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Hegseth’s cool with gender-affirming care if it’s for the bros
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (469+ words) Bad news: President Donald Trump’s campaign promise not to start any “new wars” didn’t pan out. Good news: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just cleared those in the battlefield to start pumping themselves full of testosterone so they can improve their…...
Transgender Victory! HHS stops Threatening Hospitals over Gender Affirming Care
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (337+ words) Do to massive pushback Health and Human Services has shelved proposed rules that would have ended medicare and medicaid payments to hospitals that provide transgender affirming care. During the comment period HHS received over 30,000 comments overwhelming opposing the proposed rules…...
The fight over trans girls’ sports participation moves to the November ballot
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1001+ words) Ballot measures seeking to restrict transgender student-athletes’ participation in school sports will appear before voters in Arizona, Colorado and Washington state. By Brooke Migdon for The 19th Legislatures in left-leaning states have consistently rejected bills that would bar transgender student-athletes from…...
What is the proper response to the White House press release including the words “Eliminate Transgender Insanity”?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (195+ words) This is probably going to be a short diary, but I hadn’t seen this posted here so I wanted to make sure more people saw it. Also if you are trans and having a bad day this may be something…...
GOPhascism’s gender-inspection mania led by an ‘auction inspector’ is now SCOTUS-approved.
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (182+ words) In January 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice published, and then removed, a document that contained allegations that President Donald Trump hosted “calendar girl” parties where late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein would bring children to be auctioned off and Trump would “measure…...
The purity trap: Pro-transgender candidate is chased from a trans rights event over Gaza
2+ week, 3+ day ago (790+ words) “If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist.” – Ed Koch, former Mayor of New York People’s overall political beliefs are a compilation of stances…...
Pride Parade
2+ week, 4+ day ago (55+ words) Daily Kos This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. We'll get straight to the point: The financial hardships that Daily Kos is facing this year are tough. This content was created by a…...
Reprehensible: Trans-rights Senator forced to flee San Francisco Trans March
2+ week, 4+ day ago (536+ words) A half dozen antisemitic protesters put their hate on blast Friday shouting foul slurs at Jewish State Senator Scott Wiener, forcing him to leave the San Francisco trans march. Their reason according to them, for the hateful display was his…...
Even in blue states, hospitals have continued to drop gender-affirming care for youths
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1067+ words) By Karen Brown, New England Public Media, for KFF One afternoon in late 2024, a sixth-grader nicknamed Bug came home from school with an announcement to make. Bug, who was assigned female at birth, told his parents he was a boy…...
MAGA ‘celebs’ step up to pay homophobic MLB players’ fines
4+ week, 1+ day ago (725+ words) When Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer wrote “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” in 1908, they seemingly left out the lyrics about using America’s greatest pastime to promote Christianity. However, San Francisco Giants players didn’t forget to push their religion…...