#WORLDWIDE #USA #LGBTQNATION #News Update - Rand Paul goes on unhinged transphobic rant at Dr. Rachel Levine's confirmation hearing

 

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Rand Paul goes on unhinged transphobic rant at Dr. Rachel Levine's confirmation hearing "Genital mutilation," Paul bellowed as he started questioning the first transgender person nominated to a Senate-confirmed position, Dr. Rachel Levine. Furious crowd forces armed police officers to release men arrested for kissing on a beach Parents and locals started chanting "I'm gay!" and "I'm gay too!" in solidarity with the men as they surrounded the cops. Two Congresswomen are having a stand-off over trans rights outside their offices The Democrat with a trans daughter hung a trans flag outside her office to force Marjorie Taylor Greene to look at it. Then the QAnon Rep did something disgusting in return. Biden admin withdraws support for lawsuit attacking trans girls in sports filed under Trump The Trump administration supported a hate group trying to ban trans girls from school sports. The Biden administration just reversed that. GOP Rep. Lauren Boehbert uses anti-gay stereotypes to explain vote against LGBTQ rights bill She says she's raising her sons "to be men" and she's "proud of that." 5.6% of American adults say they are LGBTQ. Over half identify as bisexual. The number of LGBTQ Americans coming out and claiming their identity just keeps growing. Gay man forced to sue his subdivision because he wants to fly a rainbow flag from his porch "I'm a gay man with a family here. What's wrong with flying a Pride flag?" Will enough Republican senators sign onto the Equality Act for it to pass? Probably not. Thanks to arcane Senate rules, Democrats need ten Republican votes to pass the Equality Act. That's a very tall order. Mother shot her daughter & trans son to death Police found the mother on her porch with her children's blood on her hands in "a gruesome scene." Biden administration issues strong statement urging passage of LGBTQ civil rights bill The measure will reportedly be voted on in the House this week. LISTEN: Rise in Asian American Hate Crimes On this week's LGBTQ Nation, Alex discusses hate crimes against AAPI groups that have increased at the outset of the pandemic in the wake of racist rhetoric from our former president. Look... Listen at: Apple Podcasts · Google Podcasts · Spotify · Stitcher