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Lindsey Graham returned to the national spotlight this week, overseeing the confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett. The irony of this appears largely lost on the mainstream media. Graham, for years and years rumored to be gay, is rushing the confirmation of a Supreme Court justice who will likely rule on challenges to the Obergefell marriage decision that will undoubtedly curtail its scope, if not overturn it entirely, as Justices Alito and Thomas revealed last week as their goal.

Larry Craig of Idaho, passing laws and judgment against members of their own community while cowering in the shadows. His disdain for the LGBTQ community is established in a string of votes against our interests, from voting against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to co-sponsoring the Defense of Marriage Act, to shoving a hostile Supreme Court justice down our throats two weeks before a presidential election after vowing he would never do such a thing.

Graham was asked about marriage during a recent debate with Jaime Harrison, his well-funded Democratic opponent in the South Carolina Senate race. You might just come to your senses. Kevin Naff is editor of the Washington Blade. Reach him at [email protected].

Well, the idea of community-organized, grassroots Prides is amazing, but unfortunately, it is very human to make mistakes. I believe in intersectionality. In the U. I believe that there are many war criminals in the current Israeli administration, and the bombing of Gaza refugee camps is unacceptable, lindsay graham gay matter what.

And I am sure there were likely some queer Iranians at that Pride. The chanting about the Israel Defence Forces lindsay graham gay also extremely disturbing — not only because there were likely Jewish queers at the Pride, some of whose relatives may even oppose Israeli actions in Gaza and support a two-state solution, but who served in the Israeli army due to conscription laws.

China built concentration camps for Uyghurs, but no one is promoting the death of the Chinese government. There are only two logical explanations:. Both reasons are quite bad. Another triggering thing I saw at this Pride was the glorification of socialism. It must have been devastating.

Pride should feel like a free, anti-authoritarian space. Thousands of trans kids have lost access to hormone therapy. LGBTI books are being censored in libraries.

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The government is cutting benefits for disabled people: LGBTI disabled people will be among the first to be harmed, because they face double stigma and more challenges finding employment, even when they are able to work. But none of this was the main point at Pride.

For some reason, we were asked to repeat pro-Palestinian slogans more often than slogans defending trans people or LGBTI people with disabilities. Moreover, far-right ideologies are rising across the West. On June 18, the U. Puberty blockers. Hormone therapy.

All of it. Those same drugs are still allowed for other conditions. Historically, groups with a long track record of discrimination, limited political power, and immutable traits like race or religion have gotten this status. Trans people check every box.