Christopher Wiggins

Does he make you feel like the homeland is protected?

D.C. federal judge signals urgency as trans service members push for Trump military ban trial Judge Ana Reyes gave the Department of Justice one week to respond to the plaintiff's scheduling request.

Judge Reyes has already ruled that she thinks Trump’s trans military ban order is “soaked with animus and dripping with pretext.”

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I just landed here from outer space and this is the first thing I see.

Help me understand what I’m seeing. Describe this picture.

Scouting America accuses LGBTQ+ travel agency Queer Scout of trademark infringement The youth organization filed a federal lawsuit against a gay-owned company that organizes international vacation excursions for LGBTQ+ adults.

Pete Hegseth recently demanded that Scouting America stop diversity programs.

“It’s really difficult to see how anyone could realistically confuse an LGBTQ tourism brand called Queer Scout with a youth scouting organization,” founder Sam Castañeda Holdren, told me.

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Scouting America accuses LGBTQ+ travel agency Queer Scout of trademark infringement The youth organization filed a federal lawsuit against a gay-owned company that organizes international vacation excursions for LGBTQ+ adults.

Pete Hegseth recently demanded that Scouting America stop diversity programs.

“It’s really difficult to see how anyone could realistically confuse an LGBTQ tourism brand called Queer Scout with a youth scouting organization,” founder Sam Castañeda Holdren, told me.

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House Oversight Dem Robert Garcia celebrates Kristi Noem’s firing: ‘Now we don’t have to impeach her’ Donald Trump fired the homeland security secretary and announced that a U.S. senator from Oklahoma will step into the role.

Donald Trump deported Kristi Noem to a remote island.

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LIVE: Kristi Noem speaks at conference Kristi Noem is sharing her first remarks after being ousted from the Department of Homeland Security.

Um, Kristi Noem is currently speaking at an event and doesn't seem to know she's been fired.

House Oversight Dem Robert Garcia celebrates Kristi Noem’s firing: ‘Now we don’t have to impeach her’ Donald Trump fired the homeland security secretary and announced that a U.S. senator from Oklahoma will step into the role.

"Well, now we don't have to impeach her," Rep. Robert Garcia said after Trump fired Kristi Noem.

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House Oversight Dem Robert Garcia celebrates Kristi Noem’s firing: ‘Now we don’t have to impeach her’ Donald Trump fired the homeland security secretary and announced that a U.S. senator from Oklahoma will step into the role.

"Well, now we don't have to impeach her," Robert Garcia said.

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Kristi Noem fired.

Texas AG Ken Paxton says ban on gender-affirming care for trans kids also applies to talk therapy Mental health care providers in Texas risk their license if they deliver care related to transitioning to minors, the Republican attorney general who is running for U.S. Senate wrote.

Hm...
What happened to it being about "irreversible" medical interventions?

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Texas AG Ken Paxton says ban on gender-affirming care for trans kids also applies to talk therapy Mental health care providers in Texas risk their license if they deliver care related to transitioning to minors, the Republican attorney general who is running for U.S. Senate wrote.

Hm...
What happened to it being about "irreversible" medical interventions?

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This trans teacher has no choice but to leave Florida: 'I can't defend myself' Saoirse Stone says state policies have turned her daily life in an Orlando high school classroom into a series of quiet humiliations.

NEW by me:
“I’m constantly having to self-police everything I say.”

A transgender teacher says Florida’s laws have made it impossible to live openly in the classroom she loves. Now she’s leaving the state with her wife for Maryland.

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This trans teacher has no choice but to leave Florida: 'I can't defend myself' Saoirse Stone says state policies have turned her daily life in an Orlando high school classroom into a series of quiet humiliations.

Christopher Wiggins at The Advocate was kind enough to interview me about my decision to leave Florida, as well as the state of public education there. I would really appreciate if you gave it a read. It almost begins to capture how dire things are.

This trans teacher has no choice but to leave Florida: 'I can't defend myself' Saoirse Stone says state policies have turned her daily life in an Orlando high school classroom into a series of quiet humiliations.

