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A transgender college student declared “I am here to break the law” before entering a women’s restroom at the Florida State Capitol and being led out in handcuffs by police. Civil rights attorneys say the arrest of Marcy Rheintgen last month is the first they know of for violating transgender bathroom restrictions passed by numerous state legislatures across the country.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/trans-students-arrest-violating-florida-bathroom-law-thought-first-rcna199697

Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in #NaziGermany

The forgotten Olympic history of #TransAthletes.

by Alex Abad-Santos
Updated Aug 1, 2024

Excerpt: "Outside of the [Olympic] Games, trans people face so much backlash, often for simply existing. The conversation around sports is particularly fraught, from children’s athletics right up through the pros. Despite the International Olympic Committee vowing to be more inclusive, the future for trans athletes is unclear.

"It all raises the question: How did we get to this point, and did it always have to be this way?

"The answers found in historian and journalist #MichaelWaters’s The Other Olympians: #Fascism, #Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports might be surprising. Waters’s book traces the emergence of #ZdeněkKoubek, a track and field star representing the country formerly known as Czechoslovakia who, at 21, won two medals — a gold in the 800m and a bronze in the long jump — at the 1934 Women’s World Games. (The Women’s World Games was the precursor to women competing at the Olympics). In 1935, Koubek announced that he would be living life as a man and swiftly became an international celebrity.

"Perhaps the most intriguing facet to Koubek’s story was in the public response. Koubek was more welcomed and celebrated than we might imagine. There was an open-mindedness and empathy to the reception of Koubek and his gender identity and expression in the 1930s.

"Waters also pinpoints where and when that changed, specifically at the #1936Olympics in #Nazi Germany. Armed with a propensity for #eugenics, #GenderAnxiety, and a startling lack of scientific evidence, a small set of Nazi officials influenced the International Olympic Committee into #GenderSurveillance and #TransPanic — stuff that eerily mirrors the #transphobic attacks that athletes, cis and trans alike, face today."

Read more:
https://www.vox.com/culture/364032/trans-athletes-olympics-2024?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
#TransgenderAthletes #SexTesting
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

So, I wanted to highlight this quote from #TransAthlete #ChrisMosier [which I totally identify with]:

"An increased scrutiny on athletes' bodies creates serious harm to all women and girls who are perceived as 'more masculine' due to being #queer, #intersex, or otherwise out of alignment with narrow, white-centric norms of femininity."

Or those of us with higher androgen levels naturally!

Today is Trans Day of Visibility. Here's a @Flipboard Storyboard celebrating the achievements of trans people and detailing how they are resisting attempts to erase them. "It's not a closet — it's a chrysalis," trans chaplain Rev. Caroline Morrison told The Advocate. "They try to make it a closet, but no. We grow, we change, we become new beings. And once we break free, there's no putting us back."

https://flipboard.com/@theculturedesk/trans-day-of-visibility-uspme6pp2ca5sd0f

March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility. People who are trans, nonbinary, fluid, and all identities have always been part of theatre, culture, and our world and the performing arts is built on expressing yourself and being seen - even when (and sometimes especially so) when wearing costumes and masks).

Celebrate and ensure trans rights are human rights!

Our troupe is a patchwork of players from all walks of life. Together the myriad of patchwork pieces makes something amazing and brilliant. Every patch is valid and wanted.

#TransDayOfVisibility #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Blogorgonopsid proudly supports the International Transgender Day of Visibility! It's a day to remember trans people's contributions to our society and to talk about discrimination that they face.

For every weak transphobe, there are millions of trans allies!

#internationaltransgenderdayofvisibility #tdov #proud #transgender #ally #lgbtqia #queer #queerrights #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/03/podpora-mezinarodniho-dne-viditelnosti.html