Pgh Lesbian Correspondents

I’m struggling to blog something other than pet food, personal updates, and memorials. I am glad there are no more memorial to write for now. I hope that continues.

But very big things are happening in our world. Iran defeated the United States in a war. The President is just clearly not fit on even new levels. ICE is obtaining arrest warrants for legal observers. The brave detainees at the Delaney Hall concentration camp continue to demand justice. Ukraine landed a decisive blow against Russia.

So rather than dwell on my inability to create some comprehensible content, I’m gong to share links from other LGBTQ folx.

Over at The Present Age, Parker Molloy explores the impact of a UK law defining a pro-Palestinian organization as a terror group and anyone who supports that group can be arrested.

More than 3,300 people have been arrested across the UK since the ban, according to Amnesty International. Terror-related arrests jumped 660% year over year, and 86% of them were tied to supporting Palestine Action. A law written for terrorists, used mostly on pensioners with poster board.

Supporting Palestinians and those who support Palestinians is not criminal conduct. Vandalism is. We don’t need to pile on to hold people accountable for their literal actions. And we definitely don’t need to criminalize protesting.

Erin Reed at Erin in the Morning takes a closer look at a Florida case Intersex Teacher Fired in Florida After Parent Falsely Claims He Is Trans, ACLU Says. This story highlights the evolving complexity of gender identity as well as an outdated and cruel attempt to shove everyone into a binary.

Along those lines, Chris Geidner at Law Dork explains how recent court rulings on the Trump Administration efforts to end gender-affirming medical care for transgender people in federal prison have been unfolding. Woe are those who say “I don’t care about prisoners” because they have not learned from history.

At The 19th, Orion Rummler assesses why Republicans’ views of same-sex couples are now similar to what they were between 2005 and 2014.

My friend Alvin McEwen who never misses a chance to point out hypocrisy, especially the fun kind shares Fox News video that tries to bash Pride Month, ends up proving how fun and harmless it actually is/

The Advocate dives into a new twist on bathroom obsession a man harasses father in Alabama for helping his young daughters in ladies’ room A viral video shows the man calling the cops and telling the young dad he should have let a female stranger escort his children to the restroom instead.

Queer Kentucky dives into the history of white nationalism that almost derailed Pridefest in Corbin, Kentucky

This is from April, but I just discovered it. Trans News Network Ra’il l’Nasah Kiam, YourSlipisShowing, and the Erasure of Black Trans Organizing

Hope these links are helpful. You may want to follow them directly. And if you get stuck, sometimes lifting up someone else’s work is the way to go.