans athletes among 500k+ athletes in NCAA schools

#NCAA #Texas #GOP #KenPaxton #transphobia
#Christofascism #Catholicism #transgenocide

Ken Paxton sues NCAA over transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports

The attorney general is accusing the organization of misleading fans by allowing transgender college athletes in women’s sports.

The Texas Tribune

Donald Trump tells right-wing group Turning Point USA he’ll end women’s boxing
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113703300311101187

* Trump spent yrs arguing women’s sports ruined by trans swimmers w. arms “30 feet long,” weightlifters w. super-strength

#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #transphobia
#TPUSA #TurningPoint #CharlieKirk #FarRight
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #Catholicism #transgenocide

Trump to end trans rights “day one” in terrifying speech
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/donald-trump-threatens-to-end-trans-rights-on-day-one-in-terrifying-speech

Trump: “there are only 2 genders, male & female”
* promised to end trans rights across board 1st day in office
* transphobic rhetoric, far-right Turning Point USA meeting
* sweeping promises to end trans rights in:
education
health care
military service
* exec. order to “end child sexual mutilation”

#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #transphobia
#TPUSA #TurningPoint
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Don’t abandon trans folks to reconnect w. working class
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-progressive-chair-says-dems-dont-have-to-abandon-trans-folks-to-reconnect-with-working-class

* U.S Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX)
* Congressional Progressive Caucus
* culture war: distract voters while Republicans pick your pocket
* emphasize core economic issues ev. time cult. war issue arises
* e.g.: a trans person didn’t deny your health insurance claim - a big corporation did, w. Republican help

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Casar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus

#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Christofascism #transgenocide #libertarianism

Can trans rights survive in a Trump2/Republican-controlled Congress?
https://19thnews.org/2025/01/trump-congress-transgender-bills

* what trans people should know about new Congress, 1st days of Trump2 presidency
* GOP-controlled Congress signals anti-trans legislation a top priority
* wave of federal anti-trans laws/executive orders is on horizon
* Can we fight back? Yes ...

#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #antiLGBT #transphobia #disinformation
#USsenate #filibuster
#Christofascism #transgenocide

/1 Filibuster
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113193378806148741

* weaponized by GOP/Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
* Republicans control both chambers U.S. Congress
* Democrats can filibuster bills in U.S. Senate, derail/perm. stall
* 60 votes req. to end Senate debate
* filibuster: legislation needs more than simple 51 vote to pass
* Republicans will still need some Democrats on board to pass most bills

#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #antiLGBT
#USsenate #filibuster
#Christofascism #transgenocide

DeSantis Admin Revokes Trans Person’s License Over Gender Marker Change
https://truthout.org/articles/desantis-admin-revokes-trans-persons-license-over-gender-marker-change
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article298210723.html

* trans content creator publicly shared updated gender marker on driver's license
* Florida DMV plans an audit for past errors
* increases risks to trans people in Florida

[2024] New FL Rule Bans Trans People From Updating Gender Marker on Driver’s Licenses
https://truthout.org/articles/new-fl-rule-bans-trans-people-from-updating-gender-marker-on-drivers-licenses

#Florida #GOP #DeSantis #antiLGBT #transphobia #transgenocide #authoritarianism #protofascism

DeSantis Admin Revokes Trans Person’s License Over Gender Marker Change

Florida’s DMV plans an audit for past errors, potentially increasing risks for trans people in the state.

Truthout