Transgender

Misgendering refers to using biological pronouns for a transgender person as opposed to pronouns that accord with their new gender identity. Deadnaming refers to using the “dead name,” the name they used before transitioning, to describe or address a transgender person. … [Read more...] about Virginia Teacher Sacked For Misgendering Transgender Student

USAID’s current acting administrator is John Barsa, who has worked in both President Donald Trump and George W. Bush administrations in various roles. Trump appointments to the agency have faced backlash for expressing incendiary views in the past, creating concern among USAID staff. USAID’s deputy White House Liaison Merritt Corrigan had remarked that America is “in the clutches of a ‘homo-empire’” that pushes a “tyrannical LGBT agenda.”  … [Read more...] about Trump Agency Pushes Gender-Neutral Pronouns On Employees, Instructs Them On ‘Gender Spectrum,’ Leaked Docs Show

“I think it is going to spread,” he continued. “We’ve seen similar developments in The United Kingdom for example where feminists who are critical of transgender politics are hounded and harassed and their meetings are closed down, simply because they think we should still have the right to talk about men and women.” … [Read more...] about California State Senate Committee Bans The Use Of ‘He’ And ‘She’ During Hearings, Then Breaks Its Own Rule

“Originalism” is a theory of constitutional and statutory interpretation that came to prominence during the Reagan administration as an alternative to the so-called notion of a living constitution embraced by progressive judges and law professors. The dominant strand of originalism, and the version that Senator Hawley was talking about during his speech on the Senate floor, dictates that judges may legitimately recognize only those rights specifically mentioned in the text of a law, or ascertainably implicit in its structure or history. In all other cases, conservative originalists argue, the majority is entitled to govern — to make moral choices — through the political process. … [Read more...] about GERBER: Legal Conservatives Should Applaud The Supreme Court’s Bostock Decision

Twitter updated its policy on hateful content, prohibiting the use of biological pronouns for persons who identify as transgender. While the social media platform prohibits misgendering transgender persons, it still has other harmful content, like hardcore pornography and sexually explicit material. Other social media platforms ban hardcore porn, but Twitter has failed to keep it off the site, calling into question what the company views as violent and harmful content. Twitter banned the use of biological pronouns to refer to transgender persons, adding a clause prohibiting the practice to its policy regarding hateful conduct. … [Read more...] about Twitter Bans Misgendering Trans People. It’s Still Full Of Hardcore Porn