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School Defied Parents and Orchestrated Student's Gender Transition,

Suit Alleges

Michael Foust | 

ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor | 

Monday, November 29, 2021

Two Florida parents have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that their daughter’s school orchestrated her gender transition and intentionally deceived the mother and father about the matter.

The lawsuit alleges that staff at Deerlake Middle School in Tallahassee, Fla., called the 13-year-old girl by her preferred name and pronouns and allowed her to use the boys’ restroom – all without the permission of her parents. Further, the lawsuit alleges, the school’s staff were told not to use the girl’s preferred name and pronouns around the mother and father.

The parents allege that the school violated their parental rights under the U.S. and Florida Constitutions. The Washington Examiner also reported on the lawsuit.

“What the school district did is tantamount to saying children need to be protected from their parents, rather than by their parents,” the parents’ attorney, Veronica Broyles, told the Examiner. “This guidance that they had in place and their actions convey the message that parents are presumed to be dangerous to their children.”

...When the reverse is the reality!

The girl identified as non-binary and preferred plural “they/them” pronouns. The lawsuit says she has been diagnosed with ADHD and is seeing a counselor. Further, the suit says, the girl’s self-identity likely is due to her circle of friends – three of whom identify as transgender.

Social media has caused an explosion in girls transitioning to boys.

“By excluding parents from discussions regarding their child’s/children’s assertion of a discordant gender identity and adopting protocols aimed at secretively affirming the discordant gender identity, Defendants are making … decisions that affect the mental health of their child in contravention of Plaintiffs’ fundamental rights,” the lawsuit says.

The controversy began when the child asked her parents if she could be identified as non-binary and use a different name and a different set of pronouns at school. The parents agreed to a name change, but only as a nickname.

The parents told the child’s math teacher about the nickname but also said they wanted her to be identified as female at school and to be referred to using female pronouns, the suit says.

The parents are Jeffrey and January Littlejohn. The child is known as “A.G.” in the lawsuit.

“Unbeknownst to Mr. and Mrs. Littlejohn until November 2, 2020, A.G.’s request to change her name with the guidance counselor unleashed a flurry of activity aimed at secretly affirming A.G.’s belief that she was nonbinary and was to be called ‘J.’ and be referred to by the pronouns ‘they/them’ by all of A.G.’s teachers in direct contravention of her parents’ decisions and direction to school staff. … Mr. and Mrs. Littlejohn also learned that as of September 8, 2020, teachers and staff at Deerlake Middle School had been told that A.G. identified as ‘nonbinary’ and of her preferred name and pronouns. Staff had also been directed not to use her preferred name or gender-specific pronouns when talking to A.G.’s Parents.”

It is the second such lawsuit in recent weeks to become public. Alliance Defending Freedom is representing a Wisconsin couple who allege that the principal and staff of a school district identified their daughter as a transgender boy over their objections.

African football legend in extraordinary on-air rant

about homosexuality and Islam

30 Nov, 2021 19:30

Mohamed Aboutrika launched into a rant on live TV © Karim Jaafar / AFP

One of the most successful players in African football history has produced a blistering live rant to an audience of millions during a Premier League game, urging Muslim people to act on homosexuality.

Mohamed Aboutrika boasts more than seven million followers on Instagram, including Liverpool ace Mohamed Salah and Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez.

Providing punditry for BeIN Sports on Manchester United's 1-1 draw at Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday, Aboutrika launched into a homophobic rant sparked by the wearing of rainbow-themed LGBTQ laces.

Players are donning the symbols on their boots in solidarity with the UK-based LGBT rights charity Stonewall as part of a Premier League-backed campaign between November 27 and December 2 to promote equality and diversity.

The joint initiative encourages "LGBT+ acceptance among children and young people" and aims to equip coaches, teachers and leaders with resources and programs promoting positive attitudes towards the LGBT+ community.

Aboutrika, who won back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations titles with Egypt and scored the winning goal in the 2008 final, clearly doesn't approve. 

"This phenomenon, the sexual abnormality of homosexuality – we must educate and raise young kids," the committed Muslim said in his on-air outburst, via translation.

"Such a phenomenon does not fit our faith and does not fit our religion. In the past, we used to say 'ignore this phenomenon.' But no – now this phenomenon became nasty and it exists.

"We give credit to many Muslim players in the Premier League for not participating in LGBT campaigns. That's the role of Muslim players and Muslim scholars – this phenomenon broke through our society.

"This phenomenon is not only against Islam's nature; it's against human nature. Allah says in the Quran, 'we have honored the children of Adam.' So by doing this homosexuality, we are not honoring humans, we are humiliating them. People should pay attention and be careful – sports are inside every home now.

