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#transrightsarehumanrights

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MikeDunnAuthor

Do Protests Work?

New York lawmakers are following the lead of the Tesla Takedown movement by threatening to shut down the state's Tesla stores.

Will this end the fascist takeover of the U.S.? End capitalism? Stop Trump's assaults on trans folks, immigrants, women, people of color, and the working class? His threats to the rest of the planet?

Of course not. But who doesn't enjoy seeing his "ketamine-fueled jester" hemorrhage money?

politico.com/news/2025/03/26/n

#trump#MAGA#musk
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DoomsdaysCW

#BreakingNews - Federal #DHHS refers #Maine to #JusticeDepartment for enforcement of ‘noncompliance with #TitleIX’

The office announced the referral in a post on social media shortly after 5 p.m.

by Daniel Kool, March 28, 2025, 5:49pm

"The federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights referred Maine to the Justice Department for enforcement of what it alleges are Title IX violations stemming from allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sports.

"The office announced the referral in a post on social media shortly after 5 p.m.
'HHS will continue to protect women’s sports and keep the promises of Title IX for America’s women and girls,' the office said.

"The announcement comes a day after Maine officials refused to sign a proposed agreement to stop allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ high school sports by a Thursday deadline.

"Maine officials refuse to sign Trump agreement on transgender athletes
A spokesperson for Attorney General Aaron Frey’s office declined to comment Friday evening.

"Spokespeople for Gov. Janet Mills did not immediately return a request for comment. The Justice Department did not immediately return questions about its next steps and potential enforcement actions submitted through its media portal."

Original article:
pressherald.com/2025/03/28/fed

Archived version:
archive.md/6jnDs
#MaineResists #ProtectTransKids #TransgenderAthletes #Fascism #Resistance #EducationFunds #USPol #MainePol #TrumpIsABully #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Press Herald · Federal DHHS refers Maine to Justice Dept. for enforcement of ‘noncompliance with Title IX’The office announced the referral in a post on social media shortly after 5 p.m.
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DoomsdaysCW

#Trump administration targets #Maine again, this time on #transgender policy in schools

The U.S. #DepartmentOfEducation. which Trump wants to abolish, is investigating whether dozens of Maine school districts are violating or misusing federal privacy laws and infringing on parents’ rights.

by Eric Russell, March 28, 2025

"The Trump administration is once again targeting Maine over its policies on transgender youth.

"The U.S. Department of Education – an agency the president is trying to abolish – announced Friday it has initiated an investigation into Maine’s Department of Education over allegations that school districts in the state are violating the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (#FERPA).

"Specifically, the federal agency says school districts are allowing officials to create 'gender plans' that support a transgender student’s identity but then not making those plans available to parents.

"A similar investigation was launched in #California this week.

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"Schools in Maine have been caught in a legal gray area between respecting student privacy and parents’ rights to be informed when it comes to children’s expression of gender identity while at school. Many youth live in families whose members might not be supportive of their gender identity.

"The Trump administration already has been investigating Maine for allowing #TransgenderAthletes to compete, something that is allowed under the #MaineHumanRightsAct but defies an executive order the president signed in February. This month, the administration found that Maine violated the federal law known as #TitleIX and warned that if the state didn’t make changes, it would risk referral to the U.S. Department of Justice and the potential loss of tens of millions of dollars in federal funding.

"The announcement from the U.S. Department of Education this week also warns that if any Maine district is found in violation of the federal privacy act, it could lose federal funding. It’s unclear how that will play out, though, because Trump is trying to eliminate the education department at the federal level.

"A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Education did not immediately respond Friday to questions about the investigation. A spokesperson for the Maine Attorney General’s Office declined to comment.

"Trump and his supporters have elevated transgender rights as the biggest battle in the country’s culture war and believe their messaging is a political winner, even beyond traditional party lines.

"In addition to his executive order barring transgender girls or women from competing in athletics, Trump signed another that says the federal government would only recognize two genders, male and female, a move some advocates said was designed to erase transgender individuals from existence.

"Many states, Maine included, have strong protections for transgender individuals."

