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Fl Board of Medicine final vote to kill gender affirming care for teens passes,hearing cut off early

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 11/04/2022 - 19:41

On the 4th of November, the Florida Board of Medicine and Florida Board of Osteopathic medicine held a joint hearing to pass an almost total ban on gender-affirming care for teens. Only 8 speaking slots were allocated for pro and anti ban speakers, and a bunch of out of state detransitioners spoke in favor. Those opposing warned the proposal would trigger suicides-and several were physically removed, in one case for calling DeSantis the Nazi he is. The proposal passed, and power to mics was cut off and the hearing ended early.

Video-Opposing speakers harassed and removed,hearing descends into chaos and is cut off early 2 min 29 sec

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W Va women disrupt Supreme Court proceedings, demand voting and abortion rights

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 11/02/2022 - 13:21

On the 2nd of November, three women from W Va got inside the Supreme Court and shouted down the proceedings. They yelled ""We will restore our freedom to choose - women of America vote." This is one of the only times in all US history SCOTUS proceedings have been forced to pause by disruption inside.

Video: empty main courtroom shown,action is on audio, heard again after audio unmuted 32 sec

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Still from West Virginia Rising's Twitter video,looks like SCOTUS's live feed

Iran solidarity protests continue in Orlando

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 10/30/2022 - 17:09

On the 29th of October, a rally took place in a park North of Orlando's City Hall in solidarity with the ongoing "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising in Iran. While news out of Iran is hard to get, protesters reported that conditions continue to worsen in what has become a war between the government and the uprising.

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Orlando defends after Drag Queen Story Hour cancelled over threats from Nazis

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 10/30/2022 - 01:49

In the week leading up to Oct 29, five different neo-Nazi groups including the Proud Boys, Patriot Front, National Socialist Movement and two more announced they would assault a Drag Queen Story Hour at the Center in Orlando. Not wanting to bring children into a battlefield, the story hour organizers cancelled but Nazis vowed to show up anyway. On the day of,most were no-show in the face of a powerful community defense

Video: Seven religious nuts show up, Proud Boys, NSM, et all chump out as community defends 1 min 51 sec

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THIS is what any Proud Boys scouts passing the Center saw!

Fl Board of Health meeting tells trans kids "stop shouting" then votes to ban their medical care

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 17:33

On the 28th of October, the Florida Board of Health met at Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport to finalize rules prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care for trans youth under 18 except as part of a University-run experiment. Trans youth and their supporters were told to "stop shouting" and take this assault in Q&A before the Board voted to toss them under an Evangelical bus.

Video-bike cops riding in to silence trans youth 11 sec

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Bike cops rode into the meeting to intimidate trans youth and their friends

Kavanaugh, Roberts get Pre-Halloween protest

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 23:47

On the 26th of October, with Halloween less than a week away, protesters returned to the homes of Supreme Court "Justices" John Roberts and "Rapey Brett" Kavanaugh.

Video from raw clips by Literary Mouse 45 sec

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Photo by Literary Mouse

That's Amore restaurant gets protest/dance party for hosting anti-trans dinner event

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 10/20/2022 - 03:36

On the 19th of October, That's Amore restaurant in Rockville hosted an anti-trans hate dinner. Outside, protesters held a dance party featuring music, trans flags, and rainbow flags. The over 60 protesters apparently outnumbered the attendees at the hate event inside

Video-dance party themed protest at That's Amore 39 sec

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Students meet with school board,demand Arlington stand up to Va Gov. Youngkin's anti-trans policies

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 10/13/2022 - 22:46

On the 13th of October, Arlington County Public School students defied threats from Fascists and met with the school board to condemn VA Governor Youngkin's vicious anti-trans student policies. They demanded that Arlington hold the line and stand up to this MAGAt governor and the hate he is spreading as much as possible.

Video-a special education teacher slams Gov Youngkin's hateful anti-trans policies 1 min 54 sec

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Brookside Gardens drag queen story hour beseiged by Proud Boys terrorists

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 10/09/2022 - 01:38

On the 8th of October, the Proud Boys may have taken advantage of the Women's March keeping activists busy to disrupt an undefended Drag Queen Story Hour reading event for children in Brookside Gardens.

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Photo by MoCO County Council candidate Kristin Mink

Women's March reportback

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/08/2022 - 16:51

On the 8th of October, the Women's March returned to Capitol Hill for another mass march against SCOTUS's decision to scuttle Roe Vs Wade and permit about half the US to ban abortion outright. At least two groups of counterprotesters and several far-right media teams(notably the Daily Signal) were driven away by more militant protesters.

Update Oct 8, late night: Simultanious protests held at homes of all 6 antichoice Supreme Court "Justices" Video-the protest at Kavanaugh's house 1 min 16 sec

Video-chasing right wing trash out of the Women's March 5 min 14 sec

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