#SOGI in schools

[ed-died688]

its march 32st you know what that means

💫💫💫💫💫 very serious magical absolutely platonic hetero art 💫💫💫💫💫💫

[fixomnia-scribble]

Well done, Canada. From the coverage I've seen so far, the message was sent home loud and clear in cities across the country. There's a huge amount of work to be done, but for now, REST, and re-energize.

[filenameghost]

I get to partake in a bake sale tomorrow and I am so hexcited :3 it is my first time participating in such an event and although it seems like. not a big deal to most ppl it's a High School Experience I saw in The Movies that I am glad I will get to enjoy :)

[damnicantcontroltheweather]

BEEFING with the BC conservatives rn as we speak

[communistkenobi]

you attend a pro-Palestine demonstration and across the street are fascists calling for the execution of trudeau and the UN SOGI expert because school teachers say the word transgender in their classrooms. sometimes history lays itself bare at your feet

[progressivemillennial]

Project 2025 Revisited, Part 2: Notable Quotes

As noted in Part 1, I spent time in November reviewing Project 2025's Mandate for Leadership and compiled a summary and quotes for my community. My hope is to share this information now to help make sense of the Trump presidency so far and to help us understand what might be coming in the future.

Many have credulously believed that Donald Trump did not know about Project 2025. What I'm hoping to convey with today's and tomorrow's quotes is that, regardless of what Trump knew or didn't know, we can see in the administration's actions a clear connection to many of the priorities of the Mandate for Leadership. This makes sense because the Trump administration is ideologically aligned with many of the folks and organizations who contributed to Project 2025.

Without further ado, please find below a selection of quotes from the Mandate for Leadership, bold text added by me for emphasis:

Administrative State 1. "When it comes to ensuring that freedom can flourish, nothing is more important than deconstructing the centralized administrative state."

Public Education 1. "The new Administration must end the prior Administration��s abuse of the agency’s payment pause and HEA loan forgiveness programs, including borrower defense to repayment, closed school discharge, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness."

2. "Federal education policy should be limited and, ultimately, the federal Department of Education should be eliminated."

Race 1. “Treat the participation in any critical race theory or DEI initiative, without objecting on constitutional or moral grounds, as per se grounds for termination of employment.”

Climate Change 1. “Climate-change research should be disbanded. … The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be broken up and downsized. … [The Office of Air and Radiation] … is the source of much of NOAA’s climate alarmism.”

Multiple Topics 1. "The noxious tenets of 'critical race theory' and 'gender ideology' should be excised from curricula in every public school in the country."

2. "The next conservative President must make the institutions of American civil society hard targets for woke culture warriors. This starts with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”), diversity, equity, and inclusion, gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensitive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and any other term used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights out of every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists."

3. "Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered."

4. “The next Administration will face a significant challenge in unwinding policies and procedures that are used to advance radical gender, racial, and equity initiatives under the banner of science. Similarly, the Biden Administration’s climate fanaticism will need a whole-of-government unwinding.”

5. “No public education employee or contractor shall use a name to address a student other than the name listed on a student’s birth certificate, without the written permission of a student’s parents or guardians. No public education employee or contractor shall use a pronoun in addressing a student that is different from that student’s biological sex without the written permission of a student’s parents or guardians. No public institution may require an education employee or contractor to use a pronoun that does not match a person’s biological sex if contrary to the employee’s or contractor’s religious or moral convictions.”

6. “Families comprised of a married mother, father, and their children are the foundation of a well-ordered nation and healthy society. … The male���female dyad is essential to human nature and … every child has a right to a mother and father.”  

[petitmonde]

I'm sharing Jade's prom story from her Twitter thread. You can read it here and share it around. I'm putting it under a read more since it's quite long, but it's definitely worth reading every single word that she wrote. If you want to read more or get involved with LGBTQ+ rights, I have linked a few organisations that do great work in the Philippines.

LGBTQ+ Organisations in the Philippines

Bahaghari – national alliance of LGBT+ advocates, organisations, and formations. You can sign the petition for their anti discrimination bill SOGIE right here.

LoveYourself – an organisation that promotes HIV awareness, testing, and treatment. They also have resources available for those seeking help to transition.

UP Babaylan – The oldest LGBT+ student organisation in the Philippines.

