Source: Des Moines Register

From the article: "Singing "we shall overcome" and waving the rainbow hues of the Pride flag, LGBTQ Iowans shared a message of hope on the heels of legislation dissolving civil rights protections for trans Iowans as they rallied at the Capitol.

"Tuesday's LGBTQ Day on the Hill comes less than two weeks after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill removing gender identity as a protected class from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, the law that shields Iowans from discrimination in education, housing, employment, credit practices and public accommodations."

#Pride #AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary
#Iowa #Ignorance #Discrimination
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/11/lgbtq-day-on-the-hill-rally-iowa-capitol-civil-rights-act-trans-protections/82239518007/

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From article: "The state’s budget for suing “leftist” corporations is ballooning."

#Target #Pride #AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary
#Florida #Ignorance #USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/florida-sues-target-over-selling

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From the article: “Children do not give up their constitutional rights by enrolling in public school.”

Education #ChildrensRights
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights
#TransgenderDiscrimination
#TransgenderAwareness #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus
#Florida #USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/11th-circuit-court-finds-florida

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From the article: "The bombshell revelation from Politico is part of a disturbing trend among some Democrats."

#AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #Discrimination #GavinNewsom

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/gavin-newsom-pressured-behind-the

Source: @AssociatedPress

From the article: "A House subcommittee hearing abruptly ended on Tuesday when Texas Republican Rep. Keith Self introduced the first openly transgender lawmaker in Congress as “Mr. McBride.” Rep. Sarah McBride responded by referring to Self as “Madam Chair.” The hearing was adjourned after Democrat William Keating asked self if he had “no decency.”"

#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights
#TransgenderDiscrimination
#TransgenderAwareness
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate
#Discrimination #Ignorance

https://apnews.com/video/house-hearing-abruptly-ends-after-dispute-involving-republican-transgender-lawmaker-3c5b8d8699f143e18a5d7f668e250764

Source: @IncMagazine

From the article: "Every entrepreneur faces challenges on their way to building a successful business. LGBTQ and entrepreneurs of color face more challenges than most.

"According to the National LGBT Chammber of Commerce, just 2 percent of all LGBT-owned businesses in the U.S. are operated by transgender entrepreneurs, and the majority of LGBT businesses owners (80 percent) are also Caucasian. LGBTQ entrepreneurs of all backgrounds face an uphill battle (LGBTQ-owned businesses were 13 percent more likely to report financial troubles in 2020 than non-LGBTQ businesses, according to the Center of LGBTQ Economic Advancement and Research), but some members of the community are more affected.

As double-minorities facing unique and intersectional challenges, transgender entrepreneurs of color have no choice but to blaze their own trail. And these entrepreneurs are rising to the challenge, scaling businesses and helping fuel the $1.7 trillion contributed by LGBT-owned businesses to the U.S. economy each year.

#Transgender #PeopleOfColor #Entrepreneur #Business #AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus

https://www.inc.com/sydney-sladovnik/5-transgender-entrepreneurs-color-you-should-know.html

OK all you folks in the #LGBTQ community and our #Allies. Here's a gentle reminder that #Trangender people exist and need our help

Share if you care!

#AcceptanceMatters #TransgenderAwareness #Transrights
#LGBT #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary

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From the article: "During a meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a Republican representative, Rep. Keith Self, called transgender congresswoman the "gentleman from Delaware." Dems pushed back."

#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights #TransgenderAwareness
#TransgenderDiscrimination #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #Discrimination

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/have-you-no-decency-republican-calls

Headline: ACLU of Michigan aims to intervene after Trump admin drops transgender discrimination case

Source: @michiganadvance

From the article: "The ACLU of Michigan announced it is seeking to intervene in a federal transgender rights lawsuit after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the court it would drop the case due to President Donald Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies not to promote “gender ideology.”

"The Commission’s investigation into the case found that Asher Lucas, a transgender man, and his coworkers Regina Zaviski and Savannah Nurme-Robinson, each lost their job at a Culver’s restaurant in Clarkston after going to supervisors with concerns that Lucas was being mistreated by a fellow coworker because he is transgender.

"Following an investigation the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Culver’s and its associated business entities on Oct. 25, 2024, seeking relief for Lucas as well as Zaviski and Nurme-Robinson. However, under the Trump administration, the commission has moved to dismiss its claims in this case, as well as other workplace discrimination cases filed on behalf of transgender employees across the nation, though the ACLU notes the Supreme Court has deemed employment discrimination against transgender people a violation of federal law."

