Fascism Watch for 17 July 2023: A Jumbled Assortment

Been a bit overwhelmed the last week with stuff but also a bit with out getting a lot of sleep for a couple of nights for various reasons. It’s been a thing. But I’m going to try to get some of this stuff out.

This version is a mess, sorry about that.

In a little bit of good news, Judge sides with trans 6th grader in fight to get her school to treat her fairly.

The Boston Globe has noticed that queer people in general and trans people in particular are fleeing red states, calling it “a migration of sorts.” The term you’re looking for is internal refugees, guys. It’s even affecting the military in a very real way. But at least they’re noticing.

Texas judge who doesn’t want to perform gay marriage ceremonies hopes web designer’s Supreme Court case helps her fight. Note this is a public official who doesn’t want to do this in her role as a public official. In semi-related judicial bullshit, Judge Teresa Watson is following the recent trend of conservative judges making up facts to prop-up anti-trans legislation. Utah Governor Justifies Bans on Trans Healthcare Echoing Conspiracy Claims. Meanwhile, every fundamentalist asshole is trying to say “fuck the queers, no service” from now on.

A new federal appeals court decision is a terrible blow to trans rights, and a potential earthquake in the fight for LGBTQ equality. See also, Supreme Court’s shift to right poses risk to LGBTQ rights.

Violence in general against LGBT people has been being strongly encouraged by the Republicans, particularly the more fashy of them. Here are a couple of cases:

• ‘He was a protector’: Friends say Oregon man died while defending LGBTQ friend
• Transgender Teen Killed After Going on Date in South Carolina, Police Say

Heads up on this: A mysterious network called AdStyle is placing ads with fake endorsements from celebrities on conservative sites based in the U.S. and abroad. With names like Liberal Hack Watch, most of the sites in the network publish content with a pro-Trump bent.

Republican women learn the hard way: Complicity will not protect you. Lizards eating my face, and so on.

Republicans hate libraries: Arkansas Legislator Vows to ‘Eliminate All the Funding for Public Libraries’ Affiliated With the ALA. Republican Mississippi bans library applications for under-18s in Mississippi.

RFK, Jr. is an anti-semite and racist-ass conspiracy theorist and I hope that rumours are true and he gets the No Labels spoiler nomination. Really, he should be just another Republican, given how they’re working so hard to try to make white supremacy / white nationalism into a “polite” political position.

Moms 4 Liberty posts referring to “Americans and Jews” (as different things) and rephrases the 14-word White Nationalist oath in 14 other words.

College Republicans United in Arizona invited more white nationalists to speak at universities.

DeSantis campaign rumoured behind pro-LGBT Trump mailing. This is more DeSantis going all-in on anti-LGBT politics, of course.

Draft (UK) civil service gender policy would ban most trans employees from bathrooms

Fortune 100 companies are getting swarmed by Republican AGs using the Supreme Court affirmative action as a lever into the workplace.

Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists

“You Would Only Need a Week”: How the Next Republican President Could Ban Abortion Nationwide

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