Nov 8-14, 2024 - Democrats blame trans issue for loss in U.S. elections, Columbia outlaws child marriage, a founder of La Leche League quits over organization aiding men, Women volleyball players sue

Indiana court upholds ban child gender medicine, 10 US states vote on abortion, US Women embrace 4B, Iran puts women in clinics for refusing hijab

Nov 15, 2024

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Sign the Democratic Women’s Declaration

“No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her sex.” The Democratic Women's Declaration stands firm on protecting sex-based rights. Key areas include maternal services, single-sex spaces, and freedom of expression.

16 Nov, 2024, 12pm (EST) - Local feminist meet-and-greet, Richmond, Virginia.

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17 Nov, 2024, 7 PM [$15] - Does a women's nude spa have the legal right to exclude men? Olympus Spa Panel Discussion

Seattle Public Library Auditorium 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104, United States

19 Nov, 2024, 6:30 - 8 pm - Bay Area: Reject Trans-Indoctrination & Affirm Reality

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Join Us for Historic Oral Arguments at the Supreme Court: U.S. v. Skrmetti

The landmark case, United States v. Skrmetti, set for oral arguments on December 4, 2024, at the Supreme Court, will be a pivotal event in the ongoing legal debate over “gender-affirming care” for minors. A LOT is riding on this case including whether people who identify as "transgender" can be a classification under the Equal Protection Clause.

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Top News

14 Nov, 2024 - Colombia outlaws child marriage after 17-year campaign

Colombian lawmakers approved a bill to end child marriage. It took 17 years of campaigning and advocacy and 8 failed attempts to get the legislation passed in the house and senate. The legislation prohibits the marriage of anyone under age 18. Colombia is now one of 12 countries out of the 33 in Latin America and the Caribbean to have entirely banned marriage under the age of 18, following Honduras, Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

It ends a 137-year-old loophole in the country’s civil code which allowed under-18s to marry with parental consent. Minors were also deemed to have entered an informal marital union when they cohabited for two years.

8 Nov, 2024 - Why America Chose Trump: Inflation, Immigration, and the Democratic Brand

"The results paint a clear picture: Democrats were punished for inflation, misalignment on immigration and cultural issues, and Biden. The top three reasons not to vote for Harris were:

'Inflation was too high under the Biden-Harris Administration.'
'Too many immigrants illegally crossed the border under the Biden-Harris Administration.'
'Kamala Harris is focused more on cultural issues like transgender issues rather than helping the middle class.'

The most frequent criticism among swing voters who broke for Trump was that Harris was also weighed down by voters’ belief that she focused on liberal cultural issues.

8 Nov, 2024 - Some Democrats blame party’s position on transgender rights in part for Harris’ loss

Desperate for answers on what went wrong on Election Day, finger-pointing among Democrats and media pundits has been swift. Many — in private — are holding President Joe Biden responsible. But some are pointing to an issue with far less power in American politics: transgender rights.

Silencing Girls, Women, and Their Supporters by Threats and Cancellation

13 Nov, 2024 - Tories condemn police for visiting Allison Pearson over tweet

Conservative politicians have accused police of “targeting journalists for expressing opinions” after a Telegraph columnist was told she faced investigation over a year-old tweet. Allison Pearson says officers told her she was accused of a non-crime hate incident when they attended her home on Sunday. Pearson, 64, said she was accused by two officers of stirring up racial hatred. Neither officer could tell Pearson what she had tweeted or who had accused her, she said. Police have disputed her account of the visit and said they had tried to contact her beforehand. “This is supposed to be 2024 not 1984, yet the police officers seemed to be operating according to the George Orwell operational manual,” she said.

12 Nov, 2024 - F**k Around, Find Out #1

Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre owes £70,00 and a public apology to Roz Adams after dismissing her unfairly. The Employment Tribunal found that ERCC discriminated against Roz Adams on the basis of her gender critical belief.

Erasing Women and Women’s Safe Spaces

12 Nov, 2024 - Female Inmate Assaulted by Canadian Transgender Child Rapist in Women’s Prison Sustained Broken Ribs, Eyewitness Reports

A man housed in a women’s prison brutally assaulted a woman inmate in British Columbia, Canada recently. The woman sustained broken ribs from the attack. The man, Adam Laboucan is Canada’s youngest dangerous offender. He was given a rare indeterminate sentence after being convicted of the violent rape of a 3-month-old infant. He later began to identify as transgender, changed his name to Tara Desousa and was transferred to a women’s facility which contains a mother infant unit.