LakanBini Advocates Pilipinas – A network of transgender organisations. They focus on health, psychosocial well-being, and human rights.

Rainbow Rights – A nonprofit NGO that focuses on legal literacy and empowerment with respect to SOGIE laws and policies.

Proud Campaign Philippines – Not only do they raise awareness of SOGIE, but they also help Filipinos in need with food, clothes, toiletries, and other necessities.

🩶 State Of The Dollification Address 🩶

I have 3 prom stories that I’ve experienced and here to tell all of y’all! I am now using my voice and platform to raise awareness, for humanity’s maturity and for the betterment of inclusive schools. ‼️

I want to say to ALL schools out there! No matter what Sexual Orientation, Gender Indentity & Expression. Students has the right to have equal knowledge and experience with schools and campus. As long as oppression and discrimination is still happening in today’s world, this is a sign that we are not yet treated as equal.

#PassSOGIEBillNow #TransYouthAreValid #TransWomenAreWomen #TransLivesMatter

#DollShenanigans #DollDomination #Dollification #SuSos #TeamM1ssJadeSo

My first ever Prom that I’ve attended way back Feb 13, 2016. I got invited by a guy from an all boys school. He sponsored everything from the gown, ticket and transportation. Everything went well, I attended their prom as the WOMAN THAT I AM. It was magical, fun and romantic. I greeted some people in the event, ate, had a romantic dance with the guy and also partied a little bit, we went home safe (take note: our driver is his Dad). So happy with this experience I got to live just by being me.

I met some Queer people and some of them are now Trans Women from that school, last year 2022. They told me that I was so iconic, that the administrators, teachers, pastors are triggered by my presence that night. They had to call every Queer people in their school just to have a prayer/mass session to pray the gay away. It was so sad, they couldn’t fight, they just told me that they love and look up to me for my bravery and courage from that night. I hope they are now healed from that trauma.

Going back to March 2016, for our Moving-Up Ball in my school. Everyone is excited as we are about to enter Senior High School (the first batch of SHS) and Junior High School is about to end. I’m very excited about it because it’s going to be our last Ball/Party of our whole batch. I am thinking to myself that this is going to be my coming out moment as a Trans Woman. I immediately thought of wearing a dress and wearing a wig because my hair is too short for the vision of my full bloom woman.

Days before the Ball, I asked my adviser politely if I can go to the event wearing a dress as the woman that I am. She said “No, naiintindihan naman namin ang gusto mo, “Girl” na nga ang tawag ko sayo (as tinatawag niya kong “bakla” before) pero sa college mo na yan gawin, masyado ka pang bata. Malay mo mag-iba pa panananaw mo at maging lalake ka talaga (she laughed)”. I cried it out going home that day. Translation: “No, we understand what you want, I’m already calling you “Girl” (as she calls me “Gay” before). Do it in college instead, you are too young. Maybe you might change your perspective and become a man one day (she laughed).

The day of the event started… I did my friend’s makeup, as I am a makeup artist before. I started doing their makeup during lunch time and ended really well. My sister and mom helped by putting their dresses and curling their hair. 5 girl friends of mine are very happy with the results. I have a lot of memories with them I cherish and miss them now. Hi Aira, Ela, Elriva, Kirstine & Lubna.

I was so tired and had to glam myself up too. I wore a 30 inch black silky straight wig, white cocktail dress from my sister and black thigh high boots.

We went to the moving-up ball with my friend’s driver. My mom joined us because she wanted to explain something. As we got into the event, they immediately stopped me from entering. A teacher told me that I cannot enter, and they let me talk to my adviser and some of my teachers, they said “Jade, sinabihan ka na namin… You can’t wear this here. Magpalit ka ng suit na panglalake, para papasukin ka pa namin, maaga pa naman may time ka pa magpalit, Go na.” Translation: “Jade, we told you about this… You can’t wear this here. Change it to a Men’s suit, so that we can let you enter, it’s still early, you have time to change, Go for it.”

I told them I wanna talk to the principal. They let me talk with the principal and I explained the definition of Transgender and explaining that I am a Trans Woman. She refused, my mom talked to the principal and explained that I am a Trans Woman and I wanted to make this last moment of my JHS as the woman that I am. My mom said “Payagan niyo po sana yung anak ko na makapasok, kasi po babae po siya and yan po ang gusto niyang damit. Pangarap niya po yan”. Translation: “I hope you allow my daughter to get in, She is a woman and that’s how she wanted to dress up. That’s her dream.”