"We all have a role to play to stand up against this homosexuality, this phenomenon which is not complete with Islam and is against common sense.

"Our religion, Islam, and all religions [must] fight it and warn about it. So this is our role to play, we have to pay attention. I hope that in the coming years, BeIN Sports, during [LGBT campaigns], will only show the game live at the referee's whistle, without studios in order to avoid everything LGBT-related.

"We can't guarantee what happens in the middle of games, but anyway, this is a suggestion to beIN Sports. Our role is to stand up to homosexuality because it's a dangerous ideology, it's becoming nasty and people are not ashamed of it anymore. They will tell you that homosexuality is 'human rights'. No, it is not 'human rights' – in fact, it's against humanity."

BeIN Sports issued a response amid a backlash. "As a global media group we represent, champion and support people, causes and interests of every single background, language and cultural heritage across 43 hugely diverse countries, as we show every day," the Qatari channel said through a  spokesperson. 

The Premier League said that it "wholeheartedly" disagrees with the analyst's views.

"The Premier League and its clubs are committed to supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion and making clear football is for everyone," it added.

Sweden gets first ever transgender minister

30 Nov, 2021 13:41

© Facebook / Lina Axelsson Kihlblom

Sweden has appointed its first transgender member of government, with Lina Axelsson Kihlblom becoming the minister of higher education and research.

OMG - a transgender in charge of higher education; what could possibly go wrong here?

Kihlblom, 51, was appointed on Tuesday by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, Sweden’s first female leader.

She described her path to gender reassignment in a 2018 interview for the magazine Icakuriren.

“I was probably not more than three years old when it became clear to me that I ended up wrong. There are pictures of me as a child standing naked in my mother’s high heels and a pink bra,” Kihlblom said. She revealed that she had undergone gender reassignment surgery in a 2004 book titled ‘Will You Like Me Now?’

She completed her gender transition when she was 25, after five years of medical treatment, saying only then could she finally be herself – and that she pretended life before 25 did not exist.

As education minister, Kihlblom, who previously served as a primary school principal in Haninge, and head of administration in Nynäshamn municipality, said she plans to overhaul the system of higher education to make it more student oriented. She is also a trained lawyer.

Kihlblom’s tenure could be a short one, with new general elections expected in September 2022.

We can always hope!

Outcry forces EU to ditch plan for ‘inclusive’ language

30 Nov, 2021 16:28

European Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli delivers a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. October 20, 2021. © AFP / Frederick Florin

The European Commission has walked back an attempt to mandate the use of “inclusive” language after lawmakers claimed the new rules were an effort to “cancel” Christian references and lacked “common sense.”

An internal guidebook for inclusive communication called on EU officials to “update their language” and avoid phrasing that was considered not reflective of the “diversity of European culture.” The new guide encouraged the use of gender-neutral language and non-Christian names, among other things.

In a statement on Tuesday, EU Equality Commissioner Helena Dalli noted that the guidebook was not a “mature document” and acknowledged that it “does not meet all Commission quality standards.” She tweeted that the document was a “work in progress” and said an “updated version of the guidelines” would address the concerns that had been raised regarding examples of discouraged language.

Withdrawing the document, Dalli added that the “version of the guidelines published” does not “adequately serve” its purpose of showcasing the Commission’s “inclusive nature” with relation to gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic backgrounds and culture.

While Brussels officials have previously been given “reminders” to watch their language, this is thought to be the first time an actual rule book was issued. According to The Telegraph, staff were told to be “sensitive to ... different religious traditions” and not “presume” someone’s sexual orientation and gender identity.

Some European politicians criticized the guide as an attempt to eradicate Christian references, citing recommendations to avoid “assuming that everyone is Christian” and the suggestion to use non-biblical first names – such as “Malika and Julio” instead of “Maria and John” – as examples in stories and publications. Some lawmakers and media outlets interpreted this to be an outright ban on the common Christian names.

“The EU Commission should be defending our values not trying to change our identity. Efforts to limit references to the word Christmas and Christian names is both bizarre and disappointing,” Maltese MEP David Casa tweeted. He later called Dalli’s retraction a victory for “common sense.”

Other recommendations in the guidebook included replacing gendered words such as “man-made” and “ladies and gentlemen” with the neutral phrases “human-induced” and “dear colleagues.” Similarly, it would have frowned on the use of “default” masculine terms as “workmen,” and the use of traditional binary pronouns “he” and “she” should someone prefer “they” or “Mx.”