11 Nov, 2024 - One of the founders of world's oldest Breastfeeding support charity QUITS in protest at inclusion of transgender women - and says organisation has 'become a travesty of my original intent'

Marian Tompson, founder of La Leche League International, has quit the charity in response to the organisation providing support to men who seek to induce lactation for infants. In a damning resignation letter from the board of directors, the 94-year-old condemned the group’s shift from focusing on mothering to ‘indulging the fantasies of adults’.

‘From an organisation with the specific mission of supporting women who want to give their babies the best start in life by breastfeeding them, LLL’s focus has subtly shifted to include men who, for whatever reason, want to have the experience of breastfeeding, despite no careful long-term research on male lactation and how that may affect the baby.

Males in Female Sports

14 Nov, 2024 - Can Trump ban trans athletes from school sports?

Can Trump undo the Biden administrations changes to title IX that allows boys and men to play in girls and women’s sports? Yes, he can.

13 Nov, 2024 - Seb Coe’s IOC presidency pitch: prize money and protecting female category

Seb Coe is one of seven candidates for the IOC presidency. He stresses the importance of protecting the female category for only women. Coe promises he will introduce a “clear-cut” policy to protect female sport if he is elected president of the International Olympic Committee. “It’s a very clear proposition to me — if you do not protect the female category, or you are in any way ambivalent about it for whatever reason, then it will not end well for women’s sport.”

13, Nov, 2024 - Volleyball Players Sue Mountain West Alleging First Amendment, Title IX Violations Tied To Transgender Player

A dozen women have filed a lawsuit against the Mountain West Conference and its commissioner, along with officials at San Jose State University. They allege violations of Title IX and of their First Amendment rights, all stemming from the presence of transgender player Blaire Fleming on the San Jose State roster. The plaintiffs allege the conference adopted a new "Transgender Participation Policy" in an attempt to "chill and suppress the free speech rights of women athletes." The lawsuit seeks emergency injunctive relief before the Nov 27 Mountain West Conference volleyball tournament.

11 Nov, 2024 - Suspended SJSU Volleyball Coach Says 'Safety Is Being Taken Away From Women'

San Jose State asst. volleyball coach Melissa Batie-Smoose, who coached transgender Blaire Fleming, continues to speak out about protecting women's sports after being suspended for objecting to the male player being permitted on the women’s team.

Batie-Smoose says “Safety is being taken away from women. Fair play is taken away from women. We need more and more people to do this and fight this fight because women’s sports, as we know it right now, will be forever changed.”

10 Nov, 2024 - Pro-Women Chants From Crowd Draw School Ire As SJSU, Blaire Fleming Face Mountain West Rival

Last Saturday attendance at the women’s volleyball game between San Jose State was three times higher that normal. Attendees displayed a banner that read “Save Women’s Sports,” during the game. During the match, several attendees chanted "No men in women’s sports.” The security working the game stated the attendees did not violate any guidelines stating “free speech,” when asked if fans broke the rules.

8 Nov, 2024 - Cowgirls Volleyball again forfeiting match against San José State; Spartans retain male athlete on women’s team

According to a new statement from the University of Wyoming Athletics Department, the UW Cowgirls volleyball team will forfeit its second scheduled match against San José State University due to San Jose State carrying male athlete on the women’s team.

7 Nov, 2024 - Imane Khelif's Olympic gold medal 'should be taken away', women's rights group claims in scathing attack on Algerian boxer

A women's rights group has demanded that Imane Khelif's Olympic gold medal be 'taken away', following the emergence of an alleged report that claimed to have evidence that the Algerian fighter was 'biologically male'. Earlier this month, a report in France alleged that the 25-year-old has 'male characteristics' and XY chromosomes.

Now, the co-founder of the Independent Council on Women's Sport (ICONS) has claimed that Khelif's medal which he won, having been cleared to compete by the IOC, the Olympics' chief governing body, should be taken away from him.

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Sex Discrimination

14 Nov, 2024 - As 4B takes the world by storm, South Korea is grappling with a backlash against feminism

The 4B name stems from four Korean words beginning with “bi” (meaning “no”): bihon (no marriage), bichulsan (no childbirth), biyeonae (no dating), and bisekseu (no sex). As with past “separatist” feminist movements, 4B represents a rejection of heterosexual relationships as a means of resisting patriarchal structures. The movement emerged in the mid-2010s amid growing online feminist activism in South Korea, a country where women face the widest gender pay gap among OECD nations and persistent discrimination.

Following Donald Trump’s recent presidential election victory, American women took to social media declaring they are embracing 4B while Trump is president. The movement has sparked intense global interest, with millions of views on TikTok and viral X posts heralding it as a women’s rights revolution.