They still said no and change my outfit to a suit or anything na “panglalake” or “Men’s wear”. I lost hope at that moment, I saw my mom crying because how heart broken she is. I immediately cried too and said “Mama, umuwi kana ako na lang mag stay dito and ilalaban ko to. Ayoko na makita ka umiiyak”. Translation: “Mom, Please go home, I’m going to stay here and I will fight for this.”

She invited me to go home too but I said I needed to stay, this is something I think that is right. She went home and I started bursting out of tears, I was sobbing and fully destroyed. As a protest, I’m going to stay here until they let me in. There were feedbacks that they can hear me sobbing inside the event. My classmates comforted me, they took turns to accompany me outside. As the event is going through my classmates are slowly getting inside, they brought me food, talk to me nicely, my whole class went to me outside and took a class picture. Teachers that are close to my heart went outside to accompany too. And there’s this one teacher stayed with me the whole night outside and she said; “Malayo pa tayo sa pinapaglaban natin, pero gusto kong malaman mo na tama ka Jade, tama ang pinaglalaban mo, ikaw yan eh. Balang araw matatanggap ng lipunan natin ang isang katulad mo. Salamat sa pag-laban kung sino ka.” Translation: “We are far from what we are fighting for, but I want you to know that you are in the right track, that’s the real you! The time will come that our society will accept the people like you, thank you for fighting for being who you are”.

She said so many inspiring words that uplifted me. Take note: she’s an Araling Panlipunan teacher. Hi M1ss Meann Salimbangon, you deserve the love from this world. I love you so much, I will never forget you! You’re a treasure for me. She told me she won’t leave me outside until I get home safe. My friend’s driver offered a ride to get me home safe. I went home when that after party started. I was so tired and cried myself to sleep.

April 2016, our Moving-up Ceremony. Advisers are announcing that “No “proper” haircut for boys are not allowed get the diploma on stage. But instead, they will give the diploma a week after (together with our report card). I informed my adviser that I can’t cut my hair because I identify as a Trans Woman and I would like to get my diploma as how my hair is growing now. She refused, so i decided to not to go through. I did the Moving-up ceremony rehearsal for nothing. I informed my Mom that I can’t go to the stage because of my haircut. She was sad that she won’t see me receiving my diploma. I attend our moving-up ceremony with the parents of my friends, I was sitting in the parents section wearing a BLONDE FUCCING HAIR, full leather look with my y2k hidden wedge sneakers lol.

My head was heated seeing these boys in our school DIDN’T GOT THE PROPER HAIRCUT and got their diploma on stage. I immediately thought that the advise and requirement is just targeted for me or for the Queer people in my school ONLY. They were just oppressing us.

When it’s my time to get the diploma they called my name on stage flashed my photo to the screen. I stood up with my head up high, from the parent’s section. Everyone was looking at me, my friend cheered and screamed for me, the parents were clapping. It was a fuccing moment (just like a Pose episode) 🤣

Finally the nightmare era from that school was over, there is much more stories to tell. But it’s to long to share, so many bullying and oppressing issues that I experienced. I know it’s a Catholic school, but is it a requirement for Catholics to hate and oppress Trans Individuals like me? And the LGBTQIA+ community, if there are more issues (I knew it’s not just me 😌).

Moving forward, I searched for the right school to enroll for my Senior High School and that is iAcademy! I really really love this school so much, they accepted, acknowledged, and loved me. This is the first time I felt seen, heard & valued by a school. They let me wear what I want, let me my hair grew, it is so long that it touches my butt. I was openly proud Trans Individual, I even got a romantic relationship with a classmate (part of my growing process).

Fast forward for our Grad Ball and Graduation Ceremony. The MOMENT I’ve been waiting my whole life was to attend our Graduation Ball. I wore the MOST HUGE ROYAL BLUE CINDERELLA-LIKE BALL GOWN WITH FEATHERS AROUND, LEAVING SOME FEATHER TRACKS WHEREVER I GO, WITH A FUCCING CROWN, because I already knew I am a fuccing QUEEN. I won best dressed of the night from the female category. They gave me a 10-min moment to share my JHS Prom experience and I am thankful for this inclusive school and being an LGBTQIA+ ally. I was so happy I could die. This moment will last forever and to the herstory of iAcademy.

