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Erin Reed Profile picture
@ErinInTheMorn
Nov 8 • 8 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
A city ordinance banning public homosexuality has reached Rutherford County Libraries.

You read that correctly.

Now it is being used to potentially pull all LGBTQ+ books off of the shelves in a meeting Monday.

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In a packed library board meeting, board officials, mostly composed of political appointments, stated that they had the right to "preserve contemporary community standards." They then began planning a resolution to go through every book for violations.

erininthemorning.com/p/city-ordinan…
The ordinance being used is 23-O-22, which defines "indecent behavior" as "sexual conduct defined in section 21-71" of Murfressboro City Code.

Section 21-71 defines homosexuality as "sexual conduct."

It also bans "indecent materials" that promote conduct, and more.
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Immediately after the ordinance, library officials gathered to remove its first 4 books:
- Flamer
- Lets Talk About It
- Queerfuly & Wonderfully Made
- This Book Is Gay

It also enacted a tiered library card system and blocked nonfiction books from minors. Image
One particular activist spoke out against the bill passionately.

"When in history have the ones banning books ever been the good guys?"

The ordinance is also being used to target LGBTQ+ people in public.

It was nearly used to ban BoroPride, though they reached an agreement to not enforce while challenging the law.

Court filings show the provision bans homosexuality under potential civil and criminal penalties. Image
The provision is being challenged by the ACLU of Tennessee, Tennessee Equality Project, Ballard Spahr, and Burr Forman. Read more about the challenge here:

aclu-tn.org/en/press-relea…
If you ask why you have not heard of this, please consider the importance of LGBTQ+ journalism.

Please consider supporting my work, as a queer journalist regularly breaking this news, by subscribing.

And read the newsletter and article on this event.

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Nov 8
On Tuesday, as election results poured in, it was clear that Democrats would have a big night.

Another narrative began to emerge, though: a massive defeat for Moms For Liberty candidates and anti-trans campaigns nationwide.

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Republicans quietly watched race after race, where all of the biggest campaigns where trans rights were an issue were swept by Dems.

- KY Governor Beshear
- Loudon School Board
- Central Bucks School board
- Iowa

and dozens more.

Read about many here:

erininthemorning.com/p/moms-for-lib…
Politicians began to take notice. Senator Claire McCaskill appeared on Morning Joe, exclaiming, "this issue about transgender rights, Republicans think they have a big winner... they need to check again with the suburbs of America, because they are not winners in the suburbs."
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Nov 7
It's easy to understand that this would be Gen Z's position, though.

They've watched LGBTQ+ friends rights stripped away, children bombed in various wars their whole lives, student loan debt, a supreme court taking away rights...

Nobody is happy with small victories anymore.
The promises of liberalism were supposed to be steady progress and change. When we see the 50 years worth of meager change it has offered to society stripped away in a single presidency and court, the entire paradigm feels like it was never worth it
I want to be clear - I do not necessarily adopt this approach or ethic. I have always straddled the line between leftism and liberalism. I still hold onto hope that those promises can be delivered.

But every time our lives are put up as compromise, I lose a little of that.
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Nov 3
Today, #DETRANS is trending, thanks to a $1 million ad buy from PragerU.

The main subject, a detransitioner named Daisy, announced "everyone should become Catholic" and advocated against transition "at any age."

The Ex-Gay movement is back.

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In my latest article, I dive into the anti-trans detrans movement, its connections to the old ex-gay movement, and how similar tactics are being used with similar goals today. Give it a read.

erininthemorning.com/p/everyone-sho…
Daisy, in the film, claims that she detransitioned because she would "never be a real man."

In her video in 2020, however, she announced that she did so because she "read the scripture with a submissive heart" and detransitioned "ultimately for god"



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Oct 31
"How does it feel knowing you'll never be as good as a real man?"

The right has latched onto Finnish Dr Kaltiala as an example of a "pioneer" who "pulled back from trans care.

For her patients at her clinic, a different story of abuse emerges.

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Dr. Kaltiala published that she is revealing the "truth" about trans care, being "silenced" by American medical organizations.

What she omits is her clinic's allegations of misconduct.

The article is filled with falsehoods.

Read more in my article:

erininthemorning.com/p/abusive-prac…
Dr. Kaltiala is someone who, unless you pay close attention to debates over trans care, you probably never heard of.

She was tapped to lead the gender clinic in Tampere University, Finland, despite having no real background in trans care. Image
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Oct 30
We've seen it far too often. A new documentary gets shared by every right-wing account. Trans people who partook apologize for being deceptively edited and tricked. The documentary then gets used in legislative fights.

The cycle can be broken.

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This has been used so many times before:
- Matt Walsh's "What Is A Woman"
- Seven News Documentary
- A recent Dutch documentary
There are too many to count.

It's also been foiled before.

Read my advice here:

erininthemorning.com/p/what-to-watc…
Earlier this year, activist Eli Erlick foiled an attempt by Robby Starbuck, a noted anti-trans figure.

Her quick thinking and keen eye quickly picked up on the ploy.

Everyone should learn the signs around false/misleading documentaries:

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Oct 21
The deceptively titled American College of Pediatricians has released a resource for "gender exploratory" conversion therapy for trans kids.

It advises mothers to be "intimate with fathers" and "not to yell at them" to stop kids from being trans.

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The new initiative should shed more light on the practice of "gender exploratory therapy" and how it has found its home in religious-based conversion therapy methods adopting secular packaging for usage by state governments.

Read my article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/right-wing-a…
The initiative features Gender Exploratory Therapy heavily, alongside several other known conversion therapy organizations, such as the "Christian Counselors Network" which offers referrals to 100 conversion therapists for "homosexuality issues" and "gender identity issues" Image
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