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[Josquius]

For some happy news for a change, this was rather nice and interesting.

BBC News - Blue plaque for Barnsley gay couple who 'defied convention' - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1w8x909gleo?app-referrer=deep-link

The Durham light Infantry museum has been quite the gammon cause célèbre in recent years.... Gives me some ideas.

[Syt]

https://www.dw.com/en/eu-same-sex-marriage-lgbtq-poland/a-74876738

Same-sex marriage must be recognized across EU, court rules
Roshni Majumdar with Reuters, dpa
23 hours ago23 hours ago

European Union countries must recognize the lawful same-sex marriages of EU citizens conducted in other member states, the bloc's top court has ruled.

A court in Poland was incorrect in a decision not to recognize a marriage between two Polish citizens in Germany, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday.

The Polish court did not recognize the marriage as Polish law prohibits same-sex unions.

What did the ECJ say about same-sex marriage in Poland?
"Refusing to recognize a marriage between two Union citizens, is contrary to EU law because it infringes [the] freedom and the right to respect for private and family life," the ECJ said.

The courts were addressing the case of a Polish couple living in Berlin who married there in 2018 but upon moving to Poland had their application to register their marriage certificate denied "on the ground that Polish law does not allow marriage between persons of the same sex," the ECJ statement said.

"The spouses in question, as EU citizens, enjoy the freedom to move and reside within the territory of the Member States and the right to lead a normal family life when exercising that freedom and upon returning to their Member State of origin," the court said.

It added that "such a refusal is contrary to EU law" and "infringes not only the freedom to move and reside, but also the fundamental right to respect for private and family life."

Ruling does not require EU member states to allow marriage between people of the same sex
The court said the ruling did not require member states to allow marriage between people of the same sex in their laws.

But they are not allowed to discriminate against same-sex couples in the way they recognize foreign marriages, it added.

Poland's centrist government has tried to push through a bill on same-sex unions but has been held back by resistance from its conservative coalition partner.

Poland's nationalist President Karol Nawrocki has said he would veto "any bill that would undermine the constitutionally protected status of marriage."

I'm sure Poland, Hungary, etc. will gracefully accept the ruling.

[Syt]

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/texas-bathroom-bill-implementation-policy-capitol/



 

[Josquius]

TERFs: you voted for this.

Is it real? Seems beyond insane. Like what you'd do if you were playing at malicious compliance.

[Valmy]

Yeah I don't know how the TERFs were expecting this to be enforced besides cops checking women.

In order to protect women from pervs we are going to have men checking their bodies!

[The Minsky Moment]

Trumpism is about freeing people from the burden of pretending to be decent and reluctant supporters of unfortunately "necessary" measures and openly reveling in the joys of inflicting misery and humiliation on others.

And yes Rowling & Co this is what you signed up for.  When you commit your reputations and rhetorical power behind the Republic of Gilead crowd, you can't reasonably expect the result to be any kind of feminism.  Even MJT was smart enough to figure that out.

[crazy canuck]

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/texas-bathroom-bill-implementation-policy-capitol/



 

Excuse me ma'am. In order to protect your privacy these three individuals who are dressed like they are going to the front line in Ukraine are going to check to make sure that you are in fact a ma'am, according to their specifications.  It's best not to struggle.

[Josquius]

I imagine there's quite a bell curve for hotness of the women who get searched.

[Syt]

WHat happens to trans men who want to use the bathroom of their assigned birth gender (i.e. women's restroom)?

[Josquius]

WHat happens to trans men who want to use the bathroom of their assigned birth gender (i.e. women's restroom)?

[Valmy]

WHat happens to trans men who want to use the bathroom of their assigned birth gender (i.e. women's restroom)?

I have never even heard them ever mention transmen. Despite numerous transmen making this point. The idea that a trans person is anything but a biological man who is evil and pervy is just not considered.

So what happens when some burly transdude is caught in the women's bathroom? Don't know.

But also this is all about controlling and policing women so transmen can just use men's restrooms and nobody will give a shit. Like nobody cares at all about transmen competing in sports.

[Syt]

It will suck for butch women, though, trans or not.

[Sophie Scholl]

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[HVC]

Funny, I've always seen TERF as hating men, despite what the message says. Trans women are really just men so can't be trusted. They're trying to grift, steal, and rape. They don't care about trans men because they're really just women so they're fine, if misguided for wanting to be the enemy. Rowling doesn't hate women but she does have a history with men, for example. Non TERF transphobes (mostly dudes) seem to fall on the "it's icky" spectrum, but obviously to the extreme. Kind of like to 90s homophobes who were afraid boys were trying/wanting to kiss them. That revulsion breeds hate.

But then again I'm not trans so don't face the backlash so take my views with a pinch of salt.

[Valmy]

Funny, I've always seen TERF as hating men, despite what the message says. Trans women are really just men so can't be trusted. They're trying to grift, steal, and rape. They don't care about trans men because they're really just women so they're fine, if misguided for wanting to be the enemy. Rowling doesn't hate women but she does have a history with men, for example. Non TERF transphobes (mostly dudes) seem to fall on the "it's icky" spectrum, but obviously to the extreme. Kind of like to 90s homophobes who were afraid boys were trying/wanting to kiss them. That revulsion breeds hate.

But then again I'm not trans so don't face the backlash so take my views with a pinch of salt.

It is true. But it also plays perfectly into the mysogyny of the right. But it is kind of sick how ultimately their hatred of men just ends up getting women victimized by men. It is almost like hatred doesn't make anybody safe.

Non-TERF transphobes range from its icky to they are deranged evil depraved monsters.