The Needle has concluded that the State Department is likely asserting the power to deem U.S. citizens who they determine to be ideologically "far-left", and who seem to be especially active in transgender advocacy, as "national security" risks, and consequently revoking their passports.
The bill may or may not become law, but this still marks another attack to the marginalized and the vulnerable by the right.
Brazil is far from a perfect country, it is one of the countries that kills the most trans people in the world, and it has a deep history with racism and discrimination, but steps are being taken so we move on as a society.
This creative piece is by a guest contributor and published here as part of our ongoing efforts to highlight and build transgender and transsexual culture.
So, I went to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's 30th Pride Parade in November...
The far-right isn’t inevitable but these threats are part of their standard playbook. What we need is to organize so the right-wing bad actors don’t win.
All in all, The Flowers I Deserve is an enthralling, sexy but simplistic fairytale, devoid of the edges and stakes missing from the author’s previous works.
This move is the latest chapter in Brazil's quotas law- which has made it possible for marginalized and poor people to increasingly access university education.
Trans folks who are plagued with self doubt are the hottest, most capable people on the planet. Time doesn't just have to go in a circle. Time can move forward.