For our Graduation ceremony I wore the highest heels that I owned and a red cunty dress to my Graduation. I got my diploma on stage, strutting myself like the sexiest, cuntiest & baddest student on Earth.

[mylittlesecrethaven]

I Read Project 2025, So Here's A Rundown I Guess: Part 1.1

Idk if this counts as political, but I'm just reading the stupid book online and putting down what it basically says and some other stuff i Guess. (it could get political I guess? Idk. Just kinda wanted to make these posts since I'm reading the book and I kept getting annoyed with people just saying what the book says instead of writing down exactly what it says and what page to find it on in videos over the book)

(That's not saying I won't do the same thing, but for some things I'll rewrite what it says unless it just needs to be summarized. I will have page numbers though)

(also, if you want a faster rundown than waiting for me to give shitty interpretations of this, go to the wiki here. it sums it up pretty well, but it doesn't state everything.)

Intro: Part 1

(these are paragraphs from the intro I found that were.... interesting. these are word for word and include page numbers. this is likely the only time i will be using word for word in this series.)

"Today, the American family is in crisis. Forty percent of all children are born to unmarried mothers, including more than 70 percent of black children. There is no government program that can replace the hole in a child's soul cut out by the absence of a father. Fatherlessness is one of the principle sources of American poverty, crime, mental illness, teen suicide, substance abuse, rejection of the church, and high school dropouts. So many of the problems government programs are designed to solver - but can't - are ultimately problems created by the crisis of marriage and the family. The world has never seen a thriving, healthy, free, prosperous society where more children grow up without their married parents. If current trends continue, we are heading toward social implosion."

(Page 4) (basically, if a child grows up without a father, they're doomed to either go into poverty, commit a crime, have a mental illness, commit suicide as a teen, have a substance abuse problem, reject the church, or become a high school dropout. They also state that the world cannot be free, thriving, healthy, or prosperous if every child doesn't have married parents.)

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"The next conservative President must make the institutions of American civil society hard targets for woke culture warriors. This starts with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity ('SOGI'), diversity, equity, and inclusion ('DEI'), gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensitive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and any other terms used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights out of ever federal agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists."

(Page 4-5) (basically saying that terms like sexual orientation, gender identity, diversity, equity, inclusion, gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensitive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and other terms like these deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights and that any official piece of paper, like legislation or contacts, shouldn't be allowed to contain them)

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"Pornography manifested today in the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology and sexualization of children, for instance, is not a political Gordian knot inextricably binding up disparate claims about free speech, property rights, sexual liberation, and child welfare. It has no claim to First Amendment protection. Its purveyors are child predators and misogynistic exploiters of women. Their product is as addictive as any illicit drug and as psychologically destructive as any crime. Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be claimed as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms who facilitate its spread should be shuttered."

(Page 5) (basically saying that porn should be outlawed, those that spread porn should be called sex offenders, and anything related to trans is porn. also that porn inherently targets children, is misogynistic, and is as dangerous as any drug)

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"The noxious tenets of "critical race theory" and "gender ideology" should be excised from curricula in every public school in the country. These theories poison our children, who are being taught on the one hand to affirm that the color of their skin fundamentally determines their identity and even their moral statues yet on the other hand they are taught to deny the very creatureliness that inheres in a human and consists in accepting the givenness of our nature as men or women."

(Page 5 (basically saying that critical race theory and gender ideology are bad for our children and shouldn't be in schools because it teaches kids that their skin color defines their personality yet they cannot use birth sex to define a woman or a man)

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"Allowing parents or physicians to "reassign" the sex of a minor is child abuse and must end. For public institutions to use taxpayer dollars to declare the superiority or inferiority of certain races, sexes, and religions is a violation of the Constitution and civil rights laws and cannot be tolerated by any government anywhere in the country."

