The only response from Mike Pence is from his spokeswoman who stated that the claim is completely false. The claim made by gay figure skater and LGBT rights championioner Adam Rippon was in response to commenting that he was not looking forward to meeting Mike Pence, someone who supported “ex-gay” or conversion therapy, as is tradition for olympic athletes to meet the president and vice president. This is almost a blatant lie by the spokeswoman, Pence voted against a bill that would have suppressed conversion therapy, supported the military keeping the homophobic “don’t ask don’t tell” policy, or replacing it with the older policy banning LGBT individuals from serving. This is nothing more than another lie from a member of the Trump Administration, one who has done nothing but support the destruction of LGBT rights.
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The LGBT Candidate Running Against a Man Who Denounced Gay Marriage
Joan Greene a supporter and member of the LGBT community is running for election as a representative for Arizona’s 5th Congressional district for the Democratic Party. Her opponent current representative Andy Biggs has said previously that gay marriage “is an affront,” as well as being a support of strict anti-immigration policy, and helped to enact stricter anti-abortion laws in the state. Joan on the other hand rescues dogs who need medical care, and runs a buisness that raises awareness and money for nonprofits. She puts forth that
“My greatest goal is to close the gap between those who have and those who have not. We are now the voice for the voiceless and we’re giving back to the people.”
The LGBT Candidate Running Against a Man Who Denounced Gay Marriage
Trump will give healthcare workers the right to refuse to treat LGBT people
THIS SHOULD ENRAGE ALL OF US!
The Trump administration is considering a new “religious freedom” rule that would allow healthcare workers to refuse to treat LGBT patients.“
Please… read that again.WOULD. ALLOW. HEALTHCARE. WORKERS. TO. REFUSE. LGBT. PEOPLE.
#RESIST
He’s done more than “consider a rule”
He’s even created an entire division that fields complaints that these people would make in case someone tries to strong arm them to do it!
He even created a website hot button that use a help desk so it can get you a representative!
We knew they’d try harder after the trans band failed.
this is murder.
Trans women have already been denied care by emergency responders, and died as a result, that has already happened. Now that fucker wants to bring that back, with legal protections for killers who do that.
That is murder. Make no mistake, this will kill people.
While this will affect all LGBT people this is specifically targeted at trans people. Now instead of just having to worry about getting basic gender affirmation care, a trans person (or any other LGBT person for the matter) can just be left in the middle of the road bleeding out after a Nazi tries to kill us.
This is also way more than just a theoretical as stated in the article Bush-era legislature that allowed this allowed at least one transgender woman to die, as she could not get to a doctor in time!
Trump will give healthcare workers the right to refuse to treat LGBT people
So i guess ill apologize for the lack of content. For a quick summary I did most of these during school hours and my ipad (how i can use the internet during school) broke, so i kinda gave up i will be doing less occasional weekend updates now
Wandered into an article with 140 iconic cinematic shots, the comments complained there was no explanation to their composition. Decided to give it a run down and keep it to myself.
The compositions are mostly self explanatory but I wanted to see what patterns I could find. That’s just how you learn stuffs.
I think that to be able to share my experience and views without being criticized or judged was one of my favourite things of this week, and thanks to the acceptance of this community I’m finally able to identify myself as a proud asexual.
Thanks for the support, and
(probably late)happy asexual awareness week!Description: 3 asexual affirmation gifs.
gif 1: “Not invisible,” words shaking back and forth, blue person outline on blue background that says “not invisible” over and over in small writing
gif 2: “Not Broken,” words shaking back and forth, dark-skinned cutie with short hair/half-shaved haircut on an orange background that says “not broken” over and over
gif 3: “Accepted,” words shaking back and forth and hearts bouncing around in the back, long-haired cutie smiling and crying with their eyes closed on an ace flag background that says “accepted loved important” in small letters over and over except on the white stripe
Illinois bans “gay panic defense”
Starting yesterday, Illinois has become the second state in the country to ban the “gay panic defense,” in which murderers can justify violence by citing their shock at learning a victim was LGBTQ.
The tactic is often used by those who hurt their gay or transgender partners or love interests, or by those who lash out violently against a person who expresses interest in them. According to the AP, “There are variations, but it generally goes like this: A person doesn’t realize someone is gay or transgender and engages in a flirtation, then discovers that person’s sexual orientation [or gender identity] and that discovery triggers a passionate involuntary response such as murder.”
Activists for LGBTQ rights often point to the 1998 case of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old college student who was beaten to death by two men, one of whom claimed the victim had made sexual advances toward him.
The activists say they hope the law, which was approved by Illinois lawmakers in May and signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner in August, will provide momentum toward passing similar measures in other states.
“This new law ensures LGBTQ people are not blamed for the violence perpetrated against them simply because of who they are,” Brian C. Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, said in a statement shortly after Rauner signed the law.
California is the only other state where this is illegal, and the American Bar Association called for it to be banned several years ago. Here’s hoping Illinois sparks a movement of similar laws around the country.
I’m horrified that this “Gay Panic” bullshit was ever allowed to be used in any court in the first place
FYI: this does NOT ban the Trans Panic defense. it was specifically amended such that it would still be ok to kill someone after finding out they were transgender. as originally introduced it banned both defenses, but someone was like “no, it should still be OK to kill trans people” and this was approved by the assembly. so this is not a victory for “LGBTQ” people, it’s a victory for LG people and a disgusting, horrifying affirmation of the state’s visceral, murderous hatred of trans people.
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U.S. high court turns away dispute over gay worker protections
The United States Supreme court turned away a case in which a woman was fired for being a lesbian. The woman was working as a security guard and challenged the case in a lower district court, and lost she then appealed to the supreme court who denied her saying that they agree with the previous national district court ruling that title IX does not specify sexual orientation and therefore does not apply and this discrimination, while being discrimination is legally allowed. The court shutting this down means that it did not pass the rule of four which means that three or less of the judges disagree with this. With Donald Trump as president with some old justices he could replace those who disagreed even. This is a scary time in America and I remind everyone to stay safe.
U.S. high court turns away dispute over gay worker protections
Queer Math 