MikeDunnAuthor
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

Imagine a world in which you can lose your job for calling someone by their chosen name. Welcome to today's world of teaching. In Florida, you can be fired for calling your students by their chosen name without parental consent. That's what happened to Melissa Calhoun.

Her district's superintendent said that parental input can’t be ignored. But what if the parents are just plain wrong?

No matter. SCOTUS gave a ruling earlier this year that essentially made parental input is the ONLY thing that matters. Parents across the nation can now exempt their child from any and all curriculum that "goes against their religious beliefs." This would allow parents to exempt their kids from any of the standards, including evolution, in biology, or the Civil Rights movement, in U.S. history.

From the teachers' and schools' perspective, this completely throws the concept of teaching standards out the window. It makes it pointless for teachers to plan curriculum in advance since they wouldn't know until the last minute which students, if any, would be allowed to learn it. And it would significantly increase teachers' workload since they must create alternative curriculum for students who are exempted.

https://apnews.com/article/florida-lgbtq-education-desantis-fc8c37368bca9cfd33b6676576c78f06

#transrightsarehumanrights #lgbtq #transphobia #education #schools #students #freespeech #censorship #fascism
MikeDunnAuthor
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

Imagine a world in which you can lose your job for calling someone by their chosen name. Welcome to today's world of teaching. In Florida, you can be fired for calling your students by their chosen name without parental consent. That's what happened to Melissa Calhoun.

Her district's superintendent said that parental input can’t be ignored. But what if the parents are just plain wrong?

No matter. SCOTUS gave a ruling earlier this year that essentially made parental input is the ONLY thing that matters. Parents across the nation can now exempt their child from any and all curriculum that "goes against their religious beliefs." This would allow parents to exempt their kids from any of the standards, including evolution, in biology, or the Civil Rights movement, in U.S. history.

From the teachers' and schools' perspective, this completely throws the concept of teaching standards out the window. It makes it pointless for teachers to plan curriculum in advance since they wouldn't know until the last minute which students, if any, would be allowed to learn it. And it would significantly increase teachers' workload since they must create alternative curriculum for students who are exempted.

https://apnews.com/article/florida-lgbtq-education-desantis-fc8c37368bca9cfd33b6676576c78f06

#transrightsarehumanrights #lgbtq #transphobia #education #schools #students #freespeech #censorship #fascism
TransActual
@transactualuk@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that… we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised...” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography

#Trans#Transgender#NonBinary#Positivity#TransJoy#TransRights#TransRightsAreHumanRights#LGBTQI#LGBTQ#LGBTI#LGBT

Photo of Sabah with a bunch of pink and yellow flowers. Sabah is of Asian descent and wears round sunglasses with orange and pink lenses and a Hawaiian shirt. The background is yellow. The trans flag runs along the bottom of the image. Text:“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that. Because we don’t get seen - beautiful gender non-conforming hairy bodies like this, we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised, and that’s where that Gender Euphoria comes in for me – it's not talking about gender at all - it's being happy and simply feeling good.” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography
Photo of Sabah with a bunch of pink and yellow flowers. Sabah is of Asian descent and wears round sunglasses with orange and pink lenses and a Hawaiian shirt. The background is yellow. The trans flag runs along the bottom of the image. Text:“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that. Because we don’t get seen - beautiful gender non-conforming hairy bodies like this, we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised, and that’s where that Gender Euphoria comes in for me – it's not talking about gender at all - it's being happy and simply feeling good.” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography
Photo of Sabah with a bunch of pink and yellow flowers. Sabah is of Asian descent and wears round sunglasses with orange and pink lenses and a Hawaiian shirt. The background is yellow. The trans flag runs along the bottom of the image. Text:“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that. Because we don’t get seen - beautiful gender non-conforming hairy bodies like this, we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised, and that’s where that Gender Euphoria comes in for me – it's not talking about gender at all - it's being happy and simply feeling good.” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography
TransActual
@transactualuk@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that… we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised...” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography

#Trans#Transgender#NonBinary#Positivity#TransJoy#TransRights#TransRightsAreHumanRights#LGBTQI#LGBTQ#LGBTI#LGBT

Photo of Sabah with a bunch of pink and yellow flowers. Sabah is of Asian descent and wears round sunglasses with orange and pink lenses and a Hawaiian shirt. The background is yellow. The trans flag runs along the bottom of the image. Text:“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that. Because we don’t get seen - beautiful gender non-conforming hairy bodies like this, we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised, and that’s where that Gender Euphoria comes in for me – it's not talking about gender at all - it's being happy and simply feeling good.” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography
Photo of Sabah with a bunch of pink and yellow flowers. Sabah is of Asian descent and wears round sunglasses with orange and pink lenses and a Hawaiian shirt. The background is yellow. The trans flag runs along the bottom of the image. Text:“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that. Because we don’t get seen - beautiful gender non-conforming hairy bodies like this, we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised, and that’s where that Gender Euphoria comes in for me – it's not talking about gender at all - it's being happy and simply feeling good.” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography
Photo of Sabah with a bunch of pink and yellow flowers. Sabah is of Asian descent and wears round sunglasses with orange and pink lenses and a Hawaiian shirt. The background is yellow. The trans flag runs along the bottom of the image. Text:“I don’t think we as trans people, particularly trans people of colour, get spaces where we can simply look good and where it doesn’t go deeper than that. Because we don’t get seen - beautiful gender non-conforming hairy bodies like this, we don't get celebrated in this way that's not fetishised, exoticised, or medicalised, and that’s where that Gender Euphoria comes in for me – it's not talking about gender at all - it's being happy and simply feeling good.” Sabah with photo credit to @hollyrevellphotography
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Trans Rescue
@trans_rescue@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

A passenger we previously moved to a safe intermediate country has reached a Scandanavian country, where she will be able to live permanently. It's been a very long road for hr - longer than a complete circuit of the globe.

