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The Christian community in the U.S. reads their bibles in English, and they don’t care about the inaccuracies (many of them deliberate) that exist in those translations. They fiercely believe those translations come from God, so they must be right – no matter that there are many translations, and they often contradict each other. The danger to trans people comes from this evangelical right that believes the inaccurate translations and forget to love their neighbor.
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While assembling the stories for the news Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
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Recent anti-transgender legislation in the Sunshine State has considerably darkened people’s mood. Bills banning gender-affirming care for minors and restricting access to care for adults have been signed into law. One new law allows a parent who disapproves of their child’s gender identity to legally kidnap the child from the parent who accepts the child’s identity. These laws and others passed in red states are all based on lies told for political gain. But the laws have many transgender folks scared.
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If something has not been done about the debt ceiling that the GOP is holding hostage in just a few days the government will default on paying the debts that have already been authorized by Congress. What happens then to people, many of them members of the transgender community, who depend on government assistance to survive? Rabbah Rona has a preview.
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While assembling the stories for the news Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
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Amanita contributed to TGForum with an advice column titled Ask Amanita. She is a gender counselor and activist who advocates for the transgender community. Her spouse is a trans woman. This post is about how her wife’s transition, which Amanita fully supported, caused changes in their social standing in their community. How they had to make new friends when the old ones retreated, and how much the discrimination hurts. Share this post with any cisgender allies.
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The right wing is displaying downright paranoia over transgender people. We continue to see record numbers of attacks against trans people in the US. As a result of this, some trans activists urge trans people to arm themselves for self-defense. Why do conservatives engage in attacks, both legislative and physical? Rabbah Rona feels that much of it has to do with their interpretation of Christianity.
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Some people think that there’s no such thing as transgenderism. Some people conflate drag performers with trans women. Some people respond to lies about the transgender community. Today Sophie Lynne responds to the attacks on a minority that some people want to obliterate.
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Haters gonna hate. Hate based on lies and misinformation. The LGBTQ+ community doesn’t have an “agenda” that menaces straight white people. The existence of transgender people doesn’t take away things or threaten white, straight men. But lies spread to get votes cause real suffering. Rabbah Rona writes about the situation and suggests a possible path to rebuke the lies.
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Either by action or inaction the LGB part of GLBT is effectively dumping transgender people. The action part is currently most obvious in the UK but the inaction part is currently most obvious in the US. Dana Bevan takes a look at the situation and reports on what’s going on and suggests a solution to fix it.
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Sophie Lynne wishes everyone a peaceful holiday but wants you to know that the forces aligned against the trans community have already introduced serious anti-transgender bills. One such bill in Texas treats any attempt at helping a transgender child through gender-affirming care as child abuse and activates government forces to stop the “abuse”. See the text of the bill in Sophie’s post.
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While assembling the stories for the new Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
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In keeping with Veteran’s Day Rabbah Rona Matlow reflects on her time in the service and how she had a revelation that changed her destination in life. She knew that she was meant to rabbi. She also looks at the way the U.S. uses its military might around the world.
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Rabbah Rona Matlow writes about the Fall Festival of Sukkot. A celebration that requires Jews to make a temporary structure outside their homes. The structure is meant to remind the faithful of the image of God spreading a Sukkah or covering of Peace over them as they lay down to sleep.
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While assembling the stories for the new Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
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Rabba Rona Matlow feels that many of those who consider themselves to be Christians are not following the words of Jesus. They rely on religious texts that vary in meaning from the original texts which were written in ancient languages. The poorly translated texts that make up the evangelical Bible are what those on the right use to justify their attacks on LGBTQ+ people. Rona has studied the original scrolls that indicate God is not interested in what body houses the soul.
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Sophie Lynne is done hitting the books and composing compositions in her quest for n advanced degree. For now. She takes some time to decompress and share her thoughts on Pennsylvania politics in the race for governor and a Senate seat.
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Rabbah Rona Matlow feels it is holy work to oppose those who are working to destroy transgender rights. The only way to put a stop to the erosion of our rights is to vote progressive and liberal candidates into office to actually represent the people. Vote, help others to vote. That’s the holy work Rabbah Rona promotes.
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While assembling the stories for the new Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
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Michelle Rogers is a conservative but she has had it. It is obvious that the continual attacks on transgender persons in the political arena by the Religious Right are aimed at one of our rights after another. Their attacks have no basis if facts but are all “fake news” meant to rile people up over the existence of transgender people. Today Michelle expresses how she feels up the continual introduction of bills designed to make life harder for trans people than it already is.
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Transgender people have become disabled veterans in a percentage much higher than the general population. As we enter the Memorial Day weekend, we hold all these national heroes in our hearts, and uplift their spirits to wherever they have gone. There are currently 134,000 trans veterans and 15,000 trans Active-Duty service members. While we sacrifice for our country some people refuse to give us respect.
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Guest contributor Michelle Rogers believes that transgender people need a national organization so that they have a the clout to deal with important issues that affect trans people. She envisions a membership based organization that could apply pressure where needed to change the general public’s attitudes toward us. But who would be able to join and how would the organization be led?
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Shelley Anne interviews the author of a new book titled Trans Right. The “right” of the title is the conservative movement in the U.S. and the author is the trans woman who transitioned and kept her conservative values. Even as she admits that the members of the GOP all hate her and other LGBTQ people. Learn just what conservative principles she stands by and how she reconciles her need to be her true self with the attitude of the majority of conservatives.
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Sophie Lynne shows examples of what the new administration has done to the benefit of transgender people in the first few weeks of his administration. Then she shows how much the Republican Party has done to make laws that undermine transgender rights. It’s a stark contrast to say the least.
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With Martin Luther King day coming soon Rabbah Rona Matlow finds a connection between the struggles of the Black community fighting for quality and freedom, and the suffering of the Israelites under the foot of an insecure pharaoh in ancient Egypt.
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Claire Hall is an elected official in her local government. She won reelection and talks about how she was subjected to ugly attacks by some of the people in her town at the same time she got open-minded, loving support.
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