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And the bigots are now upset about a Starbucks ad. For the record, she only added one letter to her name
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Watch the vid.
'Too woke’: Starbucks faces backlash for new ad in India; here’s why
Twitterati, who previously took offence on various other advertisements including Tanishq, Orra Jewellery, and FabIndia, is now criticising the Starbucks ad that it believes is too woke for its own good.
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Nov. 5, 2024, 9:19 PM GMT-5 / Updated Nov. 5, 2024, 10:12 PM GMT-5
By Jo Yurcaba / WILMINGTON, Del. — Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride won the state’s only House seat Tuesday, NBC News projects, making her the first openly transgender person elected to Congress.
McBride, a Democrat, defeated Republican John Whalen III, taking 57.8% of the vote with 95% of the vote in.
“Tonight is a testament to Delawareans that here in our state of neighbors, we judge candidates based on their ideas and not their identities,” McBride said at Delaware’s Democratic election night celebration Tuesday night.
She thanked her friends and family and her late husband, Andy Cray, who died of cancer in 2014, just days after their wedding.
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By Jo Yurcaba / WILMINGTON, Del. — Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride won the state’s only House seat Tuesday, NBC News projects, making her the first openly transgender person elected to Congress.
McBride, a Democrat, defeated Republican John Whalen III, taking 57.8% of the vote with 95% of the vote in.
“Tonight is a testament to Delawareans that here in our state of neighbors, we judge candidates based on their ideas and not their identities,” McBride said at Delaware’s Democratic election night celebration Tuesday night.
She thanked her friends and family and her late husband, Andy Cray, who died of cancer in 2014, just days after their wedding.
Sarah McBride becomes the first out transgender person elected to Congress
McBride, a Democrat who served two terms as a state senator, wins Delaware’s only House seat, NBC News projects.
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Thank you Harriet for getting the horse in front of the cart again.
We're men.
We just can't help ourselves.
Right?
inspired by the man's prayer: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess." CBC - The Red Green Show
https://redgreen.fandom.com/wiki/Men_Anonymous
Those Canadians!
They're simply a caution !
Yes, BUT !
We're men.
We just can't help ourselves.
Right?
inspired by the man's prayer: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess." CBC - The Red Green Show
https://redgreen.fandom.com/wiki/Men_Anonymous
Those Canadians!
They're simply a caution !
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That's why conservative Muslims insist that their women cover up completely.
And it explains a few other things:
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This comment #468 might seem antagonistic to the cause.
Even if so, not maliciously so.
A century or two ago gender non-conformers didn't have access to the surgical & bio-chemical options available today.
So what did they do?
It might be encouraging to think they got on with their lives with "authentic expression", unperturbed by the sloshing tides of narrow-minded conventions.
If the one in ten quantification in #467 is approximately true, it's likely some portion of that sub-group did, or at least endeavored to.
So what's the issue?
Social acceptance?
An appeal to conscience to the nine in ten?
Difficult to address an issue without calling attention to it. But though publicizing a social issue may be essential to addressing it, publicity, awareness is insufficient on its own.
The PSA on automotive seat-belts isn't only - seat-belts, seat-belts, seat-belts - !
The message also includes follow-through: BUCKLE UP !
Bottom line, what are gender-conformers supposed to be aware of this week? What are we supposed to do?
ps:
People are people. splendid
But is it necessary for the full spectrum of non-conformers whether by gender identity, or sexual preference to make confrontational issue of their personal issue even before introduction? Even to strangers with whom there will be no enduring relationship? Like strangers at an airport?
"Your right to flail your fist ends short of where my nose begins." Those wishing to non-conform are welcome. At what point does the preference to non-conform cross the line into intrusion upon those that neither pass [condemnatory] judgement, nor wish to have such personal details inflicted on them by strangers?
This is NOT a dismissal of human dignity in all diversity. Instead, during "trans awareness week" it's a reminder, fellow citizens regardless of gender status, may benefit from respecting the gender rights of those from whom they seek it.
HAPPY TRANS AWARENESS WEEK
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Social Acceptance of LGBTI People in 175 Countries and Locations
1981 to 2020This report analyzes survey data from 175 different countries and locations to produce the Global Acceptance Index, a measure of the relative level of social acceptance of LGBTI people and rights in each country. The report was conducted as part of the Multi-Donor LGBTI Global Human Rights Initiative.
Social Acceptance of LGBTI People in 175 Countries and Locations
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I'd like to know how those numbers have changed since the data in this report was compiled.
Daily experience becomes the baseline for our perception of what is normal.
"Blemishes", dermatological imperfections such as a mole on the face may be a distraction, perceived by some to degrade appearance.
