Happy #TransDayOfVisibility to every trans person out there! 
Even if you can't be visible for whatever reason, just remember that we still know you're there and that those of us who can be visible are being more visible for you
Sadly I'm still ill so my visibility will be purely online today, but I'm still out there!
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From the article: "The document, filed in the Trump military ban court cases, raises more questions than it answers."
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #TransgenderAwareness #LGBTQ
#USMilitary #USPolitics
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/military-will-now-ask-soldiers-if
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From the article: "It appears to be one of the largest schisms on LGBTQ policy that the Michigan Democrats have seen in recent years."
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #TransgenderAwareness #LGBTQ
#Michigan
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/eight-michigan-democrats-defect-to
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From the article: "Texas lawmakers want educators who allegedly used a child’s name and pronouns to be investigated by law enforcement."
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #TransgenderAwareness #LGBTQ
#Texas
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/abbot-directs-texas-to-consider-investigating
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From the article: "The ruling, the first of its kind, asserts that the rights of cisgender people to not have a transgender person in the same bathroom are more important than the equal protection of trans students."
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #TransgenderAwareness #LGBTQ #USPolitics
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/9th-circuit-upholds-bathroom-ban
If you ever wondered why Transgender people are concened for their safety then just read the article below and articles in the comments.
Feel free to share this post so as to help inform others.
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #TransLivesMatter
#TransgenderDiscrimination #TransgenderAwareness #LGBTQ
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #Ignorance
https://www.businessinsider.com/insider-investigation-5-years-of-transgender-homicides-2022-12
Source: @newsweek
From the article: "On January 27, 2025, with the stroke of a pen, thousands of military careers were slated for termination. That was the day President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender individuals from serving in the military. This order was not only severe in its scope but alarmingly rushed in its execution and callous in its treatment of service members who have devoted their lives to protecting our nation.
"Despite rhetoric suggesting this policy allows for nuance, the reality is absolute. The Department of Defense has abandoned any pretense of "grandfathering" transgender service members, many of whom have been serving honorably since first permitted to openly serve in 2017. These individuals—who meet all military requirements, are deployed worldwide, and serve with distinction—are now labeled unfit based on a characteristic that has nothing to do with their abilities or performance.
"This abrupt reversal represents an extraordinary betrayal of trust. Service members who came forward, often at great personal risk, under previous assurances from military leadership that they could serve as transgender troops, now face involuntary separation. As the United States Secretary of the Navy, and during my own military service, I committed to an institution that prided itself on never leaving anyone behind. Yet thousands of transgender service members are now being abandoned without regard for their years of effective and dedicated service."
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights
#TransgenderDiscrimination #GenderAffirmingCare
#TransgenderAwareness #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #Discrimination #Ignorance
#USMilitary #USNavy
https://www.newsweek.com/ex-navy-secretary-trumps-trans-military-purge-rushed-brutal-opinion-2043591
Source: @TheAdvocate4q66
From the article: "Transgender people who have served the United States in uniform in the military will no longer be treated with dignity at Veterans Affairs facilities. The Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday afternoon rescinded Directive 1341, a policy that for years ensured transgender, nonbinary, and intersex veterans received respectful, clinically appropriate health care, The Advocate has learned."
"The directive provided clear protections for these veterans against discrimination within the VA system and established standards for their care, including access to hormone therapy, mental health support, and the ability to use VA facilities in accordance with their gender identity.
"Directive 1341, officially titled Providing Health Care for Transgender and Intersex Veterans, was first issued in 2018 to affirm the VA's commitment to equitable health care for transgender and intersex veterans. It specified that transgender veterans be housed according to their gender identity in VA residential treatment programs and allowed them to use bathrooms and other facilities that align with their gender identity. The directive has undergone multiple updates, with amendments in 2020, 2023, and 2024 to strengthen LGBTQ+ health care protections further."
#Veterans #VA #DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights
#TransgenderDiscrimination #TransgenderAwareness
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #Discrimination #Ignorance
https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-veterans-policy-rescinded
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From the article: "The Texas Attorney General says that all drivers licenses and birth certificates must be reverted for trans people"
#GenderMarkers #DriversLicenses #BirthCertificates
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights
#TransgenderDiscrimination #TransgenderAwareness
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate
#Discrimination #Ignorance #Texas
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-ag-paxton-declares-court-orders
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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
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
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 executive order could impact thousands of civil rights organizations, schools, hospitals, and more."
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights
#TransgenderDiscrimination #GenderAffirmingCare
#TransgenderAwareness #Discrimination
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #Ignorance
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/trump-makes-supporting-trans-people
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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: "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
