Yes, I know this is one hell of an eyeful to absorb, but considering the importance of the subject at a time like this and how much more time others have spent spreading misinformation/disinformation and hateful rhetoric, this is more constructive.1/

https://x.com/UltraViolet_940/status/1914736271391334450

I'm now gonna go back to the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which, despite being clear-cut and categorical on the human rights of ALL individuals, SOME people insist on being purposely obtuse and ignorant about its premises, only hurting themselves. 2/

I'm picking up from this thread, because while I know it's an eyeful to absorb, I'm still going to put this out there because I know there are others who wish to get a clue, to make sense of everything, and who may feel similarly as I do. 1/

https://x.com/UltraViolet_940/status/1914720941076091334

I started this discourse because I wanted, in spite of my own feelings of concern, to put the information out there that the end is not so much in sight as many of us may worry that it is, barring some ham-fisted, callous tactic(s) with a view to purposely ending the world. 2/

9 years ago, I was introduced to one of the oversight mechanisms and given a somewhat in-depth preview of the world of international law and treaties.

Subsequent to my attendance at the 46th General Assembly of the OAS, I have always held considerable stock in treaty law. 1/ What with all that's been going on both in the US and the UK, while I myself am particularly dismayed, I still hold out hope that the rule of law will prevail and that inalienable and indivisible human rights will withstand the test of time, as they've always done. 2/

Let's break down the fallacy of Linehan's transphobic rhetoric, because that's what it is: Fallacious, bigoted/prejudicial and a set of talk (which sadly can see innocent people getting hurt or worse for no good reason), especially what with throwing around the word "violent" 1/

https://twitter.com/nyx_nyx_nyx_666/status/1913917524925723004

The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines violence as, "an act of physical force that causes or is intended to cause harm."

It further breaks down violence into four types of crimes: murder (killing), assault (phys. attack), robbery (forcible taking) and rape (forced sex). 2/

Just as I was writing my last tweet in the most recent thread, I came across a lovely little gem on Page 25 of the Yogyakarta Principles +10 under "Additional Recommendations" particularly paragraph R: "[We further recommend that] Sporting organisations integrate the Yogyakarta Principles (2006) and these Additional Principles (2017), as well as all relevant human rights norms and standards, in their policies and practices, in particular:

Gonna go a little further, as the Yogyakarta Principles are not limited to just the one document drawn up in 2006.

11 years later, between September 18-20, 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland, the Principles were revisited and expanded. The Yogyakarta Principles +10, as the extension is known, acknowledges in its Preamble, among other things:

"UNDERSTANDING 'gender expression' as each person's presentation of the person's gender through physical appearance - including dress, hairstyles, accessories...

Preamble of the Yogyakarta Principles:

"We, the International Panel of Experts in International Human Rights Law and on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity:

"RECALLING that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and that everyone is entitled... "...to the enjoyment of human rights without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status;

"DISTURBED that violence, harassment, discrimination, exclusion...

Yogyakarta Principle #2: "Everyone is entitled to enjoy all human rights without discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Everyone is entitled to equality before the law and the equal protection of the law without any such discrimination... ...whether or not the enjoyment of another human right is also affected. The law shall prohibit any such discrimination and guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection against any such discrimination.

"Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation...

This policy is going to do more than just harm to trans people, it will literally fuck up the ENTIRE healthcare system!

Blood testing for trans people are not merely centered around testosterone and oestrogen levels, but also include ALL OTHER KINDS OF BLOOD TESTS!

https://twitter.com/GoodLawProject/status/1910639507969372251

For example, a couple days after my 30th birthday, I had no fewer than FIVE phials of blood drawn to test for the following (which I could recall off-hand):

HBA1C, Cholesterol, Blood Glucose, STD Panel (HIV, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Herpes, etc.).

So now I've completed the lot. I've downloaded PDFs of MORE THAN THIRTY Executive Orders which were signed THIS WEEK ALONE by the Trump Administration, and it's only been three and a half days roughly since he took office. What I found to be rather unsettling is the recurrent pattern of narcissism, emotional immaturity, sore-loserhood, spitefulness, failure to grasp legal concepts, disregard for international law and related obligations, and a general lack of step with reality, naming a few issues.

Why am I keeping such a close eye on things in the USA?

Because I have friends who moved there looking for a better life - something which was previously encouraged by the USA to the point that its most popular statue - the Statue of Liberty - signifies that.

1/18 But instead, the country is now under the control of someone who plans to make it IMPOSSIBLE to pursue that dream. Even if you emigrate to the USA "legally," you have to do the same thing the "illegals" do, which is to ENTER THE COUNTRY VIA A BORDER. 2/18

It's how that "Bobo" person created an account (and from the reports, it wasn't the only one) and the posts consist of NOTHING but rude, condescending, ableist remarks to the extent that ANYTIME Erin said something, they were jumping on her.

It didn't even matter, the subject! She's having challenges at the doctor's WRT medication or treatment not working properly: Bobo wants to bring up her academic degrees in contrast to the doctors'.

She mentions an anecdote from when she was in college/university: Bobo again wants to assail her education.

Bajan Twitter,

I gonna ask you guys to do this for me, and I gonna ask it once, because if I ever get a repeat of tonight, it won't be pretty.

Kindly ask @giles_tyrell NEVER to call me, turn up at my house or approach me ANYWHERE ever again!

I will explain why. Now, yes, at one point we were friends. Note, we WERE friends. He had gone out of his way not just to start calling me to shoot the breeze, but after once offering me a lift home, memorised the directions and started turning up in person every now and again.

I was okay with that