• Trump Administration hires anti-transgender activist to lead gender equality post
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[img]https://typeset-beta.imgix.net/uploads/getty/2017/6/30/98349597-a404-4768-8235-734ac2cee89e-getty-619309866.jpg?w=740&h=444&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&q=70[/img] [url]https://www.bustle.com/p/the-trump-administration-hires-a-trans-rights-opponent-to-lead-gender-equality-efforts-67794[/url] [quote]On Friday, BuzzFeed News reported that the Trump administration announced Bethany Kozma as the new senior adviser for women's empowerment at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Having made a name for herself advocating for anti-transgender policies, Kozma's appointment to a gender equality post has been criticized by activists who say she could create policies disadvantageous to LGBTQ+ individuals around the world. Kozma's new position will include coordinated strategy for global reductions in economic, educational, and health related gender disparities through projects in countries around the world. A LinkedIn account appearing to belong to Kozma lists her as a former employee at both the White House and the DHS during the Bush era. Kozma has written several editorial pieces for the Daily Signal that center around her fight to keep transgender and cisgender children separated in some aspects of public schooling. In February, when the administration announced that it was rolling back President Barack Obama's protection for trans kids using public school bathrooms, Kozma wrote about her appreciation for the new rule. "Trump’s decisiveness on this issue shows that he cares more about people than political correctness — that all our children deserve a safe and respectful learning environment, not just a very small minority, and that privacy and free speech are rights that American parents hold dear," Kozma wrote. "We aren’t asking to 'discriminate' against gender confused children, but to accommodate them with individual private facilities so that no one’s privacy is put at risk."[/quote]
That's incredibly shitty, wow. Not surprised though honestly, given how backwards the administration is.
Her response to Trump waiving the guidelines is so stupid. Yes, let's ostracize the trans kids and keep them away from their peers for the sake of "privacy" (even though it's not relevant because stalls exist), that's totally not discriminatory! Also "gender confused", fuck off.
It's like putting a pyromaniac in charge of fire safety
From the tangerine fuck who put Betsy DeVos, a woman who is strongly opposed to the teachings of climate change and evolution in the position of the Secretary of Education, and who has been constantly backpeddling the progress made by Obama out of complete spite since day one, it comes as no surprise that he'd do this. I am honestly baffled that people continue to condone what this idiot is doing.
oh boy terfs its like being progressive but not.
TERFs are the far right's kind of feminists.
Gee willickers it's [I]starting[/I] to look like holding a flag didn't mean much.
Wow, Trump actually isn't as pro-LGBT as his supporters claimed? Color me surprised!
only a terf could come away with the idea that transwomen are "just men pretending to women to get into women's spaces" and then go on to argue that gender is a social construct and shouldn't be forced onto people
[QUOTE]We aren’t asking to [B]'discriminate'[/B] against gender confused children, but to [B]accommodate them with individual private facilities[/B] so that no one’s privacy is put at risk.[/QUOTE] "We aren't discriminating, we're just putting the poor confused children into private facilities away from everyone else."
[QUOTE=Vitalogy;52420005]"We aren't discriminating, we're just putting the poor confused children into private facilities away from everyone else."[/QUOTE] Just alternative facts, get with the times
just when you think the shitshow can't get worse, they find ways to make it even worse for themselves. At this point I have to wonder what, if anything, is going through their heads at this point.
[QUOTE=Vitalogy;52420005]"We aren't discriminating, we're just putting the poor confused children into private facilities away from everyone else."[/QUOTE] We ruled that separate is equal, right? :downs:
if your main thing is LGBT rights but you're pro-trump then I'm sorry but haha holy fuck are you an idiot [editline]30th June 2017[/editline] I'll support a lot of reasons, even other-wise idiotic ones, but if its LGBT, then you're as stupid as they come
[QUOTE=xxfalconxx;52420033]just when you think the shitshow can't get worse, they find ways to make it even worse for themselves. At this point I have to wonder what, if anything, is going through their heads at this point.[/QUOTE] This, and all the rest of the unqualified picks, are probably intentionally chosen. Trump & co are very much in favor of small government, and don't like the idea of an "Agency for Internal Development" or "Food and Drug Administration" or "Environmental Protection Agency" making rules and being progressive and getting in the way. What better way to demonstrate how ineffective big government programs are than to cripple their leadership and stop any progress they're making? In some cases, I wouldn't be surprised if they used that poor performance/"redundancy" to start shutting down programs completely. Best case scenario, their reach can't be rebuilt with the next president, and worst case is they're still gridlocked (or discredited in the public eye, like here) for 4 years.
