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the pentagon is reading medical records to find the trans troops it missed The Gay Agendathe pentagon is reading medical records to find the trans troops it missed Federal News Network reports the military is searching protected health and personnel databases to identify service members with current or past gender dysphoria. Several hundred people have been outed in two months, cadets included. The files were handed over as... september 8 four men jumped a guy in Lavender Heights. six days later the block threw a party. Gay Joyfour men jumped a guy in Lavender Heights. six days later the block threw a party. Joseph Sais was beaten near 20th and L in Sacramento's gay district on August 31 while four men shouted slurs. On Sunday the Rainbow Festival filled 20th and K, one block over, behind security gates and eight police officers. september 7 the federal government published a study arguing that supporting us makes you violent Cunt of the Weekthe federal government published a study arguing that supporting us makes you violent HHS put out a paper claiming support for trans healthcare is linked to authoritarianism and a willingness to justify political violence. It invented its own measuring scale, never validated it, skipped peer review, and only asked about violence aimed at... september 7 Mount Sinai beat the DOJ in court twice. then it handed over the trans kids anyway. The Gay AgendaMount Sinai beat the DOJ in court twice. then it handed over the trans kids anyway. A federal judge blocked the subpoena. The Second Circuit backed her up on August 27. Eight days later Mount Sinai signed a deal with the Justice Department to end gender-affirming care for minors and pay $2 million toward treating people... september 7 somebody pulled the Pride memorial tree out of the ground. the next day the AfD won a German state. The Gay Agendasomebody pulled the Pride memorial tree out of the ground. the next day the AfD won a German state. A maple planted in the Tiergarten for the victims of July's Pride attack was ripped out of the soil on the eve of the Saxony-Anhalt election. On Sunday night the AfD took 44.5 percent. Berlin says it will replant the... september 6 she lost her job over free chest binders. Georgia just paid her $250,000. Pride in Progressshe lost her job over free chest binders. Georgia just paid her $250,000. Gemma Skuraton ran student wellness at Georgia Southern and backed a grant for free chest binders. She was fired. The state settled for a quarter of a million dollars and agreed to call it a resignation. september 6 one in three foster kids is queer. the rule that protected them is gone. The Gay Agendaone in three foster kids is queer. the rule that protected them is gone. A 2024 rule gave LGBTQ kids in foster care a way out of a hostile placement and barred conversion therapy. A court gutted it, then RFK Jr. erased it. CNN put numbers on what that means. september 6 a Tucson realtor went off at 35,000 feet. first class taped him to his chair. Cunt of the Weeka Tucson realtor went off at 35,000 feet. first class taped him to his chair. Layne Arthur Lundeen screamed about Jesus and hell, called a Black flight attendant the n-word and used an anti-gay slur on a Dallas to Newark flight. The cabin crew handed the other passengers duct tape. september 6 21 attorneys general and a governor just sued over the Medicaid trans care ban The Gay Agenda21 attorneys general and a governor just sued over the Medicaid trans care ban HHS wrote a rule that pulls federal money from gender-affirming care for anyone under 18 on Medicaid. It takes effect October 13. On Wednesday, half the country sued. september 6 six days before he died, Vincent asked his sister if anyone would show up. a thousand people did. In Memoriamsix days before he died, Vincent asked his sister if anyone would show up. a thousand people did. A thousand people filled Catalina Park in Tucson for Vincent Siqueiros and Cameron Capara, killed outside the Venture-N. His sister told the crowd what he had asked her the week before. september 6 the Dallas Stars quietly dropped Pride Night. a fan named Tori is throwing her own. Gay Joythe Dallas Stars quietly dropped Pride Night. a fan named Tori is throwing her own. The Stars left Pride Night off the schedule for the first time in five years and would not say why. Within days a fan had booked November 14, drag queens had volunteered and the oldest lesbian bar in Texas offered... september 6 Ecuador just banned single gay people from adopting. the vote was 118 to nothing. The Gay AgendaEcuador just banned single gay people from adopting. the vote was 118 to nothing. A law sold as adoption reform bars single lesbian, gay and bisexual people from adopting, and lets the state strip parents of custody for supporting a trans kid. Not one legislator voted against it. september 6
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