Gender Issues/Sexual Preference Issues, News Thread

[Devius]

Originally Posted by Devius

Uganda's President Museveni approves tough new anti-gay law
29 May 2023

Source:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65745850

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Ugandan court rejects bid to nullify anti-gay law that provides for the death penalty in some cases
Uganda’s constitutional court has upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.”

Uganda's Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.”

President Yoweri Museveni signed the bill into law in May last year. The law is supported by many in the East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad.

Activists had contested the law in court, but the judges declined to overturn it in their ruling, saying it was legally passed by parliament and does not violate the constitution.

“We decline to nullify the Anti Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety; neither would we grant a permanent injunction against enforcement,” Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera said.

The court, however, ruled that members of the gay community should not be discriminated against when seeking medication.

“They should be medically and culturally accepted,” Buteera said.

The petitioners, led by lawyer Nicholas Opiyo, had given 14 grounds for its dismissal.

One of the petitioners, Andrew Mwenda, said they would appeal to the Supreme Court.

“What we have witnessed in court is what I would call a temporary reversal in an overall strategic battle or a strategic war against cultural bigotry and prejudice, so we are going to appeal to the Supreme Court not for striking down the different components of this law but for overturning this law into its entirety,” he said.

The law defines “aggravated homosexuality” as cases of homosexual relations involving a minor and other categories of vulnerable people, or when the perpetrator is infected with HIV. A suspect convicted of “attempted aggravated homosexuality” can be imprisoned for up to 14 years, and the offense of “attempted homosexuality” is punishable by up to 10 years.

Homosexuality was already illegal in Uganda under a colonial-era law criminalizing sexual activity “against the order of nature.” The punishment for that offense is life imprisonment.

The United Nations expressed deep concern when the new law was passed, with the U.N. Human Rights Office calling it ”a recipe for systematic violations of the rights” of LGBTQ+ people and others.

U.S. President Joe Biden called the law “a tragic violation of universal human rights — one that is not worthy of the Ugandan people, and one that jeopardizes the prospects of critical economic growth for the entire country.”

The World Bank halted new loans to Uganda, saying additional measures were necessary to ensure projects align with the bank's environmental and social standards.

Homosexuality is criminalized in more than 30 of Africa’s 54 countries. Some Africans see it as behavior imported from abroad and not a sexual orientation.

Source:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-yoweri-museveni-constitutional-court-united-nations-joe-biden-b2522698.html

[Alfac]

Originally Posted by Devius

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Caitlyn Jenner Reacts to Possible JK Rowling Arrest

"I would just ask that people address people the way they want, whether, it is a nick name, birth name, or whatever, Just call people what they want," a commenter said.

There's a difference between Dave wanting to be called King Charles and wear a crown, and demanding access to the private royal apartments at Buckingham Palace, like a real King Charles does. It's the same as Dave wanting to be called Doris and wearing a dress, and having access to the private safe spaces a real Doris does.

[badman999]

Originally Posted by Alfac

There's a difference between Dave wanting to be called King Charles and wear a crown, and demanding access to the private royal apartments at Buckingham Palace, like a real King Charles does. It's the same as Dave wanting to be called Doris and wearing a dress, and having access to the private safe spaces a real Doris does.

A good anology, and one which Caitlyn Jenner apparently agrees with. I won't claim to understand Jenner - no reason I should - but I can respect Jenner's previous athletic achievements and recent defence of women in sports.

[BondJmsBond]

Originally Posted by Devius

Further related...

Caitlyn Jenner Reacts to Possible JK Rowling Arrest
Published Apr 03, 2024 at 6:02 AM EDT

Source:

https://www.newsweek.com/caitlyn-jenner-jk-rowling-arrest-transgender-misgendering-1886283

" "JK Rowling facing arrest for 'misgendering' ... absurd!" Jenner wrote. "This has gone way too far! You can 'respect' people's pronouns or not. We cannot force or coerce this type of speech with the threats of jail time." "

It's a farce, perpetrated to bring about the very denial of reality by State decree, as said by Orwell

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command...”

By definition it's a compelled religion, and with it we're taken back to the 15th Century and Rowling is in the exact place Galileo was 500 years ago.

Don't give in to it in any way, or before you know it they'll be demanding we give up our very children to their cult.
Wait, they're already doing that.

[Devius]

Opposing trans athletes in girls' sports is 'White supremacist patriarchy:' National Organization for Women
The organization attacked Riley Gaines' lawsuit against the NCAA
By Lindsay Kornick Fox News
Published April 2, 2024 10:00am EDT

The National Organization for Women (NOW) no longer supports women, several people declared after a controversial social media post.

NOW responded to the news of former and current college athletes filing a lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to compete in the women’s championship back in 2022.

According to the women’s rights group, actions like these were the work of "White supremacist patriarchy," rather than a concern for equality.