Doing this is expensive. Please, if you can help, do:

https://transrescue.org/donations/donate

@lgbtqia
@lgbtq
@queer
@QueerNewsat
@QueerNews_2024
#trans#TransRights #migration
#USPol#UKPol
#Trans#Refugee#Migration#Transgender#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Trans Rescue
@trans_rescue@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

A passenger we previously moved to a safe intermediate country has reached a Scandanavian country, where she will be able to live permanently. It's been a very long road for hr - longer than a complete circuit of the globe.

Doing this is expensive. Please, if you can help, do:

https://transrescue.org/donations/donate

@lgbtqia
@lgbtq
@queer
@QueerNewsat
@QueerNews_2024
#trans#TransRights #migration
#USPol#UKPol
#Trans#Refugee#Migration#Transgender#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Jessie Kirk • 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇪🇺 • 🇺🇦 🇵🇸
@thejessiekirk@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Institutional transphobia: an effective total ban from all so-called "single-sex spaces" for all trans people, regardless of which one you use.

We all knew it was coming.

I quite like being able to go outside in public sometimes, and the bigots have made that almost impossible.

But I'm NOT going to comply. I shall pee where I please. Bite me.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#EHRC

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25375715.trans-people-face-total-ban-single-sex-spaces-ehrc-rules/
TransActual
@transactualuk@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

"I'm looking forward to growing old as a trans woman. I'm about to start my journey of transition hopefully soon so the idea of aging was scary at first but I am going to embrace the grey hairs and become a silver Vixen!"

"I'm looking forward to growing old as a trans woman."

#Trans#Transgender#NonBinary#Positivity#TransJoy#TransRights#TransRightsAreHumanRights#LGBTQI#LGBTQ#LGBTI#LGBT
TransActual
@transactualuk@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

"I'm looking forward to growing old as a trans woman. I'm about to start my journey of transition hopefully soon so the idea of aging was scary at first but I am going to embrace the grey hairs and become a silver Vixen!"

"I'm looking forward to growing old as a trans woman."

#Trans#Transgender#NonBinary#Positivity#TransJoy#TransRights#TransRightsAreHumanRights#LGBTQI#LGBTQ#LGBTI#LGBT

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
@Lazarou@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Mariah Carey is for Trans Rights!

But note how the BBC do not explain what her "Protect the Dolls" reference is about, (it's specially about Trans rights and the current assault on Femmes)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlzk691ynko

#MariahCarey#Pride#Brighton#LGBTQIA#TransRightsAreHumanRights#ProtectTheDolls

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Natasha Jay 🇪🇺
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"It has been six years since the Gender Autonomy Act was passed in Iceland. In those six years, none of the usual fears that anti-trans advocates warn against have manifested - and trans people, non-binary people and intersex people have enjoyed increased rights and protections."

"The law allowed people to change name and legal gender marker by filling in a form with the national registry (no medical diagnosis required), non-binary people were legally recognised and can get ID accordingly, and health care for young people was enshrined in law."

Planet earth calling UK, are you there ...?

Thread 🧵 here -
https://bsky.app/profile/uglastefania.bsky.social/post/3lslht7bhck22

#Trans#Transrights#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Natasha Jay 🇪🇺
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"It has been six years since the Gender Autonomy Act was passed in Iceland. In those six years, none of the usual fears that anti-trans advocates warn against have manifested - and trans people, non-binary people and intersex people have enjoyed increased rights and protections."

"The law allowed people to change name and legal gender marker by filling in a form with the national registry (no medical diagnosis required), non-binary people were legally recognised and can get ID accordingly, and health care for young people was enshrined in law."

Planet earth calling UK, are you there ...?

Thread 🧵 here -
https://bsky.app/profile/uglastefania.bsky.social/post/3lslht7bhck22

#Trans#Transrights#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Alex Lloyd
@AlexLloyd@toot.wales  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Always remember, Trans & NonBinary folk have always existed and are valid. You and I deserve to be treated as equal. Have a great week y'all... 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
#TransPeopleHaveAlwaysExisted#TransRightsAreHumanRights#TransPride#ProudToBeTrans#LGBTQ

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Alex Lloyd
@AlexLloyd@toot.wales  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Always remember, Trans & NonBinary folk have always existed and are valid. You and I deserve to be treated as equal. Have a great week y'all... 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
#TransPeopleHaveAlwaysExisted#TransRightsAreHumanRights#TransPride#ProudToBeTrans#LGBTQ

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a black background with the words trans people have always existed