The Post About Transgender Rights

"Last May, the Obama administration sent what's called a "Dear Colleague" letter to school districts. The letter, from the Justice and Education departments, made clear that the administration was interpreting Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, to include transgender students.

The letter stated that to be in compliance with the law, every K-12 school district, state education association and high school athletic association in the country "must not treat a transgender student differently from the way it treats other students of the same gender identity."

This week the Trump administration officially rescinded that guidance. This does not change the law. What it does is give states and districts more flexibility in their interpretation of Title IX and how they choose to accommodate transgender students."

Here's What I Think: We all saw this coming. Okay? President Cheeto was never going to protect LGBT citizens. I thought that was pretty obvious. This man is against all minorities. Transgender people should be able to use whatever bathroom they choose. There are too many people who are concerned with transgender people using bathrooms. A lot people have threatened to hurt transgender people if they use the bathroom associated with the gender they identify with. Honestly, those people are real assholes. Why can't you let people go where they want? Is that so difficult for you? If you are seriously concerned with people using the bathroom, then you seriously need to reevaluate yourself. 

For all of my transgender readers

Your feelings are valid. @Translifeline is here to help. US (877) 565 - 8860 Canada (877) 330 - 6366

A lot of people are concerned that there are creepers that are pretending to be transgender and are really just men who will go into girls bathrooms and hurt people. Listen, sexual assault is more likely to happen between two people who know each other. If you did some damn reading, you would see that this is more than bathrooms. Allowing transgender people to use what bathroom they want means they are welcome in open space. There are gendered bathrooms everywhere. They are at movie theatres, schools, places of work, places of worship and if you are not allowed to use the bathroom where you are most comfortable then you are saying that you are not allowed in open space.

Here are links to articles and resources for more information:

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/02/218195/

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/02/23/516837258/5-questions-about-the-trump-administrations-new-transgender-student-guidance

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/opinion/janet-mock-young-people-get-trans-rights-its-adults-who-dont.html?action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&module=RelatedCoverage&region=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article

http://www.glaad.org/transgender/resources

The Post About How White Women Need To Leave Famous Black Women Alone

Recently, I've been seeing a lot of think pieces by white feminists about Beyonce, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama, and other famous black women. Most of these have headlines condemning their bodies and how they use them. One article's headline called Beyonce a straight whore and said that Serena's swimsuit shoot was something similar to porn. Now all of this is bullshit. It's just white women hating black women for being in control and loving their bodies. Black women can't live their life without mainstream media outlets thinking that they can have a say. As if what these whit people have to say even matters. If Beyonce wants to have an amazing photoshoot to show off her pregnant belly, then she's going to do that and you can't do anything except be salty and jealous. White women need to stop demonizing black women's bodies because it is not your damn place.

I am sick of seeing all of this unnecessary white fragility over strong black women.

Leslie Jones may not "fit the mold", but that's the same mold of slim and feminine women. Leslie Jones is an amazing actress and a phenomenal comedian. She doesn't have to fit a look because she is her own person with an amazing body and exceptional talent.

Simone Biles is constantly getting smack for her body, but maybe ya'll forgot that she is a gold medalist olympian. She is the fourth American female gymnast to win five medals in a single Olympics. So how about we let her live her life?

Michelle Obama has faced so much misogynistic and racist backlash during her time of being the first lady. People have called her fat, too masculine, ugly, and I am sick of it. She has a Ivy League education and is an inspiring individual. Here is a link to all of her amazing accomplishments as our First Lady: http://blackdoctor.org/483712/job-well-done-first-lady-16-accomplishments-of-michelle-obama/

Beyonce is too confident, but she's Beyonce. She is an amazing singer, actress, dancer, and mother. So sit down and shut up. Here is full list of all her broken records and accomplishments: https://beyoncegalaxy.wordpress.com/records/

Serena Williams might look too like a man to you, but to me she is the greatest athelete ever. Period. She has won four grand slams in a row and is a gold medal olympians with a full list of accomplishments: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/09/serena-williams-olympics-grand-slam/88442570/


All of these horrible remarks show how it doesn't matter how much you succeed because people only want to look at your outward appearance. They will never give you credit for the amazing things you've done if you don't make them feel comfortable about themselves. A lot of people cannot handle black women just succeeding because then they feel less than. So they make unnecessary and disrespectful thinkpieces disguised as a way to preach their feminist ideals, when really they are being hateful and disgusting. 