"Repeat after us: Weaponizing womenhood against other women is white supremacist patriarchy at work. Making people believe there isn't enough space for trans women in sports is white supremacist patriarchy at work," the post read.



This response faced swift backlash, particularly for women athletes advocate Riley Gaines, who helped file the lawsuit.

"I've never seen so many oppression buzzwords in one sentence. Apparently, advocating for fair sport makes me a white supremacist. I wonder if my attorney will agree. (in case you were wondering, NOW stands for National Organization of Women lol)," the host of Outkick's Gaines for Girls podcast wrote.



NOW's post later received a Community Note claiming that transgender athletes are barred from competing in sports.

"Transwomen are still able to compete in the category of their birth sex or an Open category, they are not excluded from sport. World Aquatics prohibits anyone who has undergone any part of male puberty from entering the Female category," the note read, citing the World Aquatics policy from March.

Other social media users similarly piled on NOW’s post, accusing the organization of abandoning its mission of protecting women.

"Holy crap, the National Organization for Women says wanting women’s sports to be made up of women is ‘white supremacist patriarchy at work,’" OutKick founder Clay Travis wrote.

Townhall.com columnist Brad Slager mocked, "You posted this a day early, but I’m RTing on April Fools so people see your joke."

"I can’t believe I worked here when I was in college. I’m embarrassed for you. The patriarchy is telling women to sit down and shut up and accept whatever unfairness and invasion of privacy is hurled their way," former gymnast Jennifer Sey remarked.

Former Team USA championship runner Carilyn Johnson exclaimed, "When the most prominent women’s rights organization tells women to sit down and shut up so that a group of entitled men can appropriate women’s identities for their own benefit, the group has devolved into a men’s rights organization. Shaming women for speaking out is the very definition of bigoted supremacist patriarchy. Stop gaslighting women."

"You are such a complete and utter embarrassment," president of Women's Declaration International-USA Kara Dansky declared.

Conservative user Amy Curtis similarly mocked, "Repeat after me: you are lunatics."

Independent Women’s Forum spokesperson Paula Scanlan asked, "’White supremacist patriarchy’ I advocate for these things as a mixed race person and I have an immigrant mother. Why is this ALWAYS about race?"

Fox News Digital reached out to NOW for a comment.

NOW previously supported transgender athletes competing with women after the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act in 2021 which would have banned discrimination based on gender identity.

"As courts and scientists overwhelmingly have stated, transgender girls and women are girls and women," the group said in a statement at the time. "Unfortunately, transgender girls’ and women’s participation in school sports consistent with their gender identity has become a cudgel used to attack the [Equality] Act."

Source:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/opposing-trans-athletes-girls-sports-white-supremacist-patriarchy-national-organization-women

[foxbat1]

Originally Posted by BondJmsBond

It's a farce, perpetrated to bring about the very denial of reality by State decree, as said by Orwell

The farce is that she was never at risk of being arrested over this. The law makes it clear she would have to go a lot further.

She's not that stupid. She prefers to let others take the legal risk, and simply fund them from a safe distance.

[badman999]

Originally Posted by Devius

Opposing trans athletes in girls' sports is 'White supremacist patriarchy:' National Organization for Women
The organization attacked Riley Gaines' lawsuit against the NCAA
By Lindsay Kornick Fox News
Published April 2, 2024 10:00am EDT

Source:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/opposing-trans-athletes-girls-sports-white-supremacist-patriarchy-national-organization-women

Anywhere leftists gain control of organisations, you get this kind of idiocy. That's why the people who are most vehament that Bob pretending to be Doris is a "real girl" are in academia and the third (ie nont fo rprofit) sectors.

I hope real feminists are looking at NOW with the same shock and horror as I am, and determine that NOW is an organisation worthy of the necessary fight to reform it.

[badman999]

Brilliant video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRTsLuNnIAc

[U99]

Originally Posted by Alfac

How dare the Police not martyr Ms Rowling, just so Team Misogynistbat's rantings might have a ring of truth to them, at long, long last.
Ah well, still live in hope about that miracle someday...

No matter how often lies get repeated - they're still LIES.

The posts of Foxbat, are written by & posted by *one* person only.

While the posts of Alfac which repeat that lie, are TROLL messages posted by a TROLL author. Entirely in breach, of forum rules prohibiting troll behaviour - and harassment.

This hostile, dishonest, harrassment based antisocial behaviour from Alfac, deserves *NO place* upon VEF. And I have reached the conclusion, that *whole message deletion* should be carried out from now on. Against all future Alfac messages, claiming multi person involvement in Foxbat posts on VEF.

[U99]

Originally Posted by badman999

Can you direct us, to a precise episode of that cartoon in which this exact line of dialogue appears?

Or have you merely just posted, *FAKE* 'news'? 🙄