Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

We All Lose in #Trump’s #War Against #Trans #Americans.

His cynical #executiveorders #targeting #trans #people will #harm important #American #institutions by taking away #talent, #energy, and the plain #competence our #country needs.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/we-all-lose-in-trump-war-against-trans-americans

We All Lose in Trump’s War Against Trans Americans

His cynical executive orders targeting trans people will harm important American institutions by taking away talent, energy, and the plain competence our country needs.

The Bulwark
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

#Trump’s #definitions of “#male” and “#female” are #nonsense #science with staggering #ramifications

“How can you so fully #misunderstand #basic #human #biology, and then #legislate about it?”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/trumps-definitions-of-male-and-female-are-nonsense-science-with-staggering-ramifications/

Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump orders #incarcerated #trans #women to be #housed with #men: “There will be #rapes

#Trans #inmates are "in a #panic" about what could happen to them.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/donald-trump-orders-trans-women-inmates-to-be-housed-with-men-there-will-be-rapes/

Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

#Trump #pauses #funding for #antiHIV #program that prevented 26 million #AIDS #deaths.

Nearly all global #health #funding from the #US has been halted immediately by the Trump administration — and that appears to include #PEPFAR, the widely praised program created by #President #GeorgeWBush in 2003 to prevent #HIV/#AIDS infections.

https://www.gpb.org/news/goats-and-soda/2025/01/27/trump-pauses-funding-for-anti-hiv-program-prevented-26-million-aids

Trump pauses funding for anti-HIV program that prevented 26 million AIDS deaths

On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

Georgia Public Broadcasting
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

#Trump #administration drops #charges against #doctor who made #trans #patients’ #medicalrecords #public.

The doctor claimed he was #reporting "#childabuse" by handing the #minors' #medicalrecords over to #rightwing #extremists.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/trump-administration-drops-charges-against-doctor-who-made-trans-patients-medical-records-public/

Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

#HolocaustMemorialDay: How the #Nazi #pinktriangle became a #defiant #symbol of #LGBTQ+ #rights.

Each year, Holocaust Memorial Day allows the world to come together in #mourning for the millions of #people who #losttheirlives at the hands of the #Nazis.

— This is even more important as #America faces it's own #Nazi #infestation.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/27/auschwitz-anniversary-pink-triangle-lgbtq/

Holocaust Memorial Day: How the Nazi pink triangle became a defiant symbol of LGBTQ+ rights

On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz we take a look at the history of the Nazi pink triangle, used to identify gay men.

PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025
Here's how the Nazi's treated Gay and Trans people:
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025
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Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

Another #Country Has ‘First #Dibs’ On #Greenland Before #America: Ex-Envoy

#TomHøyem, Denmark’s former #envoy to #Greenland, cited an #obscure 1917 #agreement to make his #argument.

#History

https://www.thedailybeast.com/another-country-has-first-dibs-on-greenland-before-america-ex-ambassador/

Another Country Has ‘First Dibs’ On Greenland Before America: Ex-Envoy

Tom Høyem, Denmark’s former envoy to Greenland, cited an obscure 1917 agreement to make his argument.

The Daily Beast
Jan 27, 2025 at 5:16pmWeb
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

Why are #Democrats so #weak in the face of #DonaldTrump’s #attack on #democracy?

In one of the worst weeks for the #country, #Democrats took a breather instead of #pushingback against #Trump.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/why-are-democrats-so-weak-in-the-face-of-donald-trumps-attack-on-democracy/

Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

#Trump Just #BroketheLaw. #Blatantly. And He Might #GetAwayWithIt.

How is this not a major #political #scandal already? #Hello, #democrats

https://newrepublic.com/article/190704/trump-fires-inspectors-general-broke-law-blatantly

Trump Just Broke the Law. Blatantly. And He Might Get Away With It.

How is this not a major political scandal already? Hello, Democrats?

The New Republic
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

[Video] #InspectorGeneral #fired by #Trump has a #warning for #Americans.

