A cisgender sportswoman who takes part in competitive powerlifting is using her TikTok to reveal the constant attacks she faces from anti-trans trolls on her gender identity 🏋️🏳️⚧️
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TikTok user burritos_and_adhd, whose real name is Laura, is constantly criticised by trolls who have accused her of being a man. One user recently asked her: “Are you really proud of cheating the system?” (2/6)
She hit back in a video with the caption: “This idea that trans women are ‘cheating’ is based on the belief that people born as men are automatically stronger 100 per cent of the time. Y’all aren’t. Sit down.” (3/6)
In text over the video, Laura wrote: “No, but I am proud of hurting your feelings by just existing. Once ya’ll realise that men aren’t magically stronger from birth, you’ll stop accusing women of cheating when they’re strong.” (4/6)
In January, a report found that trans women have no advantage over cisgender women when competing in elite sport, if existing rules are followed. It concluded that trans women who have begun testosterone suppression have no clear biological advantage. (5/6)
Responding to the “transphobia” she receives from people who misgender her and try to “affirm” her gender, Laura said that there isn’t a strict binary that bodies fall into.
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Some positive LGBTQ+ news from Thailand: Pita Limjaroenrat, the man expected to become the country’s next prime minister, has vowed to pass same-sex marriage legislation within 100 days of taking office 🇹🇭❤️🏳️🌈
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The general election in the country last month saw the Move Forward Party win the most seats, a result that could challenge the status quo of former army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha, who has ruled Thailand since staging a military coup in 2014. (2/7)
And on Sunday 4 June, Move Forward Party leader Limjaroenrat took part in the second annual Bangkok Pride parade, which returned to the city last year for the first time since 2006. (3/7)
On 6 June, violence erupted outside a school board meeting in the city of Glendale, California as LGBTQ+ activists and right-wing groups clashed over LGBTQ+ inclusion during Pride Month. (1/8)
The confrontation happened as board members for the Glendale Unified School District, which represents 25,000 students, met to discuss recognising June as Pride Month, an agenda item they unanimously approved later in the evening. (2/8)
The public comment section of the meeting was cut short by police due to the violent situation outside the building, with officers giving attendees instructions not to leave for a short period for their own safety. (3/8)
Today marks the death of Alan Turing, 69 years ago.
We have put together this thread where you can learn more about Turing’s extraordinary life and why it’s still so important we continue to remember and celebrate him. #PrideMonth 🧵(1/8)
Who was Alan Turing? (2/8)
He was hailed as the 'father of computer science' (3/8)
For the first time in its history, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has declared a national “state of emergency” for all LGBTQ+ people in the US 🇺🇸 (1/6)
The HRC – the largest LGBTQ+ political lobbying organisation within the US – made its statement following an “unprecedented and dangerous spike in anti-LGBTQ+ legislative assaults sweeping state houses this year”. (2/6)
Kelley Robinson, the group’s president, said: “LGBTQ+ Americans are living in a state of emergency. The multiplying threats facing millions in our community are not just perceived, they are real, tangible and dangerous. (3/6)
A Mormon couple has been mocked for planting a so-called ‘family values’ flag in their back garden to protest Pride Month.
The statement, published by senior members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS Church) in 1995, purports homophobic claims that marriage… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In her post, Despain wrote: “We heard June was the month to hang up flags celebrating our personal beliefs about gender, sexuality, and identity. So we hung up ours.” (2/5)
The Mormon couple’s post was almost immediately bombarded with ridicule over Despain’s attempt to subvert Pride Month with a single flag containing text so small it appears barely visible up close. (3/5)
In a major win for LGBTQ+ equality, a Japanese court has ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional 🇯🇵🏳️🌈
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On 30 May, Nagoya District Court became the second to rule against Japan’s same-sex marriage ban, despite prime minister Fumio Kishida claiming the ban wasn’t discriminatory to the LGBTQ+ community. Japan is the only G7 nation that doesn’t recognise same-sex marriage. (2/6)
The ruling – welcomed by activists and supporters outside the court – follows Japan’s main opposition, the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), submitting a bill calling for same-sex marriage to be legalised. (3/6)