14 Nov, 2024 - Iran announces ‘treatment clinic’ for women who defy strict hijab laws

The Iranian state has said that it plans to open a treatment clinic for women who defy the mandatory hijab laws that require women to cover their heads in public. Iranian women and human rights groups have expressed outrage at the announcement. “The idea of establishing clinics to ‘cure’ unveiled women is chilling, where people are separated from society simply for not conforming to the ruling ideology.”

14 Nov, 2024 - Women suing over Idaho abortion ban say they felt like "medical refugees"

Four women suing over Idaho's strict abortion ban told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in danger.

"We felt like we were being made refugees, medical refugees," said Jennifer Adkins, one of the plaintiffs in the case. Currently, the state's near-total ban makes performing an abortion a felony at any stage of pregnancy unless it is "necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman."

14 Nov, 2024 - How will Donald Trump’s presidency affect abortion rights in Colorado?

During the presidential campaign, Trump said he would veto a national abortion ban if Congress passed it because a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade sent the issue back to the states. Brittany Vessely, executive director of the Colorado Catholic Conference, said she doesn’t expect much federal action aimed at abortion. Instead, she expects court challenges to Colorado’s new constitutional provisions.

9 Nov, 2024 - Women fear Republicans will move to overturn no-fault divorce laws

Religious conservatives and men’s rights activists are expressing desires to end no-fault divorce, arguing that it contributes to weakening the institution of marriage, deprives children of the benefits of a two-parent household, and unfairly favors women in financial and custodial settlements. Though no state has come close to rolling back no-fault divorce, several states with Republican super majorities in their legislatures have seen bills introduced or attacks on no-fault divorce as part of state GOP party platforms.

In Nebraska the GOP platform states that no-fault divorce “should be limited to situations in which the couple has no children of the marriage.” The Texas GOP says the legislature should “rescind unilateral no-fault divorce laws.” In Louisiana, the RSCC considered a resolution to do away with no-fault divorce. One lawmaker in South Dakota has repeatedly tried to remove irreconcilable difference as a grounds for divorce since 2020. So far these efforts have gained little traction. But men have become more vocal about ending no-fault divorce of late. With republican majorities returning to many states some are concerned this movement will get traction.

7 Nov, 2024 - Map shows how abortion measures fared on the ballot in the 2024 election

In the U.S. 2024 election, 10 states had measures on their ballot impacting access to abortion. Seven states voted to protect abortion access. Three states rejected protecting abortion access. Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Maryland, and Nevada voted to protect abortion access in their states constitutions. New York passed a proposal that further protects access to abortion and prohibits discrimination. Florida, South Dakota and Nebraska measures to protect abortion failed.

Nebraska had competing measures, one to expand access and one to restrict access. The measure expanding abortion access until fetal viability was defeated. The measure restricting abortion access after the first trimester passed.

Colorado added existing abortion protections to their state constitution and removed previous legal barriers to using state funds to pay for abortions.

Florida’s Amendment 4 was an attempt to limit government interference with abortion access failed. It did not get the 60% voter approval needed to pass leaving the states current strict limitations in place.

Missouri overturned it’s existing state ban on abortion with a constitutional amendment protecting access up to fetal viability and when protecting the life and or health of the mother is necessary. It also prohibits the government from discriminating against anyone providing or obtaining reproductive health care in government programs, funding or other activities.

Maryland added their existing abortion protections to their state constitution.

Montana changed the state constitution to "expressly provide a right to make and carry out decisions about one's own pregnancy, including the right to abortion."

South Dakota upheld a complete ban with only an exception to save the life of the mother. The defeated measure proposed to protect access to abortion during the first trimester, limit second trimester abortions in the interest of health and completely ban third trimester abortions except to preserve the life or health of the mother.

Nevada’s approval is the first step of two required steps to approve an amendment to their state constitution. Voters will be faced with the second vote on the amendment in 2026.

News Impacting Society and Children

14 Nov, 204 - Judge Hears Case Over Montana Rule Blocking Trans Residents From Changing Sex on Birth Certificate

A state judge in Montana heard arguments Thursday over policies that block transgender people from changing the sex designation on their birth certificates and driver’s licenses. District Court Judge Mike Menahan did not immediately issue a ruling on the request for a preliminary injunction to block those prohibitions while the case moves through the courts.

14 Nov, 2024 - The subtle change to AOC's X account that her progressive followers missed

Famously progressive Democrat congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised eyebrows by removing her pronouns from her X account. The move from Squad lawmaker, 35, seen as one of the most liberal members of Congress, was seen by some as a sign that the cultural tide is turning following Donald Trump's election win. Journalist Benjamin Ryan said records showed AOC removed her 'she/her' pronouns sometime between August 3, 2023, and May 28, 2024.

