Anti-trans legislation
Mark Robinson
Clarence Thomas and Obergefell v. Hodges
LGBTQ+ and Adoption
Furries and Litterboxes
Bostock v. Clayton County
Moore County NC Substation Attacks
Betsy DeVos and LGBTQ+ discrimination in schools
Back in the Closet - Project 2025 & LGBTQ+
Project 2025 could exacerbate the challenges faced by the LGBTQ community, particularly through the promotion of anti-transgender legislation and allowing religious schools receiving public funds to discriminate against LGBTQ+ parents and children. By dismantling federal protections and oversight, this initiative could lead to a wave of policies that target transgender individuals, making it easier for states to enact restrictive laws regarding healthcare, participation in sports, and access to gender-affirming resources.
Additionally, Project 2025, while it doesn't explicitly say gay marriage should be banned, will promote traditional man/woman marriages through monetary initiatives and religious freedom legislation.
Anti-trans legislation
Framing Transgender Individuals as Child Molesters: the project advocates for banning pornography, and would consider LGBTQ+ content to be pornography
Pornography, manifested today in the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology and sexualization of children, for instance, is not a political Gordian knot inextricably binding up disparate claims about free speech, property rights, sexual liberation, and child welfare. It has no claim to First Amendment protection. Its purveyors are child predators and misogynistic exploiters of women. Their product is as addictive as any illicit drug and as psychologically destructive as any crime. Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered. (p. 5)
Opposition to Gender-Affirming Care: The project advocates for policies that limit or ban access to gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender individuals, especially minors.
Withdraw Ryan White guidance allowing funds to pay for cross-sex transition support. HRSA should withdraw all guidance encouraging Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program service providers to provide controversial “gender transition” procedures or “gender-affirming care,” which cause irreversible physical and mental harm to those who receive them. (p. 485)
The OASH should withdraw all recommendations of and support for cross-sex medical interventions and “gender-affirming care.” (p. 491)
Bathroom and Sports Participation Laws: It promotes legislation that restricts transgender individuals from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity and from participating in sports consistent with their gender.
On December 13, 2021, OCR published a notice concerning proposed revisions to OCR’s Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) in which it proposed to create and collect data on a new “nonbinary” sex category (in addition to the current “male” or “female” sex categories) and to retire data collection that indicates the number of (1) high school–level interscholastic athletics sports in which only male and female students participate, (2) high school–level athletics teams in which only male or female students participate, and (3) participants on high school–level interscholastic athletics sports teams in which only male or only female students participate. These poorly conceived changes are contrary to law, fail to take account of student privacy interests and statutory protections favoring parental rights under the Protection of Pupils Rights Amendment, and jettison longstanding data collections that assist in the enforcement of Title IX (p. 331-332)
Critiques of LGBTQ+ Education: There is a call for limiting discussions around gender identity and sexual orientation in schools, arguing that it should not be included in educational curriculums.
In contrast to DOJ’s long history, the Department of Education (the department, or ED), discussed by Lindsey Burke in Chapter 11, is a creation of the Jimmy Carter Administration. The department is a convenient one-stop shop for the woke education cartel, which—as the COVID era showed—is not particularly concerned with children’s education. Schools should be responsive to parents, rather than to leftist advocates intent on indoctrination—and the more the federal government is involved in education, the less responsive to parents the public schools will be. This department is an example of federal intrusion into a traditionally state and local realm. For the sake of American children, Congress should shutter it and return control of education to the states (p. 285)
Framing Transgender Issues as a Public Safety Concern: The project often frames transgender rights as threats to societal norms or safety, reinforcing negative stereotypes.
The Secretary’s antidiscrimination policy statements should never conflate sex with gender identity or sexual orientation. Rather, the Secretary should proudly state that men and women are biological realities that are crucial to the advancement of life sciences and medical care and that married men and women are the ideal, natural family structure because all children have a right to be raised by the men and women who conceived them (p. 489)
Remove all guidance issued under the Biden Administration concerning sexual orientation and gender identity under Section 1557, particularly the May 2021 announcement of enforcement82 and March 2022 statement threatening states that protect minors from genital mutilation (p. 495)
Hypocritical Trump-Appointed Christian Transgender and LGBTQ+ hating Politicians
Mark Robinson
A CNN investigation alleged that he made racist and lewd comments on a pornographic website message board, including condoning slavery and expressing enjoyment of transgender pornography. Despite the backlash, Robinson denied the allegations and vowed to continue his campaign, although most of his staff resigned.