oh good we're actually moving into 1984 territory with the ministry of "equality"
Jesus fucking christ. We're just repeating the reagan administration as far as trans stuff goes, eh? Fan-fucking-tastic. [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janice_Raymond"]Last time a TERF got to tell the White House what to do about trans rights, we got shafted so hard that we're [I]still[/I] trying to recover some odd 30+ years later.[/URL] And it was only yesterday i was thanking the stars that he hadn't done something like this yet. Fuck.
This is just the middle finger cherry on top of a cake made out of rotten shit [editline]1st July 2017[/editline] I can't put in words how frustrated this makes me
I'm sure Caitlyn Jenner will write an angry tweet about this.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;52421094]I'm sure Caitlyn Jenner will write an angry tweet about this.[/QUOTE] She'll be very disappointed about the metaphorical leopards eating her non-metaphorical face.
This administration and its core supporters are the dregs of society, the degenerates, the deplorables, that would see America plunged into a dark age. No lover of liberty would be complicit in this nonsense.
[QUOTE=archangel125;52421804]This administration and its core supporters are the dregs of society, the degenerates, the deplorables, that would see America plunged into a dark age.[/QUOTE] It's very important, however, to note that the majority of the administration's supporters are just ignorant or naive because that highlights exactly why you should put out the effort to be informed. If you're not well informed then your ignorance or naivete can serve to harm innocent people.
[QUOTE=Alice3173;52422869]It's very important, however, to note that the majority of the administration's supporters are just ignorant or naive because that highlights exactly why you should put out the effort to be informed. If you're not well informed then your ignorance or naivete can serve to harm innocent people.[/QUOTE] I'm talking about the actual fascists among their supporters, not the ones who are simply ignorant. More the ones who don't care to learn or be informed, but would be pleased to see this administration strip minorities of their rights. And we know they're out there. The entire alt right qualifies.
[QUOTE=Alice3173;52422869]It's very important, however, to note that the majority of the administration's supporters are just ignorant or naive because that highlights exactly why you should put out the effort to be informed. If you're not well informed then your ignorance or naivete can serve to harm innocent people.[/QUOTE] don't forget about the "fuck obama" wing of supporters
Getting the same vibes from when the UN appointed a bunch of Saudi Men to lead the womans rights council.
[QUOTE=Xavith;52419634]It's like putting a pyromaniac in charge of fire safety[/QUOTE] I mean, isn't that exactly what we did with the Secretary of Education?
[QUOTE=Alice3173;52422869]It's very important, however, to note that the majority of the administration's supporters are just ignorant or naive because that highlights exactly why you should put out the effort to be informed. If you're not well informed then your ignorance or naivete can serve to harm innocent people.[/QUOTE] I don't think we can afford to any longer give Trump's supporters the benefit of the doubt by labeling them as simply uninformed. What these people want to see is malice to all and charity to none. They want to see harm come to those they consider to be "others".
[QUOTE=Mr. Sarcastic;52432839]I don't think we can afford to any longer give Trump's supporters the benefit of the doubt by labeling them as simply uninformed. What these people want to see is malice to all and charity to none. They want to see harm come to those they consider to be "others".[/QUOTE] Yeah, that's where we'll have to disagree. I agree that supporting Trump is malicious but only his most vocal and loyal supporters actually want to see others taken down a notch. Most of the people who voted for him honestly thought he was the best choice out of naivete or ignorance. That's why we're seeing support amongst those who voted for him steadily dropping the shittier he becomes. They're realizing that he actually wasn't the best choice. Dishonest idiots such as those who infest Polidicks are the minority, not the majority. And lumping those in who made a legitimate mistake with those like Tudd, sgman, or Chonch only serves to deepen the political divide that's already such an issue in the US currently.
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