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Does Joe Biden really understand the controversy behind his executive order on trans rights? - Suzanne Moore

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stumbledin · 23/01/2021 19:43

Not sure she is saying anything new but important it is being said in a main stream paper. But then like the Times it is right wing and behind a paywall. Would be good to have tv news etc. report on #BidenErasesWomen.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/23/does-joe-biden-really-understand-controversy-behind-executive/

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GrinitchSpinach · 24/01/2021 18:29

As WoLF have pointed out, even if one believes sincerely that the Biden EO position would be defeated in court, it still produces an enormous chilling effect because what cash-strapped school district wants to be the one to take on the overwhelming costs of suing the federal government over such a policy, especially with no guarantee of a win?

The President wields absolutely massive power of financial intimidation against any entity that receives federal funding.

RoyalCorgi · 24/01/2021 14:04

I doubt Biden is an expert on these matters. I think he has signed the order for woke points and will not even care if the courts shred it.

The federal agencies are now required to update their policies in line with the executive order, and so a lot depends on how they interpret it. They apparently have to be aware of potential conflicts or difficulties. And then there might be a legal challenge in the Supreme Court, which is very conservative. So you're right, it's not over yet.

stumbledin · 24/01/2021 00:10

PS - thanks FuckingCrustyBread Biscuit or Wine?

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stumbledin · 24/01/2021 00:08

I am not sure how much an article behing a paywall will do but think if we share (even if just the title) so that more people are aware that this executive order isn't about Biden being the good guy undoing Trumpt horribleness.

Was really surprised to see that Yahoo's UK news service carried the press release from WOLF in full. Need to keep up the pressure. uk.news.yahoo.com/womens-liberation-front-biden-executive-205600269.html

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zanahoria · 23/01/2021 20:57

Biden’s executive order on “LGBTQ+” is also taken directly from critical gender and queer theory. Take the trans question. Most decent people support laws that protect transgender people from discrimination — which, after the Bostock decision, is already the law of the land. But this is not enough for Biden. He takes the view that the law should go further and insist that trans women are absolutely indistinguishable from biological women — which erases any means of enforcing laws that defend biological women as a class. If your sex is merely what you say it is, without any reference to biological reality, then it is no longer sex at all. It’s gender, period. It’s socially constructed all the way down.

andrewsullivan.substack.com/

Cannot read that but this seems in a similar vein.

I doubt Biden is an expert on these matters. I think he has signed the order for woke points and will not even care if the courts shred it.

ARoombaOfOnesOwn · 23/01/2021 20:38

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MrGHardy · 23/01/2021 20:13

Like he gives a flying f...

He knows it will appease the woke mob that he needs on the left to get re-elected.

MajesticWhine · 23/01/2021 20:09

I would be interested to read this. Is there a way of sharing it?

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