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Zooey Zephyr: Silenced for Speaking the Truth.

by planet eddie|  April 23, 20235:36 pm| 63 Comments

This post is in: LGBTQ Rights, The State of Being Trans in America, Assholes, Bad Ass Women, Blatant Liars and the Lies They Tell, Disinformation is a motherfucker, Fucked-up-edness, Get Angry

Zooey Zephyr, the first openly transgender person to be elected to the state legislature in Montana, is being silenced in by the Montana Republican Party for speaking the truth, which is that gender-affirming medical care is a matter of life or death for trans youth. She’s a total badass.

From the AP:

On Tuesday as the House was debating Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’s proposed amendments to a measure banning gender-affirming care for minors, Zephyr spoke up in reference to the body’s opening prayer.

“I hope the next time there’s an invocation, when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands,” she said.

House Majority Leader Sue Vinton, a Republican, immediately called Zephyr’s comments inappropriate and disrespectful. That evening, a group of conservative lawmakers known as the Montana Freedom Caucus demanded her censure and deliberately referred to Zephyr using male pronouns in their letter and a Tweet. That’s known as misgendering — using pronouns that don’t match a person’s gender identity.

Zephyr had upset legislative leaders with emotional testimony previously this session.

She made a similar “blood on your hands” comment the first time the House heard the bill and has also given emotional testimony indicating bills that attack LGBTQ+ rights will lead to suicide.

“When there are bills targeting the LGBTQ community, I stand up to defend my community,” Zephyr told The Associated Press after she was silenced Thursday. “And I choose my words with clarity and precision, and I spoke to the real harms that these bills bring.”

Medical experts agree that gender affirming care saves lives. This has been backed up by the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Medical Association.

Notice how her colleagues call for civility while misgendering Zooey:

Our Caucus is calling for the immediate censure of transgender Rep. Zooey Zephyr after his threatening and deeply concerning comments on the House floor earlier today. #mtpol pic.twitter.com/fDggbLKsJS

— Montana Freedom Caucus (@MTFreedomCaucus) April 19, 2023

On the one hand, the GOP doesn’t give a damn if trans kids kill themselves. On the other hand, someone hurt their feelings by saying that out loud. Both sides, right?

It is exhausting how the GOP continues to simply lie about the extensive research that has been done in regards to trans healthcare, and act like their actions are moral or rational. This takedown by Jon Stewart of Leslie Rutledge, the Arkansas Attorney General, remains one of the best I’ve seen if you haven’t had a chance to watch it.

Jon interviewed Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas Attorney General, about why her state banned gender-affirming care for minors – ignoring the guidelines of major medical organizations and taking the decision out of parents’ hands. Watch the full interview on @AppleTVPlus pic.twitter.com/4SoH3orWa6

— The Problem With Jon Stewart (@TheProblem) October 7, 2022

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Live Free Or Die! For Men Only? (Women’s March)

by WaterGirl|  October 3, 202111:20 am| 96 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Political Action, The War On Women, Bad Ass Women

More photos from the Women’s March yesterday!

The first two are from Kattails.

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Who else went to the Women’s March yesterday?  If you have pics, it’s not too late to send them in; I will post them here in the comments.

Update:  photo from Laura Too:

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This Land Is My Land (Women’s March)

by WaterGirl|  October 2, 20212:50 pm| 105 Comments

This post is in: Political Action, Politics, The War On Women, Bad Ass Women

Elizabelle sent the first three photos from the Women’s March in DC.

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The photo below is from Omnes from the Madison, WI march.  Be sure to click on it to see a bigger version – reading the details on the sign is a must!  I love this one.

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I’ll be posting lots more sign photos in the comments.  All the photos in this thread are from Elizabelle.  Photos thru comment #27 are from Elizabelle.  Photos from Minneapolis are from Laura Too.  Photos from Madison are from Omnes.

If you’re at the women’s march, please send photos if you’d like them posted.

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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Haaland – In Style Cover

by TaMara|  June 24, 20219:49 pm| 36 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Politics, Bad Ass Women

Sec. Haaland

In Native American culture, eagles are the ultimate symbol of wisdom, courage, and power. So you’ll kindly pardon the interruption when U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, who had just hopped on Zoom for this interview from her Washington, D.C., office, is suddenly stopped mid-sentence by her concerned communications director, who had heard a chirping coming from her computer. “Allie, can I pause you for one second? The secretary has a camera that watches eagles, and they’re making noises.” To which Haaland replies: “The new eagles are getting ready to fledge, so I’m watching every day to see them take their first flight.” They are nesting on the campus of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. “It’ll be an exciting day,” she says.

Read the entire article here

These photos!

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Being the First – and the Futurehttps://t.co/4WrvA1T2pB pic.twitter.com/pzVsBZTFWh

— Ofirah Yheskel (@ofirahy) June 24, 2021

The cover gave me chills.

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