#ACLU #Michigan #EEOC #GenderIdeology #EmploymentDiscrimination #AcceptanceMatters #Transgender #TransgenderRights #Transrights #TransgenderDiscrimination #TransgenderAwareness
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #Discrimination

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https://michiganadvance.com/2025/03/06/aclu-of-michigan-aims-to-intervene-after-trump-admin-drops-transgender-discrimination-case/

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From the article: "The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care."

#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights
#TransgenderDiscrimination #GenderAffirmingCare
#TransgenderAwareness #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-german-swiss-and-austria-guidelines

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From the article: "It appears that the aircraft photos are on the chopping block simply because they use the word “gay.”"

#Gay #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus
#USMilitary #History #USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #Ignorance #Incompetence

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/enola-gay-aircraft-which-dropped

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From the article: "The memo went out on Wednesday from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at HHS, and threatens to pull funding from hospitals that do not comply."

#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights
#TransgenderDiscrimination #GenderAffirmingCare
#TransgenderAwareness
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-hhs-directive-cites-anti-lgbtq

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From the article: "Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills."

#Montana
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights
#TransgenderDiscrimination #GenderAffirmingCare
#TransgenderAwareness #TransPride #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-speeches-from-trans-dems

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From the article: "Though the opposition failed to keep the bill at bay, trans allies made their voices heard at the statehouse. Rep. Karen Lupton, a Democrat who was an evangelical for over two decades, condemned the bill in nothing less than biblical proportions.

“This bill has been spoonfed to its supporters by Christian nationalists who are bent on turning Georgia into a theocracy of their design,” she said in a speech to the state legislature. “It is religious judgment wrapped in the cloak of ‘fairness.’”"

#Georgia #ThePoliticsOfHate
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights #TransgenderDiscrimination #GenderAffirmingCare #TransgenderAwareness #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/dems-rail-against-ga-anti-trans-bill

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From the article: "The California Governor, in the launch of his new podcast, announced that he completely aligned with far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ influencer Charlie Kirk on sports, and agreed on prisons and youth care."

#California #GavinNewsom #Sports #ThePoliticsOfHate #Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights
#TransgenderDiscrimination #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/ca-gov-gavin-newsom-completely-aligns

Source: Center for American Progress

From the article: "Essentially, all employees and job seekers, a total of approximately 153 million Americans, benefit from the protections the EEOC provides. The Equal Pay Act—a law requiring equal pay for equal work that the EEOC enforces—covers virtually all employers, while other laws enforced by the EEOC apply to all but the smallest employers. Whether they work in the private sector or for the government, practically all employees and those applying for jobs are protected by the EEOC against illegal employer actions" (Annotations removed for clarity)

#EEOC #EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission #AcceptanceMatters

#Discrimination #Disabled #Ableism #ADA #Elderly #Ageism #Minorities #PeopleOfColor #Racism #Gender #Sexism #Pregnancy

#SexualOrientation #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQDiscrimination #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #TransgenderDiscrimination #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary

#HumanResources #Recruiters #TalentAcquisition

#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #ThePoliticsOfGreed

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administration-has-made-150-million-american-workers-newly-vulnerable-to-workplace-discrimination/

Rainbow Scoot

#Pride

#LGBTQIAPlus Pride

Altona Civic Centre, Civic Parade, Altona, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Land of the Yalukit-willam clan of the Boon Wurrung tribe in the Kulin nation.

https://alhs.com.au/local-history/indigenous-peoples/

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From the article: "The ruling applies nationwide, and should allow hospitals that temporarily paused care to"

#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights
#TransgenderDiscrimination #GenderAffirmingCare
#TransgenderAwareness #TransPride #Pride #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #Discrimination

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/judge-blocks-trump-trans-ban-nationwide

Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

From the article: "Colleges can and should respond to unlawful conduct, but the president does not have unilateral authority to revoke federal funds, even for colleges that allow “illegal” protests.

"If a college runs afoul of anti-discrimination laws like Title VI or Title IX, the government may ultimately deny the institution federal funding by taking it to federal court, or via notice to Congress and an administrative hearing. It is not simply a discretionary decision that the president can make.

"President Trump also lacks the authority to expel individual students, who are entitled to due process on public college campuses and, almost universally, on private campuses as well."

#FreedomOfSpeech #Protest
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate
#Oligarchy #Corruption #AbuseOfPower
#Discrimination #Racism #Immigration
#LGBTQDiscrimination #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus

https://www.thefire.org/news/statement-president-trumps-truth-social-post-threatening-funding-cuts-illegal-protests