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I have more good news from the blazing summer heat of Arizona, and this time it's from the heart of MAGA country in the middle of the state. Yesterday I drove for over an hour to a rural town that has suffered the booms and busts of the copper industry over the past 50 years, leaving the historic downtown area as somewhat of a ghost town that has now been taken over by artists. I wanted to see a hot band of Apache rockers play at a free concert in a shady park.

It was still over 100 degrees F when the party started at 7 PM, but the shade and the enthusiasm of the band immediately had people dancing anyway, with both traditional hetero couples (including men in cowboy hats) mixed in with lesbian couples. It was so cool to be there and experience this.

Down the street, there was an "open mic" event with an amazing diversity of expression taking place, including a middle-aged poet/philosopher backed up with a band of young people in their late teens and early 20s.

Local action matters. Diverse voices need spaces to gather and express. These folks took over the abandoned old buildings that had been abruptly abandoned by resource-exploiting corporations, and created a scene for diverse expression.
 
Interesting article from Transadvocate with in depth analysis that counters the XX/XY binary bullshit bleated by the right.

I'm no biologist and I think you'd need to be well qualified to follow all the detail provided.

"An elementary school education often simplifies the science of sex down to the notion that the presence or absence of a Y chromosome in a human body will determine sex because only men have bodies with Y chromosomes. In material reality, that’s not factual. Almost all women on the planet have bodies with Y chromosomes because most were born with Y chromosomes. Applying an elementary school understanding of sex, this means that most women on the planet are men because only men have Y chromosomes."
 
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I searched out the article on this story and it was so affirming and wonderful! It is rare to find a company as supportive as the statement from Ann Summers.
I've been traveling for the past month and have had some amazingly awesome, all the way to not so good shopping experiences.
Thankful for the ones out there that get it 💜
 
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I searched out the article on this story and it was so affirming and wonderful! It is rare to find a company as supportive as the statement from Ann Summers.
I've been traveling for the past month and have had some amazingly awesome, all the way to not so good shopping experiences.
Thankful for the ones out there that get it 💜
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It was a timely campaign because another well known high street store has courted controversy by apologising to a ‘traumatised’ customer when a member of staff who looked like she might be trans offered to help with a bra fitting 🙄
 
stickygirl said:
It was a timely campaign because another well known high street store has courted controversy by apologising to a ‘traumatised’ customer when a member of staff who looked like she might be trans offered to help with a bra fitting 🙄
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Yeah, I read of that one as well when I was searching out the Ann Summers story. Sadly in our place an time all it takes is a unfounded accusation of a transwoman being in the neighborhood to rile up the torches an pitchforks.....
 
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Interesting article from Transadvocate with in depth analysis that counters the XX/XY binary bullshit bleated by the right.

I'm no biologist and I think you'd need to be well qualified to follow all the detail provided.

"An elementary school education often simplifies the science of sex down to the notion that the presence or absence of a Y chromosome in a human body will determine sex because only men have bodies with Y chromosomes. In material reality, that’s not factual. Almost all women on the planet have bodies with Y chromosomes because most were born with Y chromosomes. Applying an elementary school understanding of sex, this means that most women on the planet are men because only men have Y chromosomes."
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One of the most important points made in this article is that government has no legitimate role in requiring scientists to deny what is being observed regularly among the whole diverse range of living species (including human animals).

The example given was Trump's Executive Order in which he attempted to decree that sexual function and its entire complex science of genetic expression (including both genetics and epigenetics) must conform to a strictly binary political definition rather than a factual assessment of the much more complex bimodal distribution observations that are described in the article.

This thread on Literotica is about "good news". The good news here is that nature regularly ignores the decrees of foolish and simple-minded politicians. History has demonstrated that nature determines truth, not transient human governments.
 
