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Court: Arkansas can't ban treatment of transgender kids
Source: AP

By ANDREW DeMILLO

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday said Arkansas can’t enforce its ban on transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care.

A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a judge’s ruling temporarily blocking the state from enforcing the 2021 law. A trial is scheduled for October before the same judge on whether to permanently block the law.

Arkansas was the first state to enact such a ban, which prohibits doctors from providing gender-confirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers or surgery to anyone under 18 years old, or from referring them to other providers for the treatment. There are no doctors who perform gender-affirming surgery on minors in the state.

“Because the minor’s sex at birth determines whether or not the minor can receive certain types of medical care under the law, Act 626 discriminates on the basis of sex,” the court’s ruling Thursday said.


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One of the worlds best football players who is still young and is the football player with the highest market value in the world is dating a trans woman according to multiple news sources but it is worth noting football gossip can be akin to a male equivalent of celebrity gossip and should be looked at with some skepticism.

Whist it is not actually gay for a man to like someone that looks like a woman it will certainly make him perceived as LGBT by many and football has a history of treating gay players horribly.

Maybe him being one of the best players will help shift perceptions of LGBT although he is disliked by some due to his personality and decisions outside of dating.


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Ozzie guy wrote: Sun Sep 04, 2022 3:58 am One of the worlds best football players who is still young and is the football player with the highest market value in the world is dating a trans woman according to multiple news sources but it is worth noting football gossip can be akin to a male equivalent of celebrity gossip and should be looked at with some skepticism.

Whist it is not actually gay for a man to like someone that looks like a woman it will certainly make him perceived as LGBT by many and football has a history of treating gay players horribly.

Maybe him being one of the best players will help shift perceptions of LGBT although he is disliked by some due to his personality and decisions outside of dating.


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Wtf? Was not expecting that. Then again the French have been known for years to be eccentric.
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Senate Republicans' Same-sex Marriage Poker Face
by Andrew Solender
September 7, 2022

Introduction:
(Axios) Senators who are whipping Republican support for a bill to codify marriage equality are bullish on its chances of passing — but some supporters’ names may not be known until the vote occurs, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: With the House passing the bill in July and President Biden expected to sign it if it reaches his desk, the Senate stands as the primary hurdle.

State of play: Democrats need the votes of 10 Republicans in order to break a filibuster, but only a handful have come out publicly in support of the bill so far.

The intrigue: Don't expect to find out all the Republican senators supporting the legislation until the actual vote, a source close to the negotiations told Axios.
• "There are some who have given their support for the legislation privately," the source said. "You’re not going to see 10 Republicans announce their support for it before they actually vote."
• Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), who has been championing the bill, told Axios: "I have certainly had conversations where Republicans have privately indicated to me that they will support it."
• “There are a couple that might be in that category,” said Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), another one of the senators involved in the talks.
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Supreme Court to Revisit LGBTQ Rights – this Time With a Wedding Website Designer, Not a Baker
by Charles J. Russo
September 9, 2022

Introduction:
(The Conversation) A simmering, difficult, and timely question returns to the Supreme Court this fall: What happens when freedom of speech and civil rights collide?

The court took up similar questions four years ago in the famous “gay wedding cake” case, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, about a baker who refused to provide services for a same-sex couple based on his religious beliefs. The justices ruled in his favor, but did so on narrow grounds, sidestepping the direct constitutional questions over freedom of religion and free speech.

Now, another case from Colorado about free speech and same-sex marriage has made its way to the court: 303 Creative v. Elenis. As a professor of law and education who pays particular attention to First Amendment issues, I see the case highlighting tension between two competing fundamental interests – interests that seem to clash routinely in 21st-century America.

On Aug. 30, 2022, for example, another similar case was decided, this time in Kentucky. A federal trial court ruled in favor of a Louisville wedding photographer who sued over the city’s “Fairness Ordinance,” which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. She argued that the law violated her religious beliefs and right to free speech, and the court agreed, explaining that “the government may not force singers or writers or photographers to articulate messages they don’t support.”

Freedom to speak – or stay silent

Graphic artist Lorie Smith is the founder and owner of a studio called 303 Creative. According to court documents, Smith is generally willing to serve LGBTQ clients. However, she intends to begin designing wedding websites and is unwilling to create them for same-sex couples, saying it would go against her Christian beliefs.
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caltrek wrote: Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:07 pm Supreme Court to Revisit LGBTQ Rights – this Time With a Wedding Website Designer, Not a Baker
by Charles J. Russo
September 9, 2022

Introduction:
(The Conversation) A simmering, difficult, and timely question returns to the Supreme Court this fall: What happens when freedom of speech and civil rights collide?