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Paedophile businessman extradited back from America to Wales

to face justice

walesonline

By Philip Dewey Court Correspondent

15:10, 29 NOV 2021

Caution: Graphic descriptions below

Keith Howells, 50, abused a young girl for a decade before moving to America

but he was brought back to Wales and jailed (Image: South Wales Police)

A paedophile who abused a young girl for a decade before moving to America to start a new life has been brought back to Wales and jailed.

Keith Howells, 50, originally from Cardiff, began abusing his victim when she was very young and continued his assaults over a period of several years which only came to a stop when he was 21 years old.

Having described her life as "going off he rails" as a result of the abuse the victim found the courage to tell police about the assaults committed by Howells almost 30 years after the event.

A sentencing hearing at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Friday heard the abuse involved the defendant penetrating the victim with his finger, instructing her to masturbate him, and putting his penis in her mouth.

He was tracked down living in Illinois and was extradited back to the UK to face trial. He denied the abuse but was found guilty by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court in November.

In a personal statement read out to the court by prosecutor Matthew Cobbe the victim – who has a legal right to lifelong anonymity – said Howells would threaten her not to tell anyone about the abuse.

She added: "No-one cottoned on to the abuse. He made me think what he was doing was normal.... I felt in pain not only when he sexually abused me but for some time afterwards and I was in pain when he threw things at me and burnt my hands.

"One of the first memories I have is going to a birthday party but I associate it with the sexual abuse because it started around this time. Every childhood memory is associated with Keith abusing me – I can't separate them from happy memories.

"It's clear as a day and the pain makes the memory so vivid. I remember trying to look after myself and trying to soothe the pain with talcum powder."

The victim said she felt "uneasy, angry, and had no way of letting her feelings out". Towards the end of her time at school she stopped attending, saying the abuse had "robbed her of an education". She also said she began to abuse alcohol as a teenager and would drink cider throughout the day.

She added: "It was in turmoil when I was being abused and when it stopped I was left with the impact of years of abuse."

Howells, of South 6th Street, Oregon, Illinois, was found guilty of 14 counts of committing gross indecency with a child and seven counts of indecent assault of a child.

In mitigation Ieuan Rees said his client's offending took place when he was "far younger and less mature" and in the period since then he was of good character.

The barrister said Howells had "made a life for himself" in the United States and had started a landscaping business and fathered five children. He will be unable to return to America as a result of his convictions.

Mr Rees added: "It's often said that a man has lost everything but in this case it's true."

Sentencing, Recorder Greg Bull QC said: "You knew the difference between right and wrong and you knew such activity, even when young, was wrong. You showed no remorse for your offending and indeed [the victim] was cross-examined with accusations being made she was making it up. The jury disbelieved you..

"I have no doubt you caused [the victim] to go off the rails and to live a life you were responsible for ruining."

Howells was sentenced to 10 and a half years imprisonment and was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order, notification requirements, and an indefinite restraining order.

Paedophile, 90, is jailed for ten years for sexually abusing four boys

in attacks he carried out between the 1960s and 1980s

By KATE DENNETT FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 13:16 EST, 26 November 2021 

A 90-year-old paedophile has been jailed for ten years for sexually abusing four boys in attacks that took place between the 1960s and 1980s.

Robert Youngman, from Ludlow, Shropshire, admitted 11 historic counts of indecent assault on four boys at Mold and Caernarfon Crown Court.

The former headteacher sexually assaulted the boys in attacks which took place between 1966 and 1981 in Surrey and then between 1978 and 1981 in Anglesey, Wales.

He was the headmaster of Indefatigable school in Anglesey from 1977 and 1986 and lived in a detached house on the school campus.

A 14-year-old boy was molested by Youngman, who was known as 'Captain Youngman', at Indefatigable school after being called to the headmaster's office. The boy wept after the assault, the court heard.

Youngman previously abused other boys while he was a school master, teaching maths and sports, at a Surrey prep school, the prosecutor told the court. 

One victim, who was allegedly abused from the age of three, described in court how he had 'deeply vivid nightmares' and the revelation of the abuse had a 'devastating' impact on his parents. 

He described Youngman as a 'dangerous sexual predator' and a 'monster'.

Another of the four victims said Youngman was a liar and disgrace to his family, while a third man said there had been a 'strict and disciplined environment' at Indefatigable school.

'The school had a rotten bullying regime encouraged by staff, called character building,' he said in an impact statement.

The 'proud, retired serviceman' declared across the courtroom: 'What he did was evil.'

Three of the four victims came forward after seeing a press report of Youngman appearing in court.

Youngman was told by recorder John Philpotts that his good character, hidden by a 'false façade' of respectability, was 'in tatters'.