The Post About Milo Yiannopoulos

If you do not know who Milo is, then you must not be online. Milo Yiannopoulos is a white gay man who pissed me the fuck off. Recently he resigned, I think, from Breitbart which is an extremely conservative website. He was an editor there and now he is not. He gained and lost an invitation to the Conservative Political Action Conference. Milo is known for making articles that are "triggering to liberals".
A while ago, Milo was invited to speak at UC Berkeley, but he was cancelled because of intense protests. That led to an indirect tweet from President Cheeto, an invitation to Bill O'Reilly's show, and an invitation to the CPAC. He lost that invitation and his book was cancelled because a video came to light about him condoning pedophilia.
This is what he said specifically: "Some of those relationships between younger boys and older men, the sort of coming-of-age relationships, the relationships in which those older men help those young boys to discover who they are, and give them security and safety and provide them with love and a reliable and sort of a rock where they can’t speak to their parents.”
He also said: “I’m grateful for Father Michael,” he said, in what appears to be an attempt at a joke. “I wouldn’t give nearly such good [oral sex] if it wasn’t for him.” He then argues that “pedophilia is attraction to children who have not reached puberty. Pedophilia is attraction to people who don’t have functioning sex organs yet who have not gone through puberty,” and not someone who is 13 years old and “sexually mature.”

He is also banned from Twitter after harassing actress Leslie Jones. He is also that face of the alt-right internet movement. He is known to hate immigrants, feminists, transgender people and basically anyone who is not white. His most famous quote is calling Feminism cancer and also says that transgender people are mentally ill.

Here's What I Think: Milo is just a typical white gay that I have encountered. Most white gay people that I have met are just as problematic as any white man. But they feel that because they are gay, they now are allowed to say whatever the fuck they want. Yes, if you are gay you face discrimination. But that discrimination does not give you a free pass to be an asshole to other people. You don't get to be racist and say that we can't call you racist because you face discrimination too.
You got me? Milo feels because now he is a "minority" he can say whatever the fuck he wants. White gay men are the most privileged in the LGBT community. They get the most representation and they are basically the face of the community. People of color and disabled LGBT persons are not given as much as a voice.
Many times, giving white people a voice in marginalized communities silences others and sometimes the people who have a voice are not speaking for everyone. 

The Post About Chris Brown

"According to TMZ, a restraining order has been filed by Brown's ex, Karrueche Tran, after she alleged that the singer beat and threatened to kill her."

Now we all know that Chris Brown has repeatedly abused women in the past and people still give him a pass. I really think that we need to honestly discuss this. A lot of people are attributing him to repeated abusing women to mental illness. That accusation is a reason why we need to discuss mental illness because those who suffer from it are more likely the victims of abuse rather than the perpetrators.

You honestly cannot defend this man. You cannot normalize his behavior. Like honestly, you guys he is an abuser. People keep wondering why women don't come forward when they are abused.  You need to stop defending his actions because he is a grown ass man. Karrueche was living her life and Chris Brown just had to be abusive for no damn reason. Honestly there is no reason to abuse anyone.

Also, stop listening to his music!! He has been making that same music since 2009. It's nothing new and it makes me tired when you guys fangirl over him like he's actually attractive.

Why didn't we leave him 5 years ago?