Non-coincidentally, the leak was made on the last day Robinson would have been able to resign and be replaced. However, Robinson declined to leave the race.
Hover over the black boxes to see what he said:
“I like watching tranny on girl porn! That’s f*cking hot! It takes the man out while leaving the man in!” Robinson wrote. “And yeah I’m a ‘perv’ too!”
Writing in a forum discussing Black Republicans in October 2010, Robinson stated unprovoked: “I’m a black NAZI!”
In a series of seven posts in October 2011, Robinson disparaged Martin Luther King in such intense terms, calling him a “commie bastard,” “worse than a maggot,” a “ho f**king, phony,” and a “huckster,” that a user in the thread accused him of being in the KKK. Robinson responded by directing a slur at King.
“Slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it (slavery) back. I would certainly buy a few,” he wrote.
“I came to a spot that was a dead end but had two big vent covers over it! It just so happened it overlooked the showers! I sat there for about an hour and watched as several girls came in and showered,” Robinson wrote on Nude Africa.
“I’m not in the KKK. They don’t let blacks join. If I was in the KKK I would have called him Martin Lucifer Koon!” Robinson responded.
In another thread, commenters considered whether to believe the story of a woman who said she was raped by her taxi driver while intoxicated. In response, Robinson wrote, “and the moral of this story….. Don’t f**k a white b*tch!”
Clarence Thomas and the Roe v. Wade Ruling that can Overturn Gay Marriage
In a recent video, Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, reflects on the implications of a new Supreme Court decision that has raised concerns about the stability of past rulings, including marriage equality. He highlights Justice Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion in the Dobbs case, which suggested reconsidering several key precedents, including Obergefell, as well as cases concerning contraception and consensual same-sex conduct. Obergefell argues that despite the mention of these cases, the majority opinion reassures that it does not intend to undermine rights beyond abortion. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine echoes this sentiment, stating that he believes gay marriage protections are secure. Obergefell is also running for a seat in the Ohio House, further emphasizing his ongoing commitment to LGBTQ+ rights.
Project 2025 and LGBTQ+ Adoption
The Adoption Reform section of Project 2025 advocates for legislation that would protect providers from discrimination when offering adoption and foster care services based on their beliefs about marriage. Additionally, it seeks the repeal of an Obama-era regulation that prevents discrimination against prospective parents, as well as any amendments introduced by the Biden administration.
Adoption Reform. There are roughly 400,000 children across the nation on the waiting list for foster care and 100,000 awaiting adoptive families, and the opioid/fentanyl crisis is putting more at risk every day. Unfortunately, many of the faith- based adoption agencies that serve these children are under threat from lawsuits, or else their licenses and contracts have been halted because they cannot in good conscience place children in every household due to their religious belief that a child should have a married mother and father. (p. 477)
Furries and Litterboxes
Many conservative politicians and media personalities promoted a hoax that schools were providing litter boxes in bathrooms for students who identify as cats or furries - as a response to several school districts enacting protections for transgender and LGBTQ+ students.
The rumor about litter boxes in schools appears to have originated among parents on social media, with one of the first responses coming from Canada last fall.
In December 2021, conservative activist Lisa Hansen claimed at a school board meeting in Midland, Michigan, that an unnamed school had installed "a litter box for kids that identify as cats" in a unisex bathroom as part of a supposed agenda. Hansen, who later founded a local chapter of Moms for Liberty, did not respond to requests for comment.
On January 20, Meshawn Maddock, co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party, further propagated the rumor by posting on Facebook that "Kids who identify as ‘furries’ get a litter box in the school bathroom," linking to a parent activist group.
Project 2025 and Bostock v. Clayton County
Bostock v. Clayton County
Bostock v. Clayton County was a landmark Supreme Court case decided on June 15, 2020. The case involved Gerald Bostock, who was fired from his job with Clayton County, Georgia, after he joined a gay softball league. Bostock claimed that his termination constituted discrimination based on sexual orientation, which he argued violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that Title VII's prohibition against employment discrimination "because of sex" includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The majority opinion, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, emphasized that firing someone for being gay or transgender is inherently linked to their sex, thereby falling under the protections afforded by the law.
This decision was significant as it extended civil rights protections to LGBTQ+ individuals in the workplace, affirming that employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is illegal.