Florida is doing what it set out to do, make life unlivable for trans people.

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D.C. federal judge signals urgency as trans service members push for Trump military ban trial Judge Ana Reyes gave the Department of Justice one week to respond to the plaintiff's scheduling request.

NEWS: Judge Ana Reyes ordered the Department of Justice to respond to a scheduling request within seven days.

Trans troops say they’re being kicked out before the trial even begins.

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This trans teacher has no choice but to leave Florida: 'I can't defend myself' Saoirse Stone says state policies have turned her daily life in an Orlando high school classroom into a series of quiet humiliations.

NEW by me:
“I’m constantly having to self-police everything I say.”

A transgender teacher says Florida’s laws have made it impossible to live openly in the classroom she loves. Now she’s leaving the state with her wife for Maryland.

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Texas Democrats force runoff between pioneering LGBTQ+ current House rep and ex-congressman Rep. Julie Johnson and former Rep. Colin Allred will face each other once more before voters know who will stand for election in November.

Julie Johnson is the first out LGBTQ+ person from the South elected to Congress

Colin Allred has used some transphobic language around trans kids in the past, when he was trying to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz in 2024.

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Tennessee lawmakers weigh a dozen new Republican anti-LGBTQ+ bills Advocates warn that the proposals targeting employment protections, health care, marriage equality, and Pride displays could reshape life for LGBTQ+ Tennesseans.

The Tennessee Equality Project is calling the moment a “legislative crisis."

The biggest worry is a bill that would challenge the 2020 Bostock Supreme Court ruling that established protection against discrimination in the workplace for queer and trans folks.

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He fills his media appearances with a bunch of phrases, adjectives, and clichés but says nothing.

This 👇

James Talarico defeats fellow LGBTQ+ ally Jasmine Crockett in Texas Democratic primary The Austin lawmaker advances to November's election as a pro-LGBTQ+ equality Democrat.

Talarico leaned heavily on his Christian faith and voiced support for transgender people and the greater LGBTQ+ community.

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Congressman Dan Crenshaw ousted by more extreme candidate in Texas GOP primary The Texas Republican championed a federal ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for minors.

Sad trombone.

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Congressman Dan Crenshaw ousted by more extreme candidate in Texas GOP primary The Texas Republican championed a federal ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for minors.

Sad trombone.

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A Democratic campaign source in Texas tells me it’s “complete chaos” over the legal situation with the ballots in Dallas County. They have early vote totals, but nobody knows what’s going to happen with the election day votes.

Kristi Noem struggles as Republicans & Democrats hammer her in fiery Senate Judiciary Committee hearing "I don't know that we'll have time for you to respond because I'm giving you a performance evaluation here," Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, told the DHS secretary.

The Senate was not having Kristi Noem today.

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Kristi Noem struggles as Republicans & Democrats hammer her in fiery Senate Judiciary Committee hearing "I don't know that we'll have time for you to respond because I'm giving you a performance evaluation here," Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, told the DHS secretary.

The Senate was not having Kristi Noem today.

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Donald Trump accepts Correspondents’ Dinner invitation, declaring himself 'one of the greatest presidents’ His attendance at this year's White House Correspondents' Association event comes amid his administration's unprecedented war on the media.

His Truth Social post announcing his attendance after years of boycotting the annual event is wild.

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Conservative Supreme Court justices curb California’s effort to shield transgender students from forced outing The High Court's ruling came down in an early-evening unsigned order.

Breaking: “The Court resolves the issues raised through shortcut procedures on the emergency docket even though it has had—for months now—the option of doing so the regular way, on our merits docket,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in a blistering dissent.

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Conservative Supreme Court justices curb California’s effort to shield transgender students from forced outing The High Court's ruling came down in an early-evening unsigned order.

Breaking: “The Court resolves the issues raised through shortcut procedures on the emergency docket even though it has had—for months now—the option of doing so the regular way, on our merits docket,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in a blistering dissent.

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