GOP & Policies toward/treatment of Transgender & other LGBTQ Americans

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Veteran Dies by Suicide at VA Syracuse Medical Center Parking Garage

A witness said the veteran wore a nearly full-length banner associated with transgender rights.
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A veteran apparently took their own life Jan. 27 at the parking garage at the VA Medical Center in Syracuse, New York, draped in a banner associated with transgender rights.

A witness said the veteran died by suicide wearing a body-length pink, light blue and white flag -- a symbol of transgender pride. According to Syracuse.com, which first reported the death, the veteran was a patient who had been discharged from the hospital's inpatient facility on Jan. 21.



Anne Bellows, a professor of food studies at Syracuse University, saw the veteran's body from a building across from the parking garage. She said she didn't see the person's face but was struck by how the flag floated "gently around the body."
 
altmin said:
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Veteran Dies by Suicide at VA Syracuse Medical Center Parking Garage

A witness said the veteran wore a nearly full-length banner associated with transgender rights.
www.military.com www.military.com

A veteran apparently took their own life Jan. 27 at the parking garage at the VA Medical Center in Syracuse, New York, draped in a banner associated with transgender rights.

A witness said the veteran died by suicide wearing a body-length pink, light blue and white flag -- a symbol of transgender pride. According to Syracuse.com, which first reported the death, the veteran was a patient who had been discharged from the hospital's inpatient facility on Jan. 21.



Anne Bellows, a professor of food studies at Syracuse University, saw the veteran's body from a building across from the parking garage. She said she didn't see the person's face but was struck by how the flag floated "gently around the body."
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Trump Administration Moves to Protect Businesses Accused of Anti-Trans Discrimination​

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is trying to dismiss its own cases—with prejudice.​


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Scoop: Trump administration moves to protect businesses accused of anti-trans discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is trying to dismiss its own cases—with prejudice.
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“… Federal court records show the EEOC filed to dismiss four cases related to gender identity late this week. Multiple EEOC workers, who spoke to Mother Jones on the condition of anonymity, say agency staff have been instructed not to investigate current or future complaints regarding gender identity. …”
 


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Although the National Collegiate Athletic Association has already barred transgender women from playing in women’s sports, Texas’ attorney general has accused the group of using loopholes to allow such competition.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking for a temporary injunction that either orders the screenings or requires that the NCAA and its affiliates immediately stop using the terms “women,” “female,” or “girl” to market any of its women’s sports teams or competitions.

… The civil rights group Human Rights Watch, which released a comprehensive report on sex testing in international sports in 2020, says these tests “violate fundamental rights to privacy and dignity,” and that sport governing bodies that implement them create “environments that coerce some women into invasive and unnecessary medical interventions as a condition to compete in certain events.”

… Although Texas’ attorney general does not provide many details of what sex-screening student athletes should look like, the lawsuit suggests screening for the SRY gene as one potential avenue. The SRY gene, which is found on the Y chromosome and is responsible for triggering testes development, requires a laboratory setting to analyze a blood or saliva sample.

However, as BBC Sport reported last year, human genetic variations are so varied that some experts say it’s not possible to establish that everyone with a Y chromosome was born male, and everyone without a Y chromosome was born female.

Comprehensive testing — which includes analyzing the SRY gene and hormone levels — is expensive, requires niche experts and causes ethical concerns, one expert told the BBC.

“This assessment can be humiliating. It includes measurements of the most intimate parts of anatomy, like the size of your breast and your clitoris, the depth of your voice, the extent of your body hair,” Alun Williams, who researches genetic factors related to sport performance at the Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport, told the BBC at the time. …”
 
What a motion. This is the entirety of its argument as to why it deserves a injunction:

Having alleged DTPA violations, the only question for the Court to address here is whether the State has established a probable right of recovery.

I'm unaware of any injunction issuing ever based on mere allegations.

Texas claims that its right of action stems from the Lady vols' expectation of a #1 seed and thus games played in Texas for the NCAA tournament.

Easy way for NCAA to fix: Texas won't get a #1 seed. In fact, exclude Texas entirely. That's normally what would happen in a situation like this.
 
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Although the National Collegiate Athletic Association has already barred transgender women from playing in women’s sports, Texas’ attorney general has accused the group of using loopholes to allow such competition.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking for a temporary injunction that either orders the screenings or requires that the NCAA and its affiliates immediately stop using the terms “women,” “female,” or “girl” to market any of its women’s sports teams or competitions.

… The civil rights group Human Rights Watch, which released a comprehensive report on sex testing in international sports in 2020, says these tests “violate fundamental rights to privacy and dignity,” and that sport governing bodies that implement them create “environments that coerce some women into invasive and unnecessary medical interventions as a condition to compete in certain events.”

… Although Texas’ attorney general does not provide many details of what sex-screening student athletes should look like, the lawsuit suggests screening for the SRY gene as one potential avenue. The SRY gene, which is found on the Y chromosome and is responsible for triggering testes development, requires a laboratory setting to analyze a blood or saliva sample.

However, as BBC Sport reported last year, human genetic variations are so varied that some experts say it’s not possible to establish that everyone with a Y chromosome was born male, and everyone without a Y chromosome was born female.

Comprehensive testing — which includes analyzing the SRY gene and hormone levels — is expensive, requires niche experts and causes ethical concerns, one expert told the BBC.

“This assessment can be humiliating. It includes measurements of the most intimate parts of anatomy, like the size of your breast and your clitoris, the depth of your voice, the extent of your body hair,” Alun Williams, who researches genetic factors related to sport performance at the Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport, told the BBC at the time. …”
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Is Paxton volunteering to pay the billions of dollars it will cost to test every woman in every sport?
 
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