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Hi yeah I think some people in the American education and political system should just spontaneously explode. Rolling to specifically curse Dr. Miguel Cardona of the DOE right now.
So wait let me fucking get this straight. A fucking university was like “hey can be sexually harass students? We want to sexually harass students please. It is our rights as Christians you know love thy neighbor fuck underage kids?”
And the fucking government was like “Yeah go right ahead!”
So here’s an article on the situation, which shows how the situation is bad but not bad in the way the tweets make them out. Laterally bad though.
The tl;dr is that Baylor has had several Title IX complaints filed against them in the past few years for discriminating against queer people. Specifically included in them is one person claiming that Baylor has been allowing students and faculty to harass her based on her sexuality. In this instance sexual harassment is used to mean harassing someone because of their gender or sexuality, and not like…being a sex pest.
Baylor denies the specific allegations, but also filed with the DoED to establish that the university has a constitutional right to ban students not for queer, but for doing queer. It’s like the trans ban in the military during the Trump years: they’re not technically banning people of the effected minority, they’re just banning them from performing activities associated with being that minority. So, basically Baylor is like “We didn’t do it, but also it wouldn’t be a problem if we did.”
And yes, the DoED has affirmed their “right” to discriminate against queer students and staff. Which is bad. So no, the university is not necessarily protecting sexual predators, but yes, it is enshrining bigotry into law, which is not better.
a little more information regarding the maui wildfires:
medical workers on the ground are describing finding hundreds of bodies. the current death toll in the media is, unfortunately, only a fraction of the reality
hospital workers are describing injuries and trauma as if survivors had come out of a warzone
thousands are still missing
an apartment complex for the elderly was lost. not everyone could get out. people were saying goodbye to loved ones over the phone
people who did get out of lahaina were leaving with ashes covering their faces and nothing but the clothes on their backs. people are losing everything.
hotels are still operating. hotels are still operating. they are not the ones offering shelters or housing or food. even bowling alleys are offering shelter, but hotels have the audacity to build on burial sites but not open their doors to local families who have lost everything.
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““Mother,” I slowly repeated in Korean. “I am not a boy. I am a girl. I am transgender.” My face reddened, and tears blurred my vision. I braced myself for her rejection and the end to a relationship that had only begun. Silence again filled the room. I searched my mother’s eyes for any signs of shock, disgust or sadness. But a serene expression lined her face as she sat with ease on the couch. I started to worry that my words had been lost in translation. Then my mother began to speak. “Mommy knew,” she said calmly through my friend, who looked just as dumbfounded as I was by her response. “I was waiting for you to tell me.” “What? How?” “Birth dream,” my mother replied. In Korea some pregnant women still believe that dreams offer a hint about the gender of their unborn child. “I had dreams for each of your siblings, but I had no dream for you. Your gender was always a mystery to me.” I wanted to reply but didn’t know where to begin. My mother instead continued to speak for both of us. “Hyun-gi,” she said, stroking my head. “You are beautiful and precious. I thought I gave birth to a son, but it is OK. I have a daughter instead.””
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