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Thursday, June 02, 2016

Meanwhile, In the Civilized World

First up, Massachusetts just passed a trans rights bill, which the Republican governor has said he'll sign:

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By a vote of 116-36, House passes FULL protections in public spaces! http://bit.ly/25yJMPh 


Note the vote total.

Footnote: Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) is backing away from the T. rex of bathroom bills has fast as he can, using the McCrory defense:

Burr, for his part, says the city of Charlotte needs to take responsibility for the role he believes it played in provoking Republicans to act.

“I think the legislature should go back and look at what they did, talk with Charlotte and figure out, as it relates to bathroom issue, there can be resolution. There didn’t seem to be a problem before. Charlotte created the problem and the General Assembly further created a problem,” he told WTVD.

"Shame on you for making me hit you!"

And north of the Border:

The Pride flag flew on Parliament Hill on Wednesday in a historic all-party show of support to mark the start of the month celebrating Canada's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had the honour of raising the distinctive rainbow banner on the Hill for the first time at a celebration attended by MPs from all federal parties, as well as dozens of onlookers.

Can you imagine if Obama had done that? I mean, look at the reaction from painting a rainbow on the White House with lights.

And, because a little eyecandy never hurts, here's Justin Trudeau:


Meanwhile, back in the good ol' US of A:

On Tuesday afternoon President Barack Obama issued his eighth and final proclamation declaring June LGBT Pride Month. By Tuesday evening some conservatives were outraged, taking to social media and voicing their anger on right wing websites that falsely claimed the President had "ordered" Americans to celebrate LGBT Pride.

These assholes have always been with us, hiding under rocks, but now they have Twitter. One wonders, though, if the outrage comes from the declaration, or because Obama did it. Six of one. . . .





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