When 20-year-old college student Marcy Rheintgen made her yearly spring break trip to her grandparents’ property in Florida, she said she felt at peace — until March 19, when police escorted her out of the bathroom of the State Capitol Building and placed her in handcuffs. Evidently, Rheintgen had violated a 2023 state law criminalizing trans people who use government-owned public restrooms that align with their gender.
This act of civil disobedience was planned. Rheintgen had previously notified lawmakers of her intentions, urging them to recognize the injustice of such legislation. Despite officers initially indicating they would issue a notice rather than arrest her, Rheintgen was detained, charged with trespassing, and spent 24 hours in jail.
One of the proposals, House Bill 1309, would make it illegal for health insurance companies to deny or limit coverage for gender-affirming care, when it is considered medically necessary by a patient’s doctor.
Photo: Lily Travis, 18, and Noah Masom, 17, both of northern Virginia, hug while attending a rally in support of people who are transgender during the Trans Day of Visibility, on the National Mall, Monday, March 31, 2025, in Washington. “I’m not the biggest protester, but I wanted to show my friends that their struggles are important,” says Masom, “they need to know that people are on their side.” LessJacquelyn Martin/AP
Dani Davis was in the women’s restroom at the Walmart where she worked when she heard a man’s voice shouting from outside the stall.
The man yelled a slur for transgender people and said he was going to beat them up, Davis said. She was the only person in the bathroom at the Lake City, Florida, store.
Davis, who is not transgender, said she feared the man thought she was trans because she is 6-foot-4. She hid in the bathroom until the man left and told her supervisor what had happened.
A week later, Walmart fired her.
Photo: Dani Davis and her mother, Amber Janae, in a family photo.
Let us spell this out for you: Trump aims at stopping publicly funded art, research and education from presenting the role of racism in American history. Human diversity (including those marginalized) will be replaced by the gospel of male, white, cishet «unity».
‘On Friday, Smithsonian spokeswoman Linda St. Thomas told The Post: “I can just say, that’s not true. We don’t have an exhibit open or planned on the subject of, as they put it here, ‘the exploits of male athletes participating in women’s sports.’”‘
Trump aims at white- and ciswashing American history and wants to force the Smithsonian museums and galleries in Washington DC to be part of that hoax. The Smithsonian is to promote fascist propaganda.
«Trump’s order … also prohibits any transgender women from being included in the forthcoming American Women’s History Museum, which currently exists as an online exhibit and estimates construction could be more than 10 years away.»
“Trump has made it illegal for trans people to get passports that match their gender identity. Trans people have reported their passports being delayed, seized or withheld.
According to the Center for American Progress (CAP), the order makes passports important to guaranteeing an American’s right to vote. But roughly half of all adult citizens—about 146 million people—do not have a passport.
Meanwhile, Trump has made it illegal for trans people to get passports that match their gender identity. Trans people have reported their passports being delayed, seized or withheld.”
In 2016, Santa Clara County became the first county in the nation to establish an Office of LGBTQ Affairs. Since then, the office has worked on initiatives like the Gender Health Center at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center — the only clinic in the South Bay specializing in care for transgender and nonbinary individuals — and New Haven Inn, which is a homeless shelter in San Jose for those who identify as LGBTQ+.