13 Nov, 2024 - Split 7th Circuit OKs Indiana law banning youth transgender treatment

In a 2-1 ruling, the appellate panel found that a federal court erred in issuing an injunction prohibiting the conservative state from implementing most of the law.

A split three-judge panel in the Seventh Circuit Wednesday greenlit Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The measure prohibits youth hormone therapy, puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgery. Indiana's Republican Governor Eric Holcomb signed it into law in April 2023, but before it could take effect that July, U.S. District Judge James Patrick Hanlon, a Donald Trump appointee, issued a preliminary injunction against most of its components. The decision prompted an appeal to the Seventh Circuit, which heard arguments in February. Eleven days later, in a precursor to Wednesday's ruling, the appeals court lifted Hanlon’s injunction. In its final ruling, the Seventh Circuit panel said that the lower court erred in finding that plaintiffs affected by the ban faced irreparable harm.

13 Nov, 2024 - Ohio lawmakers pass bathroom bill

Ohio lawmakers have put a bill on Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk that would ban students from using bathrooms of the opposite sex regardless of their identity. The Ohio Senate voted 24-7 in favor of the ban. This bill seeks to protect sex segregated spaces in public schools. The governor has 10 weekdays to sign the bill. If he does not sign the bill, it will pass. If he objects, the legislature can override his signature if both houses have a three-fifths majority vote.

Sen. Niraj Antani (R-Miamisburg) released a statement on why he voted for the bill. …“No young girl should be forced to go into the same restroom with a biological male. I was proud to support this legislation,” Antani said.

12 Nov, 2024 - Corporate Executives Sit on Boards of Hospitals That Perform Child Sex Changes

Six of America’s largest companies have executives on the boards of hospitals that perform child sex-change procedures. Executives of Costco, General Motors, T-Mobile, Procter and Gamble, Wells Fargo, and Kroger are board members at the 12 leading hospitals that perform irreversible, experimental medical procedures on children. “Corporate executives are allowing children to be victimized, and consumers need to know about it,”Will Hild, executive director of Consumers’ Research told The Daily Signal in a statement. “While serving as a member of the board of directors of these hospitals has allowed hundreds of children to be subjected to dangerous, irreversible sex-change procedures on their watch.” Hild’s sent a letter which urges the companies to “immediately disassociate” from the executives involved with hospitals that participate in sex changes for minors.

11 Nov, 2024 - Ex-swimming coach had thousands of child abuse pictures and films of young boys

A former swimming coach from Ilkeston was caught with more than 13,000 images and films of young boys being sexually abused. Nottingham Crown Court heard how William Pearson exchanged vile messages with another like-minded paedophile about abusing his nephews. The abuse of actual children was dismissed as a fantasy as no such relatives existed. Judge James Sampson gave the offender a suspended sentence stating that he was remorseful and the judge didn’t except to see him back in court.

10 Nov, 2024 - Trans Activists Claim Law Preventing Child Sex Offenders From Obtaining Legal Name Changes Is “Transphobic”

In British Columbia, Canada a law preventing dangerous convicted criminals from changing their legal names has provoked demands to be repealed by Trans activists. Social justice legal group West Coast LEAF supported by numerous trans activist groups and organizations claim that the province’s legislation “harms those most in need of legal name changes, including transgender people, Indigenous people, and survivors of gender-based violence.”

7 Nov, 2024 - Two Democrats speak out against transgender athletes after Trump win

Two House Democrats said they oppose transgender athletes competing in women’s sports in the immediate aftermath of President-elect Trump’s decisive victory over Vice President Harris. “The Democrats have to stop pandering to the far left,” Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) told The New York Times on Wednesday. “I don’t want to discriminate against anybody, but I don’t think biological boys should be playing in girls’ sports.” “Democrats aren’t saying that, and they should be,” said Suozzi, who narrowly won reelection Tuesday.

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) similarly blamed Harris and Democrats’ unwillingness to move on trans athletes for the party’s election night losses. “Democrats spend way too much time trying not to offend anyone rather than being brutally honest about the challenges many Americans face,” Moulton told The New York Times Thursday. “I have two little girls, I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat I’m supposed to be afraid to say that.”

Both have voted with most other Democrats to support trans rights. Seth Moulton ran uncontested in 2024. Tom Suozzi won his 2024 race.

Entertainment

12 Nov, 2024 - Charlamagne Tha God says it's fine to misgender Caitlyn Jenner because he voted Trump

Misgendering is a made up offense and we have to endure a lot of abuse when we don’t conform to coerced speech. But when the people demanding and enforcing special pronouns say it’s okay, isn’t that strange? Radio personality Charlamagne Tha God is telling his viewers they no longer need to put forth the effort to respect Caitlyn Jenner's pronouns since he voted for Donald Trump.