Modern medicine enables the removal of some of these blemishes, helping the individual to blend in.
But the affect is, those that don't have such blemishes removed become a smaller percentage of the population, resulting in such appearance being rarer, and therefore more attention getting.
The corresponding affects of gender alteration?
A few centuries ago individuals might not have had many options beyond clothing selection to address gender mismatch.
With individuals able to transition today, doesn't that cause those that don't seem all the more rare? More attention getting?
None of that is intended as criticism, derision. Instead it's intended to consider the consequences.
"Blemishes", dermatological imperfections such as a mole on the face may be a distraction, perceived by some to degrade appearance.
Modern medicine enables the removal of some of these blemishes, helping the individual to blend in.
But the affect is, those that don't have such blemishes removed become a smaller percentage of the population, resulting in such appearance being rarer, and therefore more attention getting.
The corresponding affects of gender alteration?
A few centuries ago individuals might not have had many options beyond clothing selection to address gender mismatch.
With individuals able to transition today, doesn't that cause those that don't seem all the more rare? More attention getting?
None of that is intended as criticism, derision. Instead it's intended to consider the consequences.
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Donald Trump's Second Presidency And The LGBTQIA+ Community
November 20, 20244:27 PM ET34-Minute Listen
After President-elect Donald Trump's win on Nov. 5, those in the LGBTQ community have expressed worry and fear. The Trevor Project's crisis hotline saw a 700 percent spike in calls following the election. And The Rainbow Youth Project surpassed its monthly average of calls in just six days after Trump's win. Couples are also rushing to get married before Trump takes office.
Trump spent millions on anti-trans ads during his campaign. And like his first term, he's promised to continue rolling back protections for LGBTQ people.
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Japanese high court rules same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
In short:
A Japanese high court has ruled the country's ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional.It is the eighth of nine rulings recently rule in favour of recognising same-sex marriages.
What's next?
Pressure for legalisation is mounting on the Japanese government, which says it is monitoring public opinion on the issue.
Japan's refusal to recognise same-sex marriage has been ruled unconstitutional by a high court, in the latest of a string of decisions examining the ban.
In Friday's ruling by the Fukuoka High Court, presiding judge Takeshi Okada noted that the current civil law provisions barring the marriage of same-sex couples violated their fundamental right to the pursuit of happiness guaranteed in the Japanese Constitution.
The court also said the ongoing ban violated sections in the constitution that guaranteed equality, individual dignity and the essential equality of both sexes.
The judge said there was no longer .....
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Unfortunate.
Majority opinion is the determinant of neither validity, nor justice.
While Japan's standard of laws is different from that in the U.S., humanity is fundamental.
Leaving civil rights to public opinion is folly.
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The Senate voted to advance its annual $895 billion defense policy bill, a signal that the legislation is on track to pass despite Democratic grumblings over a transgender care provision.
www.foxnews.com
FOX didn't include much detail.
The following from WaPo:
The House on Wednesday passed an $895.2 billion defense policy bill after Democrats blasted the inclusion of a provision — pushed at the 11th hour by Speaker Mike Johnson — to prohibit the military’s health-care system from providing specialized treatments to the transgender children of U.S. service members.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed 281-140, with fewer than half of the chamber’s Democrats voting in favor of what is typically a bipartisan piece of legislation.
The Dems. caved on this?
Senate advances NDAA, teeing up final passage for annual defense policy bill
The Senate voted to advance its annual $895 billion defense policy bill, a signal that the legislation is on track to pass despite Democratic grumblings over a transgender care provision.
www.foxnews.com
FOX didn't include much detail.
The following from WaPo:
The House on Wednesday passed an $895.2 billion defense policy bill after Democrats blasted the inclusion of a provision — pushed at the 11th hour by Speaker Mike Johnson — to prohibit the military’s health-care system from providing specialized treatments to the transgender children of U.S. service members.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed 281-140, with fewer than half of the chamber’s Democrats voting in favor of what is typically a bipartisan piece of legislation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/12/11/ndaa-pentagon-transgender-care-children/
The Dems. caved on this?
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Sad
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We may benefit from a definition of terms here S2. Here's the AHD version:
cis-
pref.
1. On this side: cisatlantic.
2. Having a pair of identical atoms or groups on the same side of a plane that passes through two carbon atoms linked by a double bond. Used of a geometric isomer: cis-2-butene.
[Latin, from cis, on this side of; see ko- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.
Might help to duplicate such definitions at Clarifying Definitions For Expanding Gender Diversity as well.
Even metaphorically I'm not sure what the intended meaning is here. &
Nice truck?