A Kansas Senator has introduced the “Defining Male and Female Act of 2024” to Congress. This bill would establish in US federal law that ‘gender identity’ does not mean sex or gender, that ‘male’ and ‘female’ are defined by gametes, that ‘man’ is an adult male, and that ‘woman’ is an adult female.
Alessandra Miller isn’t your average influencer—she’s a corporate powerhouse, an internet sensation, and a trans woman rewriting the rulebook on self-worth and visibility.
“You don’t have to appreciate trans people, aesthetically. You don’t have to like them. It really isn’t about you. Another important lesson journalists figure out, again, if they’re any good.”
“Long hours studying and working, silent moments of grief and insecurity, and precious time with friends, partners and children.
These are the scenes captured by 10 transgender and nonbinary people across the US in the weeks leading up to the election. CNN sent them disposable cameras to document the precious moments that define their lives, even amid a conservative push to limit the ways trans people can show up in the doctor’s office, at school and on the playing field.”
(The Bible also says you should kill those who curses their parents, who work on the Sabbath, and women who are not virgins on their wedding night. And yes, you should also love your enemies and care for the poor and excluded. It says nothing about trans people or volleyball, however.)
Terry Schilling, who leads the American Principles Project, laid bare the true intent behind the ads in a CNN interview—they were never just about sports. The “sports issue,” he explained, was merely a gateway to making broader anti-trans policies more acceptable to both policymakers and the public. “The women’s sports issue was really the beginning point in helping expose all this because what it did was, it got opponents of the LGBT movement comfortable with talking about transgender issue,.”