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There are a lot of conversations in the LGBTI community about Prides becoming “too commercial,” but what about grassroots, leftist revolutionary Prides? Well, the idea of community-organized, grassroots Prides is amazing, but unfortunately, it is very human to construct mistakes.
While big LGBTI Prides that are organized with facilitate from businesses are trying to be inclusive, grassroots Prides have sometimes gone too far in their attempts to create an “edgy,” rebellious atmosphere. Some slogans that own been used at “independent” Prides design more problems than they solve, making these events non inclusive and unacceptable for a massive part of the LGBTI community.
I trust in intersectionality. I was one of the very limited activists in Russia who began writing and speaking about the need for intersectional approaches in the LGBTI society — speaking up for neurodivergent, disabled, non-white, Muslim, and Jewish LGBTI people. In the U.K., I’m part of various groups supporting LGBTI refugees.
And this is why I see that some modern attempts by Western LGBTI activists to be mindful of different forms of oppression contain actuall
Trump’s War on Gay, Lesbian, and Trans People
When Donald Trump ran for president last year, he signaled that he would not be far-right on social issues. He tried to defuse the issue of abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade by saying that it was now up to the states, as if this preserved rights. He refused to say whether he personally opposed abortion.
And on LGBTQ rights, the Republican platform, at Trump’s request, did not recommend ending marriage equality. All of this was a classic Trump feint.
Trump’s administration has worked with state officials on vigilante laws intended to punish people who seek reproductive concern out of state. He has redoubled the attempt to contradict federal funds to Planned Parenthood. Trump’s appointees keep trying to ban medications that induce abortion, the safest and most widespread method.
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And the charge on gay and trans people keeps escalating. On Inauguration Evening, Trump declared that “only two genders,” male and female, would be acknowledged going forward by the federal government. He signed an executive order to that e
Who is Trump's treasury secretary pick, Scott Bessent?
Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who has helped fundraise for Donald Trump, is the president-elect's decision to lead the Department of Treasury.
Bessent has advised Trump on economic policy and has been a frequent presence at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club over the last two weeks.
The announcement for the job, which needs Senate approval, was supposed to approach earlier but had been stalled due to intense infighting among Trump's highest advisers — including transition co-chair Howard Lutnick — about who should receive the job.
"Scott is widely respected as one of the World's foremost International Investors and Geopolitical and Economic Strategists. Scott's story is that of the American Dream," Trump said in his announcement statement.
Bessent, 62, has been emotionally attached in financial firms for over 35 years.
Born and raised in Conway, South Carolina, Bessent graduated from Yale University in 1984.
After graduating from Yale in 1984, Bessent went to work for different investment companies.
He worked for Democratic megadonor George Soros from 1991 to 2000, where he was a managing partne
TRAITOR: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has blood on his hands
There are a lot of conversations in the LGBTI community about Prides becoming “too commercial,” but what about grassroots, leftist radical Prides? Well, the idea of community-organized, grassroots Prides is amazing, but unfortunately, it is very human to make mistakes.
While big LGBTI Prides that are organized with aide from businesses are trying to be inclusive, grassroots Prides have sometimes gone too far in their attempts to create an “edgy,” rebellious atmosphere. Some slogans that have been used at “independent” Prides create more problems than they solve, making these events non inclusive and unacceptable for a enormous part of the LGBTI community.
I believe in intersectionality. I was one of the very few activists in Russia who began writing and speaking about the need for intersectional approaches in the LGBTI community — speaking up for neurodivergent, disabled, non-white, Muslim, and Jewish LGBTI people. In the U.K., I’m part of various groups supporting LGBTI refugees.
And this is why I see that some latest attempts by Western LGBTI activists to be mindful of different forms of oppression have actually