(Page 5) (basically saying that letting kids get gender reassigned surgery is child abuse, then goes on to talk about how using taxpayer dollars to say one race, sex, or religion is superior or inferior is against the Constitution. I'm pretty sure they bring this up to say that by letting someone get gender reassignment surgery means they're saying one sex is superior or inferior, and they throw in race and religion for some reason)

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"Finally, conservatives should gratefully celebrate the greatest pro-family win in a generation: overturning Roe v. Wade, a decision that for five decades made a mockery of our Constitution and facilitated the deaths of tens of millions of unborn children. But the Dobbs decision is just the beginning. Conservatives in the states and in Washinton, including in the next conservative Administration, should push as hard as possible to protect the unborn in every jurisdiction in America. In particular, the next conservative President should work with Congress to enact the most robust protections for the unborn that Congress will support while deploying existing federal powers to protect innocent life and vigorously complying with statutory bans on the federal funding of abortion. Conservatives should ardently pursue these pro-life and pro-family policies while recognizing the many women who find themselves in immensely difficult and often tragic situations and the heroism of every choice to become a mother. Alternative options to abortion, especially adoption, should receive federal and state support."

(Page 6) (basically saying that overturning roe v. wade was a huge success for conservatives but they should still push to enact more bans on abortion while also recognizing the struggles for women who cannot get abortions who may go through difficult or tragic times. Also says that instead of getting an abortion, you should simply think of adoption, and I'm not too sure if that means they want you to adopt a baby or put your baby into adoption since you couldn't get an abortion. Also, they want to increase funding for adoptions)

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This is a page of 4 complaints I found. I will list them then put a summary for all of them at the end. "Bureaucrats at the Department of Education inject racist, anti-American ahistorical propaganda into America's classrooms" - "Bureaucrats at the Department of Justice force school districts to undermine girls' sports and parents' rights to satisfy transgender extremists" - "Woke bureaucrats at the Pentagon force troops to attend 'training' seminars about 'white privilege'" - "Bureaucrats at the State Department infuse U.S. foreign aid programs with woke extremism about 'intersectionality' and abortion."

(Page 8) (basically saying that 1. the department of education is teaching kids racist materials without given the entire context of the situation, and they call it propaganda, 2. the department of justice is undermining girls' sport and parents' rights in order to favor "transgender extremists," 3. the pentagon is forcing its troops to take training over white privilege, and 4. the state department is injecting foreign aid programs with woke extremism like oppression from gender, race, religion, etc differences and abortion)

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You can tell I had to look words up since they use really big words for some reason.

My summaries might not be exact, but I'm trying.

Remember, this is just the intro, I haven't gotten to their proposed policies.

There's gonna be a part 2 for the intro stuff, it's just that it's midnight and this post is long enough already.

Please let me know if I got anything wrong. I added summaries cause I barely understood what they were saying anyway.

(i did not check this post later as it's really long and I'm not doing that to myself. if you spot any misspellings or anything, please let me know and I will fix it)

[zee-man-chatter]

The silent majority has had enough! We are Brothers and Sisters in Humanity, coming together for the common goal of protecting our children against premature sexualization and potentially harmful indoctrination.

Uniting diverse backgrounds and faiths, we share a resolute purpose: advocating for the elimination of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) curriculum, pronouns, gender ideology and mixed bathrooms in schools.

As a symbol of our commitment, students are encouraged to participate in a nationwide school walkout on that day.

Additionally, major cities across the nation will host march events.

Together, we stand united to safeguard the well-being and innocence of our children.

[graymanbriefing]

Civil Unrest / Societal Collapse / Citizen Actions Brief: National Summary In Pennsylvania; 300+ students at the Perkiomen Valley School District conducted a "walkout" in protest against the district's policy in permitting males who identify as transgender into female's ba...(CLASSIFIED) In NYC, NY; 500+ citizens in Staten Island created a pedestrian blockade to prevent a bus of illegal immigrants from offloading at a taxpayer funded conversion of a senior cit...(CLASSIFIED) An internal communique from U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) obtained by the Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project found that the service warned of protests "at both the U.S. Supreme Court and Justices’ residences" and that "there have been several acts of property damage, arson, vandalism, and threats/intimidation against federal courthouses, protected persons, as well as private businesses, houses of worship, and reproductive health care services facilities/providers." The message also advised that pro-lif...(CLASSIFIED) In Fort Worth, TX on September 19th; the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club called for fellow members, LGBT activists, and Antifa to conduct a direct action at the court proceedings in a case brought on by the New Columbia Movement (Christian organization). The far-left group directed members to "pack the courtroom" and provided methods on how to conceal their ide...(CLASSIFIED) Nationwide; protests calling for secure borders amid a "record" influx of illegal imm...(CLASSIFIED) In Canada; 10,000+ parents protested against LGBT indoctrination in public schools (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or SOGI) during the "Million March 4 Kids" march. "Hands off our Children" and "Freedom Family" organized the event. The events occurred nationwide and were counter-protested by LGBT act...(CLASSIFIED) Nationwide, October is "Respect for Life" month. Pro-life protests and res...(CLASSIFIED) 》Continued in comments, see full unredacted briefs by joining us on Telegram or Signal at www.graymanbriefing.com

