The Trump administration can try to blackmail us, they can try to starve our schools of funding, but we will not cower or bend before them, said Councilmember Tiffany Caban, who co-chairs the LGBTQIA+ Caucus. The Trump administration sent letters demanding that New York City and other school districts rescind policies protecting transgender individuals by Sept. 23. When that deadline came and went, the White House said it would cut about $36 million in total funding for Magnet Schools Assistance Program funding in New York City alone, though cuts were also made to school districts in Chicago, Illinois, and Fairfax, Virginia.
Grande shared a post Sunday from liberal activist Matt Bernstein that included a paragraph that said, It's been 250 days. Now that immigrants have been violently torn from their families and communities have been destroyed, now that trans people have been blamed for virtually everything and live in fear, now that free speech is on the brink of collapse for us all has your life gotten better? Entertainment Weekly received a statement from the White House on the Wicked star's political statement online.
As repressive forces escalate, attempting to quash our ability to speak freely, it's as crucial as ever to listen to the voices of incarcerated people who experience extreme repression every day, yet continue to speak out. As Renaldo Hudson recently wrote in Stateville Speaks: "We cannot let the experiences of our incarcerated brothers, sisters, and siblings be dismissed. They are the frontline witnesses to a system that has normalized control over care. Their stories matter."
The scheme, which will require all working adults to obtain a digital "Brit card," is reportedly part of No. 10's plans to tackle illegal migration, according to The Guardian. Starmer said the IDs would play an "important part" in what he described as "patriotic renewal" by making it more difficult for migrants to access work in the UK. He will reportedly outline measures, which will likely include legislation, during a conference on Friday (26 September).
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Musk's gaming habits have been continually mocked after he 'rage quit' a Path of Exile 2 livestream in April over his clearly poor performance. In an effort to showcase Starlink's Wi-Fi capabilities, Musk livestreamed the video game while aboard his private jet. The broadcast was brief; however, after the game's chat function was inundated with users mocking Musk, both for his poor gaming skills and for "ruining the [US]" through his political actions while he was head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
"You know what the irony is?" King asked. "She wrote eight books about children having autonomy and the ability to make their own choices, which is possibly the most trans thing I've ever heard. She could have had these books go down as some of the greatest young-adult writing in the world - all she had to do was shut the f**k up." Rowling's views were "spitting in the space of [the author's] fandom", they added.
On Sunday (7 September) Carpenter attended the awards ceremony where she won three awards, Best Pop Artist, Best Album (for Short n' Sweet), and Best Visual Effects for "Manchild." The "Taste" singer also performed her new song, "Tears", during the show, in which she featured many RuPaul's Drag Race and queer icons. After the performance, Pascal, an ally to the LGBTQ+ community with a trans sister, Lux Pascal, took to his Instagram to celebrate Carpenter.
I have breasts. Yes! I know this may be shocking to hear - but it's true. Don't believe the hype. I'm just a regular woman who wanted to get measured for a bra. I'm not a predator, or a man pretending to be a woman. I'm just an average person living my best life. For weeks now, so-called "gender critical" activists have been talking about how awful it is that a trans woman works in M&S.
Trans people ... they're going through a wave of hate at the minute, and I think there is space to show real stories, real trans people. A lot of people out there think trans people are the enemy, f*** me. I'd like you to walk a mile in their shoes and see who the real enemy is out there to people, because the stories that I know of friends of mine and people that I've grown up with, transitions are awful, absolutely awful.
Jinkx Monsoon stated, "Well, everyone, this is how it goes. Abraham Lincoln is now a trans woman, and that's all there is to it. Since lawmakers get to rewrite history, why can't I?"
The protest comes after a leaked version of the EHRC's finalised guidance - published by The Times - will allegedly urge service providers to ban trans people from all single-sex facilities and services.
Virgin Active has revised its Club Rules to prohibit trans individuals from using changing rooms and facilities designated for their gender identity, mandating facilities based on biological sex.