President Donald Trump fired the inspectors general from more than a dozen #federal #agencies in a #FridayNightPurge, according to a Trump administration official, paving the way for him to install his own #picks for the #independent #watchdog roles.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/politics/video/inspector-general-fired-trump-mark-greenblatt-digvid?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_flipboard

‘Troubling’: Inspector general fired by Trump has warning for Americans | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump fired the inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies in a Friday night purge, according to a Trump administration official, paving the way for him to install his own picks for the independent watchdog roles. Former US Department of the Interior Inspector General Mark Greenblatt, who was terminated by the Trump administration, joins CNN’s Kasie Hunt to discuss.

CNN
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

#Fascist #RedStates #emboldened on #TransRights #rollbacks.

#Republicans in #Kansas think they'll be able to #ban #genderaffirmingcare for #TransKids this year after previously failing because the added #Republican #members will allow them to #override a #veto from #Democratic Gov. #LauraKelly.

https://www.stltoday.com/red-states-emboldened-on-trans-rights-rollbacks/article_ec6c4901-09e3-5c3e-b82f-e8f3549a0421.html

Red states emboldened on trans-rights rollbacks

TOPEKA, Kan. — Republicans and Democrats in Kansas agree that concerns about the economy drove voters to support President Donald Trump by a 16% margin.

STLtoday.com
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

#LGBTQ+ #families are #fleeing #hateful #states: more than 266,000 #young #people have moved to more #inclusive #states.

They don't want to live in #RedStates that are #legislating away their #rights.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/lgbtq-youth-flee-hateful-states-266000-young-people-have-moved-to-more-inclusive-states/

Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

#Presidential #historian foresees “#disastrous #end” for #DonaldTrump.

She said #GroverCleveland's #secondterm should be a #cautionary #tale.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/presidential-historian-foresees-disastrous-end-for-donald-trump/

Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

How The #US Became So #Dysfunctional, #Oligarchic, And #Corrupt – #OpEd

#DomesticPolitics in the #US is, superficially, dominated by incessant #public #fights between different #factions of the two ostensibly rival #PoliticalParties, thanks to the #collaboration of #establishment #media and many #socialnetworks.

https://www.eurasiareview.com/27012025-how-the-us-became-so-dysfunctional-oligarchic-and-corrupt-oped/

Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

#California #ID #standards #unchanged amid #Trump #ExecutiveOrder

The #California #DMV told #TheExaminer that the #state will continue to #issue and #update #driverslicenses and #identificationcards on which #state #residents can select #genderidentities of #male, #female or #nonbinary.

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/politics/california-id-standards-remain-amid-trump-executive-order/article_3ed51566-da9a-11ef-a563-775ac3c49eb8.html

Trump order won’t change California ID rules

State documents require gender identity, not sex at birth.

San Francisco Examiner
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

#Idaho #Republicans' #resolution to #repeal #marriageequality is '#foreshadowing' for the #US.

#Idaho's leading #LGBTQ+ #groups tell #TheAdvocate that the #state #GOP's effort to #overturn #marriageequality does not "address any of the many #issues facing #Idahoans today."

https://www.advocate.com/politics/idaho-marriage-equality-repeal-lgbtq-groups

Idaho LGBTQ+ groups slam GOP effort to overturn marriage equality

Idaho's leading LGBTQ+ groups tell The Advocate that the state GOP's effort to overturn marriage equality does not "address any of the many issues facing Idahoans today."

Advocate.com
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jan 27, 2025

#Trans #people in #Illinois prepare for the #Trump #years.

The #bluestate has been #aggressive in protecting #trans #rights, but many are still working to #protect their #health and #safety during Trump’s second presidency.

https://prismreports.org/2025/01/27/trans-rights-illinois-trump/

Trans people in Illinois prepare for the Trump years

Illinois has aggressively pursued trans rights, but many people are still working to protect their health and safety under Trump

Prism
Show threadSammiJan 27, 2025
@Susan_Larson_TN With a few exceptions they all look out for themselves so they shut up as its safer and better for them financially....