[unmattata]

This is very good and funny:

The number of people opposed to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in schools dwindled to about 50 by early afternoon from a few hundred. Many had been escorted out of the area by police. The small group remaining was surrounded on all sides by hundreds of people advocating for transgender rights, with a line of police separating the two groups... ...As a woman took to a microphone at noon on the east end of the lawn to demand an end to the “indoctrination of children,” hundreds of people moved toward her chanting “trans lives matter,” drowning out the woman’s voice as they waved Pride and transgender flags and booed.

Times Colonist, "Police ask crowds to leave as rally at legislature becomes 'unsafe'"

[chrysopoeia-of-the-heart]

Page 33 excerpt:

“The next conservative President must make the institutions of American civil society hard targets for woke culture warriors. This starts with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity ("SOGI"), diversity, equity, and inclusion ("DEI"), gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensitive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and any other term used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights out of every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists.”

…

“The noxious tenets of "critical race theory" and "gender ideology" should be excised from curricula in every public school in the country. These theories poison our children, who are being taught on the one hand to affirm that the color of their skin fundamentally determines their identity and even their moral status while on the other they are taught to deny the very creatureliness that inheres in being human and consists in accepting the givenness of our nature as men or women.”

This is horrifying and disgusting.

Jesus Christ please vote idc if Biden is in hospice care we cannot let Trump become president again

[qnewsau]

UN renews global LGBTQ+ rights mandate: what you need to know

New Post has been published on https://qnews.com.au/un-renews-global-lgbtq-rights-mandate-what-you-need-to-know/

UN renews global LGBTQ+ rights mandate: what you need to know

The only UN role dedicated to protecting LGBTQ+ people from violence and discrimination has been renewed — and that matters more than you might think.

What just happened?

On July 7, the United Nations Human Rights Council voted to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) — the only position within the UN dedicated specifically to LGBTQ+ issues.

The resolution passed with 29 countries in favour, 15 against, and three abstaining, following a global campaign supported by over 1,200 NGOs across around 157 countries.

The vote means the Independent Expert — currently South African human rights scholar Graeme Reid — can continue the work for another three years.

So, what does an ‘Independent Expert’ do?

Put simply, this is the UN’s watchdog for LGBTQ+ human rights.

Created in 2016, the Independent Expert investigates discrimination and violence against LGBTQ+ people around the world. 

They document human rights abuses, advise countries on reforms, work with UN agencies, and amplify LGBTQ+ voices at the highest international level.

In practice, this has included:

Investigating the impact of anti-LGBTQ+ laws (such as criminalising same-sex relationships)

Visiting countries to assess conditions on the ground

Releasing detailed reports on global trends — from forced displacement to lack of legal gender recognition

Why does this matter?

This role is crucial for keeping LGBTQ+ issues on the global human rights agenda — especially at a time when rights are under attack in many regions.

Reid also drew attention to the “growing and deeply troubling patterns of forced displacement based on sexual orientation and gender identity” in his statement. 

Equality Australia Legal Director Heather Corkhill said the mandate “plays a vital role in ensuring LGBTQ+ people can live free of discrimination and harm and helps us realise our common dream of a better, more equal world.”

“Injustices against our communities continue in every corner of the globe, including here in Australia where religious schools can legally fire teachers for being gay or expel trans students,” Corkhill said.

The UN’s decision is a symbolic and practical step in reaffirming that LGBTQ+ rights are human rights, and that all countries are accountable under international law.

As ILGA World’s Executive Director Julia Ehrt summed it up by saying:

“The renewal of this mandate is a spark of hope in a time when reactionary powers worldwide are trying to dismantle progress that our communities fought so hard to achieve.”