Sex Discrimination. The Biden Administration, LGBT advocates, and some federal courts have attempted to expand the scope and definition of sex discrimination, based in part on the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County.
Bostock held that “an employer who fires someone simply for being homosexual or transgender” violates Title VII’s prohibition against sex discrimination. The Court explicitly limited its holding to the hiring/firing context in Title VII and
did not purport to address other Title VII issues, such as bathrooms, locker rooms, and dress codes, or other laws prohibiting sex discrimination. Notably, the Court focused on the status of the employees and used the term “transgender status” rather than the broader and amorphous term “gender identity.” (p. 584-585)
- Restrict the application of Bostock. The new Administration should restrict Bostock’s application of sex discrimination protections to sexual orientation and transgender status in the context of hiring and firing.
- Withdraw unlawful “notices” and “guidances.” The President should direct agencies to withdraw unlawful “notices” and “guidances” purporting to apply Bostock’s reasoning broadly outside hiring and firing.
- Rescind regulations prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, and sex characteristics. The President should direct agencies to rescind regulations interpreting sex discrimination provisions as prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, sex characteristics, etc.
- Direct agencies to refocus enforcement of sex discrimination laws. The President should direct agencies to focus their enforcement of sex discrimination laws on the biological binary meaning of “sex.”
The Moore County NC Substation Attacks - Drag Show in Southern Pines NC
Summary
According to Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields, the substations had been shot at by gunfire in a “target” attack and that his office was working with the FBI and State Bureau of Investigation to find the cause of the attack. There was also a drag show in downtown Southern Pines that attracted a significant amount of protesters and police presence. One person died because they did not have power to keep their oxygen machine running.
2024 Update
Law enforcement was able to narrow down a large list of cellphone numbers to just 17 that pinged in both areas near the attacks.
After obtaining the cell phone information, law enforcement focused on one individual. That man is named in the warrants; however, since he has not been charged with a crime, Channel 9 is not publishing his name.
Law enforcement was able to narrow down a large list of cellphone numbers to just 17 that pinged in both areas near the attacks.
After obtaining the cell phone information, law enforcement focused on one individual. That man is named in the warrants; however, since he has not been charged with a crime, Channel 9 is not publishing his name.
The Moore County Patriots
The first mention of the man came after an employee with another electrical company contacted the sheriff’s office with a tip. The employee said he received a phone call from the man in question the day after the attack telling him he was calling out of work due to the possibility of being questioned by police about the shootings.
“[Redacted] stated that he was calling because his coworker, [Redacted] …, called him on Sunday, December 4, 2022, and stated that he wouldn’t be working Monday, December 6, 2022. [Redacted] stated that [Redacted] sounded upset and told [Redacted] that [Redacted] had been in communication with people connected with a group called the Moore County Patriots and that they had developed a plan to damage substations in Moore County,” according to the warrants. *Please note that the article did say that [Redacted] was NOT a part of the facebook group. However, just looking at their posts, you can get a general feel of the people who are part of it. See the Facebook post to the left, which includes Election denying.*
Despite telling his coworker plans had been made to attack substations, he also claimed the plans were supposed to have been abandoned.
“[Redacted] told [Redacted] that he wasn’t coming into work because he was probably going to be questioned by law enforcement about the substation shootings,” according to warrants.
“[Redacted] stated that he asked [Redacted] how likely [Redacted]was to be implicated in the substation attacks based on his connection to the group “Moore County Patriots” or “Moore County Citizens for Freedom”, and [Redacted] responded that he was one of the founding members of the group,” according to warrants.
Betsy DeVos and allowing discrimination in Private Schools that take Public Funds
DeVos REFUSED to ban discrimination based on LGBTQ status of students or religion in regards to her Charter School Grant Program.
During a Senate hearing IN 2017, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley pressed then Trump-appointed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on her position regarding the protection against discrimination for LGBTQ students in private schools. He sought clarity on whether such discrimination would be permitted, to which DeVos replied that the issue was ultimately for Congress and the courts to decide. This exchange highlighted the ongoing debate over the rights of LGBTQ students in educational settings, particularly in private institutions.
IF MORE FUNDS GET SIPHONED AWAY FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PRIVATE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS, LGBTQ+ CHILDREN WOULD RECIEVE WORSE EDUCATION THAN THEIR STRAIGHT/CISGENDERED PEERS. THIS IS BY DESIGN.