The Supreme copurt ruled that the Civil Rights Act's section regarding discrimination on the basis of sex *does* apply to homosexuals and transgender folks . So now sexual orientation and gender identity are protected classes.

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/15/863498848/supreme-court-delivers-major-victory-to-lgbtq-employees?utm_campaign=npr&utm_source ( Read more... )

Reading an article
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There are a number of majorly screwed up things that could be "fixed" by what amount to simple changes in accounting rules/practices ( Read more... )

Pakistan has issued its first passport with an X gender marker. Washington, DC has followed Oregon in allowing an X gender marker on IDs and reportedly, both California and New York state are in the process of allowing it ( Read more... )

Ok, as some folks know, someone here in Oregon sued for the right to list their gender on their ID as "other". and they won ( Read more... )

Oregon is going to be the first US state to have a third gender available on state ID.

Several countries have this, usually as an "O". Oregon, for whatever reason is going with X.

Anyway, It'll be available starting in July.

When my license comes up for renewal in a few years I may get it changed from M to X.

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I've been reading a story that had a character abducted and raped.

Today, when the subject came up in a chapter, I had an interesting thought.

"She was asking for it." should be considered evidence of non-consent.

Contrast it with "she asked me to".

Anything short of an explicit verbal request isn't consent.

About that Mississippi "religious protection" bill. This section is going to give some lawyers *lots* of fun.

that “male” and “female” refer to someone’s “immutable biological sex as objectively determined by anatomy and genetics at time of birth.Ah yes, ignorance of biology strikes again ( Read more... )

alex_antonin's post here got me thinking ( Read more... )

The Pope's comments about public officials having the right to be conscientious objectors on religious grounds has been used to defend Kim Davis and others (though not by him ( Read more... )