Not gonna spend a lot of time on this because he's trash and not worth my time

The Post About #HurtBae, #StrandedBae, and Relationships

If you have been online for the past week, then you have absolutely heard about these two stories. A few days ago, The Scene thought it would be a good idea to make a video where two exes sit across from each and relive their awful relationship. It started with a beautiful girl sitting across an obvious fuckboi asking him about how many times he cheated. If you watch the whole thing, your heart will hurt and you want to smack the stupid ass smirk off of his face. 
The video starts with her recanting a story about how she saw him with another girl while they were together. They lived in the same apartment and when she saw this, he told her to leave and she did! Honestly, I would have decked them both in the mouth. Throughout the whole video, she starts to tear up and the boy just doesn't give a fuck. It was a really sad video and just a really bad idea honestly! I get that you would want to reconnect with your ex to find closure, but she doesn't need closure. They have both moved on with their lives and grown from that experience. You can see that it still hurts her to think about it because he was her best friend and she loved him. He didn't care because he's an asshole.
Watching this video will make you relive a very bad relationship you probably never got over. The girl who used to be in that relationship is now with someone who loves her and the guy is traveling the world.  
But if you are still reeling from that video, get ready for this crazy ass ride! 
I wanted to take a day before writing this article about #StrandedBae because there are about 7 or 8 threads about what has happened in this story. The story first broke at 3 am on Monday night and I was trying to catch up on Monday afternoon after class. 
This is the synopsis of what I understand happened. There are two people who have been dating for a month. He has a t shirt with her face on it and they make plans to meet on Valentine's day. They have sex and he drops her off at the airport. She misses her flights (as in all of them) and keeps calling him to pick her up. She has no money and she is getting evicted out of her apartment, so she has no money and no home and no way home. She goes back to his apartment asking for money and he is fucking another girl. 

I have to say that I am so mad about all of these hurt feelings and all of this wasted money in both of these situations. The girl in #StrandedBae was manipulated by a guy who just wanted to fuck. #StrandedBae shows how men will use their feelings and emotions to get women then blame women for being emotional connected.

These two stories show how you can fall in love and find out that the person that you are with is not who you believed them to be. It's very sad that these situations were put online for everyone to see and comment on. But it shows that harmful relationships are not rare and that everyone goes through them. But it makes me happy that I don't have a boyfriend.

That's all I have to say on this. Another post will up in a few hours. Have a great day guys!

The Post About Beyonce's Formation and Kendrick Lamar's Grammy Performance

I have to say in all honesty that this month is going pretty well for black people. I know I'm late in posting this, but there is a good reason why.

Beyonce released a new video for her new single "Formation" which is basically just a celebration of her blackness. It features a cop car from New Orleans that is in flood water, a group of people in church, some young girls with beautiful Afros, and a line of ladies who are all dancing in formation. The song talks about how people attribute Beyonce's success to Illuminati, black love, taking her man to Red Lobster, and celebrating her blackness. Many love the song to death and this new song was a follow up to announce Beyonce's new Formation tour which has sold out tickets in the UK in under 30 minutes. Following her Formation single, Beyonce performed at the Super Bowl and killed it. Her dancers paid tribute to the Black Panther party and to 26 year old Mario Woods who was shot 20 times by San Francisco police. Of course, many white people were outraged by Beyonce's performance saying that it was racist and that the Super Bowl is not the platform for a political statement. Many white people are holding rallies against Beyonce and against Red Lobster because of her reference to the restuarant chain. These white people obviously think that Beyonce's song is racist and the fact that Red Lobster has not completely shamed Beyonce's for referencing them in her song that in turn they are also racist. So now there are white people who are boycotting Red Lobster and Beyonce. Good luck with that.

Kendrick Lamar was nominated for 10 Grammy's and won 5. He also had a performance that used as a platform to promote the Black Lives Matter movement. He started with his song The Blacker The Berry with him chained to other black men in jumpsuit representing the mass incarceration of black men in our society. This is correct by the way because African Americans are six times more likely to be incarcerated than White Americans are. He then went into his song Alright which has become an anthem of hope for the Black Lives Matter platform. His dancers switch from depressing jumpsuits to neon painted jumpsuits while dancing to African style music. He goes into rapping the song Alright and goes into rapping his new verse "Untitled" coming up on his new album. His whole performance was very relevant and amazing and it made me happy that I am black.

Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar are using their influence to promote change and impact others. They are bringing forward issues that many people will not discuss in their everyday lives, but these issues affect millions of others. So when they see this strong representation of issues that directly affect African Americans, it is important. Like in his performance, Kendrick rapped "On Feb 26, I died too." February 26, 2012 is the day Travyon Martin died. He also rapped "2012 set us back 400 years" because 400 years ago is when we think about when black people had no rights, but unfortunately, that's still relevant today. Also, during his performance, CBS bleeped out his line in his rap lyric referencing to police brutality.

All in all these two events has made this Black History Month lit. 