Now, the Independent Expert will be able to continue leading investigations, advising governments, and pushing for legal reforms to protect LGBTQ+ people worldwide.

Who backed it?

The resolution was brought forward by six Latin American countries — Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Uruguay — and co-sponsored by 50 others, including Australia.

Supporters included Germany, Kenya, and South Africa. Several African nations and Qatar voted against it. The USA, which withdrew from the Council under Trump, remains disengaged.

Australia is not currently a member of the UN Human Rights Council, which comprises 47 member states elected for staggered three-year terms which means they do not have voting rights in Council decisions. 

This is why, while they did not vote, they were able to express support through co-sponsorship.

For the latest LGBTIQA+ Sister Girl and Brother Boy news, entertainment, and community stories in Australia, visit qnews.com.au. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

[prof-o-possum]

June 3rd- Queer Youth Suicide

Another heavy post, but one that is incredibly close to my heart.

Content Warnings: homophobia, transphobia, bullying, violence, conversion therapy, suicide.

This is Leelah Alcorn, a trans girl from Ohio.

On December 28th, 2014, Leelah wrote a suicide note set to be queued on Tumblr and published after her death. It's devastating. Please be gentle with your heart and do not read her note unprepared.

"My death needs to mean something. My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender people who commit suicide this year," she wrote. "I want someone to look at that number and say 'that’s fucked up' and fix it. Fix society. Please."

Leelah died after stepping in front of a truck on a highway near her home. She was 17.

Leelah's parents were unsupportive of their daughter, sending her to Christian conversion therapy after she came out to them. They also removed her from school and severely restricted her internet access.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, nearly 80% of LGBTQ+ teens report feeling depressed. 

The CDC reports that in 2023, 41% of LGBTQ+ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year.

One in five – 20% -- did attempt suicide.

This is Nex Benedict, a non-binary student from Oklahoma. 

On February 6, 2024, Nex was viciously beaten by fellow students in a violent encounter in the women’s bathroom in their high school.

Nex died on February 7th of what was eventually ruled a suicide. They were 16 years old. 

Distressingly, Nex was not alone in experiencing queerphobic bullying and violence in their school.

A 2019 Nationwide study of LGBTQ+ Youth in High Schools by GLSEN reports

81.8% of LGBTQ+ students felt unsafe in school because of at least one of their actual or perceived personal characteristics. 

68.0% of LGBTQ+ students felt unsafe at school because of their SOGIE (sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression) characteristics—

50.6% because of their sexual orientation,

43.2% because of their gender expression, and 

40.3% because of their gender.

Of students surveyed during the 2021-2022 academic year:

83.1% experienced in-person harassment or assault based on personal characteristics, including sexual orientation, gender expression, gender, religion, actual or perceived race or ethnicity, and actual or perceived disability. 

76.1% experienced in-person verbal harassment specifically based on sexual orientation, gender expression, and gender at some point in the past year.

12.5% were physically assaulted (e.g., punched, kicked, injured with a weapon) in the past year based on their sexual orientation, gender expression or gender.

Data suggests that LGBTQ+ youth experience violence and bullying nearly twice as much as children who are or are presumed to be heterosexual.

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YouTube censors Rebel News for showing sexually explicit materials that are found in Canadian schools

If YouTube considers this material inappropriate for minors to view, why is it being shown in Canadian schools?

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This is tangential, but theres this pervasive push in Canada right now against SOGI material being taught in school (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Basically, anti-bullying workshops). The wildest thing about the discourse surrounding it is that they do have numbers about the effectiveness of the programs, and the results have shown that in addition to a decrease in verbal harassment of queer youth, there's also been a notable decline in verbal harassment of cishet boys.

Like, when being queer is framed as bad, and you've got a pack of dudes in a heirarchical pyramid scheme built off of dominance and control (patriarchy), then being perceived as gay/effeminate is one of many vectors by which someone can be mocked and ostracized. You then you get a hell of a lot of homo/transphobia aimed at straight boys.

Like, there has been a massive curbcutter effect with the advance of feminism and queer rights, and the youths just doooo not get how bad it used to be.

Honestly, part of why it irritates me when people act performatively shocked at the homophobia in 2000s media is it wasn't just media. "Can you believe this aired in 2008" buddy, in 2008 I was having shit thrown at me from moving cars for having long hair, and you wanna get worked up about sitcoms?