Read more:
pressherald.com/2025/03/28/tru

Archived version:
archive.md/b6gpf
#MainePol #USPol #MaineResists #ProtectTransYouth #TrumpIsABully #Education #Authoritarianism #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Press Herald · Trump administration targets Maine again, this time on transgender policy in schoolsThe U.S. Department of Education, which Trump wants to abolish, is investigating whether dozens of Maine school districts are violating or misusing federal privacy laws and infringing on parents’ rights.
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DoomsdaysCW

#MaineResists! #Maine officials refuse to sign #Trump agreement on #TransgenderAthletes

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said earlier this month that it would give state and local officials in Maine 10 days to sign a proposed agreement banning transgender athletes or the state would risk referral to the U.S. Department of Justice.

by Rachel Ohm, March 27, 2025

"Leaders of the Maine Principals’ Association and Greely High School say they will not sign a proposed agreement from the Trump administration requiring Maine to stop allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ high school sports.

"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services gave the Maine Department of Education, Maine Principals’ Association and Greely High School 10 days to sign a proposed resolution agreement in response to its findings that Maine violated federal #TitleIX law by allowing a transgender high school student to compete in a girls’ indoor track championship last month.
Thursday marks 10 days since the Maine entities were notified of #DHHS’ findings and presented with a proposed resolution.

"'In a letter to the community Thursday, the school board of School Administrative District 51, which includes Greely High School, said the district will not sign the agreement.

"'As stated during our Board meeting on March 6th, MSAD 51 will continue to follow state law and the #MaineHumanRightsAct (#MHRA),' the letter said. 'Compliance with the proposed (agreement) would be a violation of current Maine law.'

"A spokesperson for the #MPA said Wednesday it also will not sign the agreement. The MPA also sent a letter to DHHS last week saying the federal agency doesn’t have any jurisdiction over the private non-profit organization and asking it to dismiss its finding of a violation.

"'The Maine Principals’ Association is bound by the law, including the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA), which our participation policy reflects,' the MPA said in a statement Wednesday. 'We are unable to sign any resolution agreement that would mandate we create a new policy that would violate the law and MHRA. As such, we have not signed and will not sign the resolution agreement sent by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.'"

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"The Trump administration has said it could refer the findings to the U.S. Department of Justice if the agreement is not signed. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has also threatened to sue Maine if the state refuses to comply with Trump’s executive order calling for a nationwide ban on transgender student-athletes.

Read more:
pressherald.com/2025/03/27/mai

Archived version:
archive.md/itxCl
#Resistance #ResistAuthoritarianism #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransgenderRights #TrumpIsABully #USPol #District13

Press Herald · Maine officials refuse to sign Trump agreement on transgender athletesThe Maine Principals' Association and Greely High School said it would violate Maine law for them to sign the agreement requiring the barring of transgender athletes.
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Autonomie und Solidarität

#Kurzhaarverbot für Frauen in #Arkansas #USA

Wie sich anti-Wokeness manifestiert

Neuer Tiefpunkt in der trans- und frauenfeindliche Politik unter Donald Trump: Republikaner im Bundesstaat Arkansas fordern ein Kurzhaarverbot für minderjährige Frauen.....

perspektive-online.net/2025/03

perspektive-online.netWie sich anti-Wokeness manifestiert: Kurzhaarverbot für Frauen in ArkansasNeuer Tiefpunkt in der trans- und frauenfeindliche Politik unter Donald Trump: Republikaner im Bundesstaat Arkansas fordern ein Kurzhaarverbot für minderjährige Frauen. Mit Signalwirkung – Ein Kommentar von Alexandra Mangolia.
#Fascism#Trump#Diskriminierungn
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Broadwaybabyto

The U.S. has become a fascist state. People are being grabbed off the streets and illegally detained, deported and disappeared.

Marginalized groups are watching their civil rights vanish.

Disabled people are fighting funding cuts, threats to healthcare and mask bans.

Tourists from Canada, the UK and Germany been detained for weeks without any form of due process.