The Post About The Chicago Police

The Chicago Police department have been under fire for quite some time. Maybe it's over the shooting of Laquan McDonald, a 17 year old teen who was shot 16 times in 13 seconds by police officer Jason Van Dyke after being seen that he was armed with a 3 inch knife.
For more on that story:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/17/us/laquan-mcdonald-video-records-comparison/

There have also been more killings by the Chicago Police Department. Quintonio LeGrier, 19, called police three times Dec. 26 to ask for help. During one of the calls, the dispatch operator hung up on the teen, who was later fatally shot by police. According to ABC News, audio of the 19-year-old's 911 calls made Dec. 26 were released late Monday by Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority, which is investigating both LeGrier's death and the death of his neighbor Bettie Jones. Jones, 55, was also shot and killed by police after she opened their apartment building door to let police in. Earlier that day, LeGrier called 911 asking that a police officer be sent to his address. The first call was made at 4:18 a.m., and the last call was made three minutes later.

"There's an emergency, can you send an officer?" LeGrier can be heard saying on one of the calls.

During one call, LeGrier didn't respond to the 911 operator's questions and the dispatcher hung up on the teen, ABC reports.

When the dispatcher asked the teen what was wrong, he responded, saying, "Someone is ruining my life."

ABC reports that LeGrier's father, Antonio LeGrier, called 911 at 4:24 a.m. and asked for an officer to be sent to the same address.

"My son has freaked out. I need an officer," Antonio LeGrier said on the call. "He's got a baseball bat in his hand right now."

accident and say that LeGrier was charging them when he was shot. According to autopsies by the Cook County medical examiner on both victims, LeGrier was shot six times and Jones, a mother of five, was shot once, ABC reports.

"Upon arrival, officers were confronted by a combative subject resulting in the discharging of the officer's weapon, fatally wounding two individuals," police said in a statement released shortly after the shooting.

But there is something more to the stories here. This post may not be related to LeGrier, but I felt it was essential to update you on what happened there. That story is important for the public to see. Now onto to the issue that I dearly wished to address.

Police dashcams. These devices were put into police vehicles in order to prevent instances like Laquan McDonald from happening. However, new evidence has risen to show why these events keep happening.

Police officers have been destroying their dashcams on purpose. Maintenance records reveal that Chicago police officers have been involved in routine destruction and sabotage of dashboard cameras and microphones. This troubling revelation sheds light on what happened the night of Oct. 20, 2014, when Officer Jason Van Dyke — who was recently released on bond after being charged with first-degree murder — shot and killed a 17-year-old black boy named Laquan McDonald. The incident was recorded by multiple police dash cameras, but many of them did not record audio, including Van Dyke's.

In Van Dyke's case, the reason for this is now clear: He'd intentionally made his camera not work. The 15-year veteran took the camera from his patrol car to the department's maintenance team in June 2014, three months after reporting it broken. Repairs were completed June 17. The next day, the camera was "suddenly" broken again. Then, on Oct. 8 — 12 days before Van Dyke killed McDonald — the maintenance team fixed it for a second time, citing "intentional damage" as the reason for its malfunction.

The night of Oct. 20, the same camera wasn't recording any audio. Investigators decided this was because the microphone hadn't been synced.

The camera's repeated breakdowns and failure to record sound appear to be part of a systematic issue in Chicago. Technicians have identified 90 cases between September 2014 and July 2015 where Chicago Police Department officers had actually hidden their dashcam mics in the glove compartment of their cars. While in 30 other instances, there was evidence that recording devices were "intentionally defeated" or not activated by police personnel, DNA Info reported.

Meanwhile, another audio recording — this time from a cellphone camera — played a key role in helping people understand the circumstances around 43-year-old Eric Garner's death in July 2014. "I can't breathe," Garner said, repeatedly, as police officers in Staten Island, New York, wrestled him to the ground and choked him to death.

Interim Chicago Police Supt. John Escalante responded to the revelations by formally reprimanding some officers, and by suspending others for up to three days. "To boil this down, the police department will not tolerate officers maliciously destructing equipment," police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told DNA Info.

For more information

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/28/laquan-mcdonald-shooting-jason-van-dyke-dashcam-mic-destroyed-chicago-police