Second Class

Obnoxious transphobe alert; Vatican about to issue new archaic prescientific and premodern diatribes against transgender rights:

Pope Francis has criticized 'ideological colonization' that forces philosophies like gender theory onto developing nations.

The rise of US post-Muslims: Although I wish this Economist article didn't use a loaded phrase like apostasy:

Yet even in the land of the free, apostasy isn’t easy

The late great Stephen Hawking grew up in a family where there was intelligent open discussion about abortion and homosexuality.In 2012 Stephen Hawking called on the UK government to pardon gay war hero Alan Turing who was convicted in 1952 of "gross indecency" after having sex with a man. So the genius that was Stephen Hawking was not only his brilliant legacy in science but also his support for LGBT rights. ... See more

US Trumpoholophiliac/Trumpophiloholic Dave Daubenmire compares consensual adult gay sex to 'child murder' and raves against feminist professionals in churches and secular occupations. Insecure straight boy much? :/ : ... See more

Horrifying.

Gay Irish PM Leo Varadkar raises LGBTI issues with US Vice President Mike Pence:

The meeting was held behind closed doors, but Leo Varadkar confirmed that he raised gay rights with Pence, but he didn't say what the VP's response was.

Children with gender dysphoria who wish to undergo surgery treatment, and have the permission of their parents to do so, will no longer have to go to court for a final ruling.

Outdated laws allowing religious organisations to discriminate against single mothers, pregnant women or LGBTI people should be repealed, the Human Rights Law Centre today told the Religious Freedom Review’s Expert Panel. ... See more

For anyone who wants to post directly on David Ould's b(l)og, this is where you can start telling him about the realities of him being a transphobic douche knuckle.

http://davidould.net/iron-sharpens-iron-transgender-interview-1
http://davidould.net/iron-sharpens-iron-transgender-interview-2 ... See more

This first of a 2-episode interview with Chris Arnzen of Iron Sharpens Iron looking at the Sydney Diocese Social Issues Committee Gender Identity Report.