When ya gotta go….

Never mind the violence trans kids face in the “wrong” peeing room. There’s the law! 

From The Skimm. 

TO PEE OR NOT TO PEE

THE STORY

Earlier this week, a federal judge ruled that, for the time being, US public schools can tell students where they can and can’t pee.

REMIND ME.

Earlier this year, North Carolina passed a law that banned transgender people from using public bathrooms that don’t match the sex on their birth certificates. And then came the lawsuits and a lot of people saying ‘discrimination much?’ President Obama responded by telling public schools that federal law requires them to let transgender students use whatever bathrooms they want — and hinted that federal funding would be cut from schools that didn’t comply. Some critics freaked out, and said this was another example of Obama overstepping his presidential boundaries. 13 states sued.

WHAT’S THE LATEST?

A federal judge in Texas – one of the states that sued – said that until this lawsuit is decided, public schools across the US are free to decide where kids can and can’t pee. The Obama administration is saying ‘pretty sure we’re gonna win this thing.’ A lot of GOP activists are sending each other high-five emojis. And a lot of transgender kids are just wondering which bathroom they can use.

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Yesterday’s ruling is a big roadblock for Obama, who’s been trying to leave office with a very pro-LGBT legacy behind him. And it also comes just as a lot of students are heading back to school this week. Great timing.

… and a vulnerable minority has no idea where they can pee!  If you look like a girl, you are a girl! Wristbands remind me of this.

There is no way anything similar to this has a place in our culture.

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A New Low

Asia & Pacific

Gang rape videos are being sold in India

By Natalie Alcoba

August 5, 2016 | 10:40 am

Gang rape videos are being sold in a northern Indian state, according to authorities who believe rapists are using cellphone clips as a way to keep their victims quiet.

The Times of India first reported on the recordings, which are fetching 50 to 150 rupees, or 75 cents to $2, in Uttar Pradesh, which has seen a spate of recent rapes that have triggered public calls for its chief minister to resign. The clips are being sold “under the counter”, according to the newspaper, to people who come with a customer’s “reference”, and also via social media. They range in length from 30 seconds to as long as five minutes.

“Porn is passe. These real life crimes are the rage,” an unnamed shopkeeper in Agra, home of the Taj Majal, told the Times of India. It reported that police believe the videos are used as blackmail, to prevent victims from reporting the crimes, or to pressure them into further acts.

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