News Roundup
Plus some PA announcements
h/t Rachel Wong, LinkedIn
Your Humble Author is quite behind on posting. As always, she does her best.
FINALLY, the IOC banned men from women’s events!
Now IOC needs to revoke all the medals cheating men stole from women. Naturally, entitled men and their handmaids are furious at this “human rights violation.” According to them, women don’t have have human rights. Here is a selection of links on this topic.
Human rights experts raise concerns over Olympics transgender women [MALE] athlete ban
Advocacy groups get trans athlete bans on ballots in Maine, Colorado (gift link)
80 "human rights groups" oppose IOC's ban on men in women's events
The case for sex screening in sport (Yay Dr Emma Hilton!)
[2028] LA Olympics will be first to impose IOC's ban on trans [MALE] athletes from women's sports
The Olympics’ transgender [MALE] athlete ban is a legal and moral minefield (No, it’s not.)
SCOTUS overturns “conversion therapy” ban
This is a victory for common sense and protecting kids. Now psychotherapists can actually do real psychotherapy instead of mandatory “affirmation” of confused kids.
US Supreme Court strikes down Colorado's ban on conversion therapy
The Supreme Court repels ‘an egregious assault’ on the First Amendment (gift link)
Supreme Court rules against ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ minors
Caring for Transgender Patients in a Shifting Landscape (Note that the topic is “Women and Gender.” Why not “Men and Gender?”)
Meanwhile, here in PA
The PA House passed HB 1800, the Marriage Equality Act, which would repeal our Commonwealth’s law restricting legal marriage to one woman and one man. This is good news for Pennsylvanians!
Pennsylvania lawmakers pass marriage equality legislation
‘A fundamental right’: Pa. House again passes bill to end state’s unenforced gay marriage ban
The measure, which would strike the line in state law saying that marriage is “between one man and one woman,” passed on a 127-to-72 vote, with all but one Democrat voting for it, along with 26 Republicans.
Wednesday’s vote lost support over the same bill that passed in the House two years ago, 133-to-68, although the vote is consistent with polls showing a recent backlash to gay marriage among the GOP voter base. The previous bill was not taken up in the Republican-majority state Senate, and the current one is also a longshot.
The same day, PA House passes same-sex marriage bill, delays vote on Fairness Act amid heated debate
A bill, HB 300, [link added] aimed at banning discrimination against LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians, referred to as the “Fairness Act,” was pulled from a planned vote after supporters acknowledged it did not have the necessary backing to pass.
The same bill had passed the House 102-98 in 2023 during the previous session. The numerical makeup of Democrats and Republicans in the chamber has not changed in the period since.
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“It's going to create a very unfair circumstance for a lot of different people,” Kail said. “The term ‘public accommodation,’ which is in the bill, means that it will apply to sports. It could apply to bathrooms, locker rooms, all kinds of different things. The unintended consequences of this bill would, in fact, be devastating.”
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“I think the more Pennsylvania finds about this bill, the less that they'll like it. And maybe that's why it was pulled,” [Kail] said.
Yes, devastating for WOMEN. We would lose our rights to single-sex facilities, athletics, education, rape and domestic violence services, homeless shelters, and prisons.
It’s very interesting that the PA House passed a bill protecting same-sex marriage while the primary sponsor of the (Un)Fairness Act, Rep Malcolm Kenyatta, D-181, pulled his bill because the House would not pass it. (Rep Kenyatta also sponsored the Marriage Equality Act.) This might be a sign that many elected officials are more skeptical about “trans rights” claims and may be more amenable to LGB rights without the TQ+++. Will our legislators reject the forced-teaming of LGB with TQ+++? This could be a start in the right direction.
Also in Our Fair Commonwealth:
Record number of women serving in Pennsylvania House
PA women continue to make political herstory. Note that the author of this article, Rep Joanna McClinton, D-191, is the Speaker of the PA House. While she extols women’s political achievements, she apparently doesn’t know what a woman is. She is firmly on the trans train. SMH.
From an email from Governor Shapiro’s Office of Public Engagement:
During Women’s History Month, Governor Josh Shapiro and First Lady Lori Shapiro sat down with the Executive Director and 29 appointees to the Advisory Commission on Women to learn about women’s experiences and needs across the state and to share his budget priorities that will empower and support women.
To continue delivering real opportunity and freedom to every Pennsylvanian, Governor Shapiro’s Advisory Commission on Women launched a statewide public survey and listening tour to hear directly from the women of Pennsylvania. For more information visit here .
Please complete the survey if you have not done so. Of course, a survey from the Advisory Commission on Women includes men and men’s entitlement.
If you live in Allegheny County, US Rep Chris Deluzio, D-17, invites you to “talk about the cost of youth sports.” Maybe some Dear Readers can attend and tell US Rep Deluzio about the “high cost” to girls and women of cheating boys and men in our sports. RSVP here .
Finally, our lagniappe
Here’s another musical prodigy, Alexandra Dovgan, AGE 11. Listen to her exquisite interpretation, flawless timing, and feel of the music. Ms Dovgan is now 18 and remains a world-class pianist. Think of all the girls throughout history, such as Maria Anna Mozart, who shared Ms Dovgan’s talent but were denied their opportunity to exercise it.
Alexandra Dovgan - Felix Mendelssohn, Concerto for Piano No.1 in G Minor, Op.25