Kansas makes Trans People’s Driver’s Licenses Invalid Overnight. 🤯
Transgender individuals in Kansas are now required to surrender their driver's licenses if they do not reflect their sex assigned at birth, as mandated by a new law that took effect on February 26, 2026. This law invalidates previously issued licenses and imposes penalties for noncompliance, including fines and potential jail time.
The fact that the bill says there's no grace period, so this takes effect immediately, is such nasty bit of bonus cruelty. It's the ultimate proof that this was truly meant only to harm and punish people, and not for any of the (still awful) other reasons they tried to pretend.
It says people must come to an office to surrender their now-invalid driver's license, and apply for a "corrected" one. Since that driver's license was instantly invalidated, it would be illegal for those people to even drive themselves to the office to do that.
#Trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #Discrimination #Justice #RuleOfLaw #Kansas #Cars
GeofCox
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Class discrimination is all about us (in some ways it almost defines British society, a society riddled with often obscured or masked but naturalised class discrimination).
However, unlike other discriminations it is not a protected characteristic under our current legislation on discrimination.... perhaps its should be?
Class discrimination is all about us (in some ways it almost defines British society, a society riddled with often obscured or masked but naturalised class discrimination).
However, unlike other discriminations it is not a protected characteristic under our current legislation on discrimination.... perhaps its should be?
The University of Tsukuba has issued an apology after one of its associate professors called foreign students “incompetent” and “troublemakers” in a social media post. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/17/japan/society/tsukuba-professor-foreign-students/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #universities #tsukubauniversity #discrimination #foreignstudents
Barack Obama criticized a lack of shame in the country's political discourse, responding to Donald Trump's social media post the former U.S. president and his wife as monkeys. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/15/world/politics/obama-trump-racist-post-reaction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #discrimination #barackobama #donaldtrump #socialmedia
Palestine has ignited something unstoppable. A global struggle for global justice. It speaks the language of rights, freedom, dignity, humanity.
I can hear it whispering: "We, The People".
@FranceskAlbs But how does Palestine and Palestinians treat LGBTIQ+?
Nartagnan ⏚
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Hum, les #Crous peuvent refuser de loger les familles ?
Ou même dans leur cas spécifique il n'y a pas d'exception et ce serait de la #discrimination à cause de la situation de famille ? 🤔
Hum, les #Crous peuvent refuser de loger les familles ?
Ou même dans leur cas spécifique il n'y a pas d'exception et ce serait de la #discrimination à cause de la situation de famille ? 🤔
The White House defended a racist video post that depicted former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes before taking it down 12 hours later. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/07/world/politics/trump-racist-obamas-post/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #barackobama #discrimination #race
pvergain (framapiaf)
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Le lien vers La Série Documentaire (France Culture) sur l'antitsiganisme recommandée par Lisa Castelly dans Abonnez-vous (Médiapart) est ici :
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/serie-vivre-dans-l-ombre-de-l-antitsiganisme
#antitsiganisme #discrimination #racisme #LaSérieDocumentaire #FranceCulture #LisaCastelly #médiapart
A Japanese court has rejected a retrial request for a decades-old case that sought to prove the unconstitutionality of sentencing a man believed to have had Hansen’s disease to death behind closed doors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/japan/crime-legal/kumamoto-retrial-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #discrimination #constitution #leprosy #kumamoto
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the government's responsibility is "extremely grave" in her meeting with victims of forced sterilization conducted under the country's now-defunct eugenics law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/22/japan/society/japan-forced-sterilization-victims/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #sanaetakaichi #eugenicprotectionlaw #eugenics #discrimination #japanesecourts #supremecourt
At a meeting with female ambassadors to Japan held at the Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called for united action to eliminate barriers facing women seeking leadership roles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/politics/takaichi-gender-barriers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #women039sissues #discrimination
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
#HackerNews #Experts #Warn #U.S. #in #Early #Stages #of #Genocide #Against #Trans #Americans #transrights #genocide #awareness #discrimination #humanrights #activism
Kathy Reid
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Impact of the 23andMe bankruptcy on preserving the public benefit of scientific data https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02423-8 #biotech #23andme #privacy #discrimination #data
Impact of the 23andMe bankruptcy on preserving the public benefit of scientific data https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02423-8 #biotech #23andme #privacy #discrimination #data
"Anti-White and anti-Black #discrimination are not like matter and antimatter; they don’t just cancel each other out. An #America where every job has racial preferences, and you have to look around for the jobs that favor your race instead of relying on individual merit and trusting the system, would clearly be a dystopia." https://open.substack.com/pub/noahpinion/p/america-has-to-feel-fair?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
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Total BS
#Trump admin says #SignLanguage services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his #image
The Trump admin is arguing that requiring real-time #ASL interpretation of events like White House press briefings “would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public,” part of a lawsuit seeking to require the White House to provide the services.
#law #discrimination #ableism
https://apnews.com/article/american-sign-language-trump-white-house-7ac33c635cdefd22154d6eb7e47d3d55
When Cocona, a member of Japanese pop group XG, came out as being transmasculine nonbinary earlier this month, they were met with words of encouragement — as well as backlash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/society/xg-cocona-nonbinary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #cocona #xg #lgbtq #discrimination
New @universityofgroningen #OpenAccess #publication in the spotlight:
➡️ Dogwhistles, #Discrimination, #Humour and the #Law: Regulating Implicit Messaging
🔗 https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.19789
Read our interview with corresponding author Jennifer Young (@facultyofartsug.bsky.social):
