... I certainly have thoughts about the Wednesday move by the Trump administration to withdraw the trans guidance: https://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/trump-reversed-guidelines-protecting-transgender-students?utm_term=.cidDW9DR2#.cmE6Yg6dq …
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None of that is too say that LGBT advocates and students and allies shouldn't take actions regarding the withdrawing of the guidance ...
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... but the reality of what's happening on the ground here matters. Especially early in an administration where there is lots of chaos.
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On the legal side, technically speaking, the only thing that changed is the federal government isn't taking sides any longer on the issue.
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That matters — the Obama admin had backed Gavin Grimm at the Fourth Circuit — but it isn't the law itself.
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The guidance — due to a district court injunction — already was on hold in most places and ways, too, so that's not changed.
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What about GG? That ~is~ a good question, and I think people of good will, as they say, will reach different conclusions about that.
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In one sense, the case can still be decided, on the underlying question of whether Title IX's sex discrim ban bars anti-trans discrim.
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But, that question was not the basis for the Fourth Circuit's ruling, so the Supreme Court also could, sooner or later, send the case back.
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For Gavin Grimm specifically, therefore, this move could have the effect of dragging out his case beyond his high school graduation.
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And, finally, there is the ~message~ effect: The recollection of AG Lynch’s strong statement of support for trans people’s legal protection.
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That certainly has changed & could make a difference to school districts (in states w/o other protections) who were undecided on the issue.
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I know people don't get my thinking on DeVos, but it was either DeVos, as reported repeatedly, or the White House that pulled back Sessions.
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We don't know for certain. But someone did, multiple reports say it was DeVos, and that makes sense in light of all I've heard and know.
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Anyway, that's all I got for now. Thanks for listening; I think I responded to all of the issues raised by folks in the tread. </end>
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why do you trust DeVos would do ANYTHING to protect lgbtq youth after promoting "conversion therapy" i.e. torture of
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the whole idea that she's fighting against Sessions is laughable. It's a manufactured attempt to make the public like her.
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But why would she? We know she's just as much a bigot as he is. I have trouble buying the premise.
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question is why? Lack of committment on IDEA protections, fam history with NOM and other orgs...What's the motivation for her?
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Are you suggesting that Betsy "Public Schools Should Be Kingdom of God" DeVos championed keeping those protections in place?
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