It is no longer a safe place. Stop traveling there. Stop vacationing there. Stop looking the other way and get radicalized. Get involved. Find ways to resist.

Whatever happens, don’t tell people to “just leave”. People are trapped. It costs money, time and resources that most don’t have to be able to relocate. Many countries would take you if you’re disabled or trans. Leaving is NOT the answer.

We have to recognize this as a powerful moment of intersectionality and work together to save as many lives as we can.

There are more of us than there are of them.

Also don’t be afraid to take breaks. You don’t need to be informed 24/7. You don’t need to fight every battle. Rest and recharge when needed.

And please wear a mask. It’s much easier to resist when you have your health. Include disabled people in the resistance effort. We have so much to offer. Don’t leave us behind.

#uspoli#fascism#resist
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Rob Hadley

The chair of #transgender studies at the University of Victoria is worried about attendance at this year's Moving Trans History Forward conference, with expectations of a 40 per cent drop in numbers.

Aaron Devor says potential U.S. attendees are reluctant to cross the border — not because of what might happen when they enter Canada, but what could happen when they try to return to the United States. 

cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

CBC · Organizer of transgender history conference in Canada says U.S. participants now afraid to cross the borderBy Nono Shen
#USpoli#transrightsarehumanrights
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GailWaldby@bsky.social

The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would remove all trans health care from required care from insurance plans on health care exchanges and Medicare and Medicaid.

The rule is under a public comment period until April 11th, so please comment.

Article about proposed change kff.org/private-insurance/issu

Link to the proposed rule and a place to leave public comments federalregister.gov/documents/

KFFNew Rule Proposes Changes to ACA Coverage of Gender-Affirming Care, Potentially Increasing Costs for Consumers | KFFThis brief examines a proposed rule that seeks to change how ACA plans would cover gender affirming care services. If finalized the rule could lead insurers to drop coverage or shift costs to individuals and states, making access to gender affirming care more difficult.
#TransRights#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Ned Yeung

Reminder that Bible passages which have been weaponized against homosexuality using bad English translations, were actually about pedophilia. The bigots began to equate pedophilia with homosexuality, which is not accurate to other language translations of the Bible, nor the previous 2,000 years of Christian theology. This lie is completely in line with Conservative ideology, which is always claiming that "queers are targeting our children" and that "drag is pedophilia", and the existence of queer kids is used as proof of "grooming" instead of proof of natural diversity.

um-insight.net/perspectives/ha

Note: This source is the United Methodist Church, a fundamental, traditionalist denomination which used to ban homosexuals from ministry, and only changed their stance last year (though this article is older than that, it has been a point of division in the church for a while). Just to show that this is not biased.

United Methodist Insight · Has 'Homosexual' Always Been in the Bible?A scholar uncovers evidence that the Greek word translated as "homosexual" in modern versions of the Bible actually meant something quite different to its originators.
#transrightsarehumanrights#transrights#GenderEquality
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DoomsdaysCW

#Trump's #TransgenderRights rollbacks prompt allies to adjust travel warnings

by Avery Lotz, March 23, 2025

"Several European countries have adjusted travel guidelines for citizens seeking to enter the U.S. as the Trump administration has implemented several rollbacks on #transgender rights.

"The big picture: #Finland, #Denmark and #Germany urged cautionary planning for #trans and #nonbinary travelers seeking to enter the U.S. following an executive order requiring the federal government to recognize only two sexes: male and female.

- The advisory changes come as citizens from several European countries and beyond have been detained by U.S. immigration authorities over issues with travel visas.

[...]

"The Trump administration has made rolling back rights for transgender Americans a key priority of its early days in office, targeting military service, gender-affirming care, sports participation, federal recognition and other aspects of everyday life.

- References to trans Americans — and other minority groups — have been wiped across federal websites.
- However, many of the administration's measures have hit legal barriers in court."

Read more:
axios.com/2025/03/23/allies-is
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Authoritarianism #GenderFascism

A British Airways plane is in the air as it lands at San Francisco International Airport.
Axios · Trump's transgender rights rollbacks prompt allies to adjust travel warningsBy Avery Lotz
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