The court took up similar questions four years ago in the famous “gay wedding cake” case, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, about a baker who refused to provide services for a same-sex couple based on his religious beliefs. The justices ruled in his favor, but did so on narrow grounds, sidestepping the direct constitutional questions over freedom of religion and free speech.

Now, another case from Colorado about free speech and same-sex marriage has made its way to the court: 303 Creative v. Elenis. As a professor of law and education who pays particular attention to First Amendment issues, I see the case highlighting tension between two competing fundamental interests – interests that seem to clash routinely in 21st-century America.

On Aug. 30, 2022, for example, another similar case was decided, this time in Kentucky. A federal trial court ruled in favor of a Louisville wedding photographer who sued over the city’s “Fairness Ordinance,” which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. She argued that the law violated her religious beliefs and right to free speech, and the court agreed, explaining that “the government may not force singers or writers or photographers to articulate messages they don’t support.”

Freedom to speak – or stay silent

Graphic artist Lorie Smith is the founder and owner of a studio called 303 Creative. According to court documents, Smith is generally willing to serve LGBTQ clients. However, she intends to begin designing wedding websites and is unwilling to create them for same-sex couples, saying it would go against her Christian beliefs.
Read more here: https://theconversation.com/supreme-co ... er-187584

I think people should have a right to live their beliefs. If someone doesn't want to do something they shouldn't have too. It is fair.
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Ozzie guy wrote: Sun Sep 04, 2022 3:58 am One of the worlds best football players who is still young and is the football player with the highest market value in the world is dating a trans woman according to multiple news sources but it is worth noting football gossip can be akin to a male equivalent of celebrity gossip and should be looked at with some skepticism.

Whist it is not actually gay for a man to like someone that looks like a woman it will certainly make him perceived as LGBT by many and football has a history of treating gay players horribly.

Maybe him being one of the best players will help shift perceptions of LGBT although he is disliked by some due to his personality and decisions outside of dating.


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Like I said above it should be up to the indivual to choose what they wish to do. More power to them ;)
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LGBTQ Students in Civil Rights Case Against Religious University Chalk Up Supreme Court Win
by David Badash
September 15, 2022

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(Alternet) In a 5-4 decision Wednesday evening the U.S. Supreme Court opted to not block a state court’s ruling ordering a faith-based private university to recognize an LGBTQ students’ organization, but the order is quite likely temporary.

Yeshiva University, which has four campuses in New York City, was ordered by a state court to recognize Y.U. Pride Alliance, citing New York State anti-discrimination law.

Over the weekend Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who oversees the 2nd Circuit including courts in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, blocked the state court’s ruling in what some call an administrative order. She did not refer the case to the full Court.

Wednesday evening, Justice Sotomayor, along with Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson voted to allow the lower court’s ruling to go into effect. That ruling requires Yeshiva University to recognize the LGBTQ students’ organization.
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But before LGBTQ and civil rights supporters start celebrating, Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern, agreeing with conservative writer David French, says, “Roberts and Kavanaugh will ultimately side with Yeshiva, but they refused to reward the school’s abuse of the shadow docket to hop over state courts.”
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Gay men are two times more likely to have inflammatory bowel disease, according to new research
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09- ... sease.html
by Case Western Reserve University

Gay men are more than twice as likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than heterosexual men when both populations engage in high-risk sexual activity, according to new research from the Digestive Health Research Institute at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH).

The study was published this month in the journal Gut.

"To our knowledge, this is the first large population-based study that demonstrates a higher prevalence of IBD in men who engage in high-risk same-sex sexual activity," said Emad Mansoor, study lead author and assistant professor at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and UH. "Our study is expected to open a new field of research into gastrointestinal inflammatory conditions."
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Yeshiva University Pauses All Student Clubs Rather Than Recognize LGBTQ Alliance
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 6:34PM

Students at Yeshiva University will have to find other extracurriculars for a while, after the school announced the pausing of all undergraduate club activities for students, according to student publication The Commentator. Think it’s to help studies? According to the student newspaper, the move is part of a larger strategy by school officials to avoid recognizing the campus’ official LGBTQ+ club.

On Wednesday, the U.S Supreme Court denied a request from Yeshiva University to stay a lower court order requiring the New York school to officially recognize YU Pride Alliance, an on-campus group supporting students in the LGBTQ+ community. As a Jewish university, Yeshiva has argued that the school’s reading of the Torah prohibits the club’s acceptance and is a protected position under freedom of religion.

Rather than abide by Wednesday’s rulings, all official student clubs at Yeshiva are on pause. Officials from the administration did not tell students when a decision would be reached, according to The Commentator.

“Considering the upcoming Chagim, the university will hold off on all undergraduate club activities while it immediately takes steps to follow the roadmap provided by the U.S. Supreme Court to protect YU’s religious freedom,” a university email shared by The Commentator reads.
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