I don't need to re-run all the awful things happening all over the world right now, everyone is no doubt well aware.
Good news is needed now more than ever! As I try and focus on good news that particularly affects folk in the LGBTQ+ spectrum, it has been hard to find.
I'm sure much of the reason for that is based on news the media chooses to cover. And as is often pointed out, good news doesn't sell.....
So here is one item that I view as good news, a politician at least partly standing up for their LGBTQ child. It is a small corner of the world, but it's a start!

https://www.advocate.com/politics/oregon-rep-republican-becomes-democrat
 
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I don't need to re-run all the awful things happening all over the world right now, everyone is no doubt well aware.
Good news is needed now more than ever! As I try and focus on good news that particularly affects folk in the LGBTQ+ spectrum, it has been hard to find.
I'm sure much of the reason for that is based on news the media chooses to cover. And as is often pointed out, good news doesn't sell.....
So here is one item that I view as good news, a politician at least partly standing up for their LGBTQ child. It is a small corner of the world, but it's a start!

https://www.advocate.com/politics/oregon-rep-republican-becomes-democrat
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Thank you for reminding us that there are politicians who are courageous, too.
 
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Turn off the right wing suppression first. We want to be out pressing flowers not fighting for survival. Get back in your lane
 
I am kinda a news reader by nature - probably most would call me a news junkie. Whatever, I like to see whats up out there.
Since all of us have been now living in a increasingly repressive society, especially queer and diverse folk, I try to find bits of good news in our world.
Sadly this is getting more difficult.
I keep looking, but my bright spot is becoming whatever community I can find. Hopefully we all do things to support each other, even things as simple as a smile go a long ways.
I am thankful for my chosen ones and the allies out there.
I choose to believe brighter days are ahead ✨ 💜
 
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stickygirl said:
I'm so much out of the loop! I wondered what happened to the CEO of Mermaids in the UK after she resigned. She's been working hard to improve access to transitioning healthcare via a new service, that offers advice worldwide.
Here's Finn's YT to explain

and here's anne.health's tool kit. There are more resources in the links below the video
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There are two services in the US that are similar to Anne. https://getplume.co/ and https://www.folxhealth.com/
Although Anne seems to be more accessible to more people because of the cost. I do know there are programs (or were) to help with the cost here in the US but I don't know if they are still active.
Gender healthcare is a rapidly changing front these days in no small part cause of the political situation.
 
https://translucent.org.uk/what-foi-data-shows-about-trans-women-in-single-sex-spaces/

Worth reading for those of us in the states, this UK org surveyed freedom of info requests and found four reported issues of trans folk in single sex spaces.
And if you read the report you find even of those four they don't appear to be assaults on anyone.
I'm pretty sure these kind of small numbers also apply here in the states, reflecting the fact the politicians and particularly the right wing mob are, as we've known lying to rile up voters.
Editing to add, if you are interested Translucent also has a pretty succinct write up of how trans folk as such a small percentage of population are focused on so closely.
https://translucent.org.uk/why-trans-people-are-always-in-the-media/
 
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Zrosey said:
https://translucent.org.uk/what-foi-data-shows-about-trans-women-in-single-sex-spaces/

Worth reading for those of us in the states, this UK org surveyed freedom of info requests and found four reported issues of trans folk in single sex spaces.
And if you read the report you find even of those four they don't appear to be assaults on anyone.
I'm pretty sure these kind of small numbers also apply here in the states, reflecting the fact the politicians and particularly the right wing mob are, as we've known lying to rile up voters.
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Good find Zed
That was a great read (y) (y)
Not that it was news to me - I've been peeing is single sex spaces all my life and do my best to avoid stealing children and raping women but I might be tempted to stab one of those gender nazis in the face. I feel SO betrayed by our UK govt
 
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I don't really know much of Dylan Mulvaney, of course other than the ugly bud beer thing that happened a while back.
Now she is starring in a Broadway musical, I think this is awesome news!
My standard of good news has re-aligned over the past few years and any representation that gets the magat mob crying crocodile tears warms my transgender heart :nana:

(A dancing banana felt appropriate there)

https://xtramagazine.com/video/dylan-mulvaney-broadway-backlash-279670

Hugs to you Dylan! break a figurative leg âš¡

And if interested, here is a take on Dylan and the musical from Assigned Media.
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/mulvaney-on-broadway

âš¡
 
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