LGBQT+ News & Articles

[PrimalxConvoy]

The bill is bad, assuming it actually passes and it doesn't get torn to shreds by the courts, will decimate larger pro-lgbtq+ groups but I have a feeling the smaller sites will just move from being hosted in the US to more LGBTQ+ friendly countries. The porn industry on it's own has a pretty good history of defeating laws like this using the courts on first amendment grounds anyway, combine it with the ACLU and various LGBTQ+ organizations and they will have quite a fight on their hands if they try to implement it.

Won't Trump use tariffs and other pressures to make countries that host it stop? He's pressured Europe to stop taxing/regulating American tech-bros and Brazil for taking action against their own version of Trump...

 

[Ungnome]

Won't Trump use tariffs and other pressures to make countries that host it stop? He's pressured Europe to stop taxing/regilating American tech-bros and Brazil for taking action against their own version of Trump...

About the tariff thing... It appears the courts may be getting ready to slap down his ability to arbitrarily set them. The tariff power granted to the president by congress was only to be used in very specific circumstances and the ones he put in place don't match them. He pressured Brazil and Brazil simply said 'bring it'. They are currently being subject to Trump's retaliatory tariffs. The more countries that don't back down, the worse it gets for Trump, especially if the appeals court doesn't side with him in the Tariff case.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Right now; trumps methodology is just do jive, let it hit the appeals court, and then push it to the supreme court where they will let him keep doing the jive while they mull it over... for months and months and months.

The appeals court will probably rule against him. That's just the law. The supreme court is absolutely rogue though: so they'll issue a non-answer that lets trump keep going, or overturn hundreds of years of precedence because it's ******* trump.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

...and on a lighter note, a bit of ridicule of an anti-trans government?

 

[abates]

Florida locals defy Ron DeSantis by restoring Pulse rainbow crosswalk

People took matters into their own hands after the commemorative crosswalk was removed, and drew it back onto the ground.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Ungnome]

They should have used paint, not chalk, IMHO. Resistance has to cause the powers that be some level of discomfort to be effective. They won't even have to lift a finger to remove the crosswalk. A good rainstorm will do it for them... I'm all for marching as sign of solidarity, but we really should be at the 'aim to misbehave' part of resistance at this point. Whether that is in the form of vandalism(aka illegally restoring a memorial in this case), malicious compliance, keeping people informed of where ICE is or doxing government officials whom support the Trump regime. Pretty much anything short of actual violence, though if things keep going in the direction they are, we MIGHT have to resort to that as well.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

They should have used paint, not chalk, IMHO. Resistance has to cause the powers that be some level of discomfort to be effective. They won't even have to lift a finger to remove the crosswalk. A good rainstorm will do it for them... I'm all for marching as sign of solidarity, but we really should be at the 'aim to misbehave' part of resistance at this point. Whether that is in the form of vandalism(aka illegally restoring a memorial in this case), malicious compliance, keeping people informed of where ICE is or doxing government officials whom support the Trump regime. Pretty much anything short of actual violence, though if things keep going in the direction they are, we MIGHT have to resort to that as well.

I suppose they could make it a regular "festival" but then again, I'm sure De'Satan and cronies would just find an excuse to block the festival...

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Slovakia passes law to recognise only two sexes and restrict adoption

Critics warn the change will make life more difficult for LGBT people.

www.bbc.com

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Some Democrats Are Helping the Trump Admin's Anti-LGBTQ+ Tech Agenda​

"This op-ed from Fight for the Future, a group organizing around the internet and political power, criticizes Democrats' backing of age verification laws and attacks on Section 230 as enabling a censorious MAGA agenda...

...Top Democrats are continuing to enable Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ tech agenda in three key ways. The first is through misguided attacks on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, known as the “First Amendment” of the Internet. Section 230 specifies that online platforms like TikTok and Instagram can’t be held legally responsible for content that their users upload. It’s what prevents tech companies from being sued by billionaires and the government when people share content they don’t like. It’s why you can post on social media about a protest, or link to information on abortion and LGBTQ+ health care, and the company that owns the platform can’t be held liable and pressured to take it down. It also protects platforms from being prosecuted under discriminatory state laws that criminalize LGBTQ+ content and other “forbidden” topics and resources...

...The second way lawmakers are implementing anti-LGBTQ+ censorship is through age verification laws, which subject people to online ID checks before accessing websites that the state declares harmful to minors. One of these laws was passed in Kansas last year, where state law broadly defines “harmful to minors” to include anything depicting nonsexual “acts of homosexuality.”

Under the banner of protecting children, these laws can be used to prevent queer and trans youth from accessing information about LGBTQ+ health care and connecting with online queer communities. Age verification laws also subject LGBTQ+ people of all ages to invasive surveillance, including online government ID checks and facial recognition scans, giving state governments and the Trump administration more information they could use to attack and discriminate against queer and trans people...

...The third and final way lawmakers are advancing anti-LGBTQ+ censorship is by reintroducing KOSA, the fake online safety bill, that would establish a “duty of care” for apps and websites used by young people, requiring them to use censorship to “prevent and mitigate” harms like anxiety and depression. KOSA takes the same logic of the bans on drag shows and LGBTQ+ books and applies it to the internet, allowing censorship of a broad range of information in the name of protecting kids from real online harm.

Instead of stopping Big Tech from harming kids with surveillance and manipulative algorithms, KOSA would focus on stopping platforms from showing young people speech that the government deems harmful. And it’s being supported by Democrats, including self-styled LGBTQ+ ally Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), who recently resumed publicly pushing the bill. Blumenthal co-wrote the bill with Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and has reintroduced it in Congress every year since 2022. The most recent version of the bill was co-sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and most Democrats outside the party’s progressive wing have been consistently on board since its earlier iterations..."

(Source: - https://www.teenvogue.com/story/some-democrats-are-helping-the-trump-admins-anti-lgbtq-tech-agenda)