The judge said: 'You should have been the epitome of a respectable man. You were entrusted with responsibilities for the education and pastoral care of young boys.' 

Recorder Philpotts told the pensioner: 'You must face the consequences, albeit late in your life, of what you did as a younger man. There are clear and significant aggravating features. These offences represent gross and repeated breaches of trust.'

Paul Smith, defending, said Youngman had been 'successful and respected in many aspects of his life' and maintained family support. 

The judge ruled that Youngman's age carried 'very little weight' in sentencing, as Youngman was jailed for ten years, which was 'effectively a life sentence', on Friday. 

Recorder Philpotts added: 'This is effectively a life sentence. The likelihood is you will never be released.' 

Grimsby man jailed after paedophile hunters trap him in Cheshire

Brian Royston, 59, was intercepted by a paedophile hunting group on Facebook.

Photo: Elusive Child Protection Unit

By Ellis Karran Local News Reporter 

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A 59-year-old man from Grimsby has been jailed for three years after so-called ‘paedophile hunters’ caught him on his way to meet what he thought was a 13-year-old girl.

Brian Royston was intercepted by members of Elusive Child Protection Unit at a train station in Handforth, Cheshire on October 3, where he believed he was meeting up with a 13-year-old girl.

The paedophile hunter group then had a heated exchange with Royston about his intentions, all of which was caught on camera, before he was taken away by police.

Upon meeting Royston, the hunters ask him a series of questions in regards to his relationship with the alleged victim, who happened to be a decoy account, which he was unaware of.

It was discovered that he had packed condoms to meet the 13-year-old girl, highlighting his sexual intentions with her, before the hunters read out some of his explicit message exchanges.

Brian Royston, of Scartho Road in the North East Lincolnshire town, pleaded guilty to attempting to cause or incite a child to engage in sexual activity, during a hearing at Chester Crown Court.

The 59-year-old was jailed for three years, half of which will be served on licence, and he will be placed on the sex offenders’ register for the rest of his life.

After his sentencing, Elusive Child Protection Unit, which has over 40,000 page likes on Facebook, said: “[It’s the] fastest turn around we have seen, charged and sentenced in under two months.

“Massive well done to all the team, including hunters and our faithful security, job well done guys!”

1 in 3 parliament staffers sexually harassed in Canberra

30 Nov, 2021 10:51

Joint session of the Australian Parliament in Canberra. November 14, 2014. © Reuters / David Gray

A damning report on workplace culture has found that one in three Australian parliamentary staffers have been sexually harassed. Respondents called it a “man’s world” where women “felt lucky” to have anyone hear their concerns.

The report, titled ‘Set the Standard’, was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. It found that more than half of those who worked among the country’s lawmakers had experienced some form of bullying, sexual harassment or actual or attempted sexual assault. The victims were more likely to be women.

The report revealed that some 63% of respondents had experienced sexual harassment. Meanwhile, men were found to be responsible for the majority of such behavior in parliamentary workspaces. One female MP told the Australian Human Rights Commission that the “culture allowed [and] encouraged” this.

Rape Culture has graduated from universities into governments.

Aspiring male politicians who thought nothing of, in one case, picking you up, kissing you on the lips, lifting you up, touching you, pats on the bottom, comments about appearance, you know, the usual.

Another person told the inquiry that Parliament was a “man’s world and you are reminded of it every day thanks to the looks up and down you get.” Others said they were “lucky enough” to have female supervisors to raise their concerns.

Describing the findings as “appalling,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison stressed there was “no excuse” to “normalize inappropriate, unhealthy and unprofessional behavior.” While noting that he wished he “found [the results] more surprising,” he expressed his belief that the Parliament was safer now than it had been at the start of the year.

Current and former politicians and staffers – the majority of them women – were among the 1,723 people who responded to the inquiry, which conducted nearly 500 interviews. The review was launched earlier this year after a former staffer, Brittany Higgins, alleged she had been raped in 2019 by a colleague in a minister’s office. Her claims prompted a wave of other allegations of misconduct.

Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner, Kate Jenkins, who authored the report, noted that such experiences “leave a trail of devastation for individuals and their teams and undermine the performance of our Parliament to the nation's detriments.”

The report called for structural reforms and made a host of recommendations, including improving leadership and gender balances, and addressing a culture of alcohol use.

Hold on now, this is Australia!!!!???

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Cops search Marilyn Manson’s home amid sex crime allegations – media

30 Nov, 2021 07:39

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has reportedly executed a search warrant for the California home of provocateur musician Marilyn Manson, who is being investigated for multiple cases of alleged sexual assault.

The early Monday morning search was reported by several news outlets, citing their police sources, with celebrity gossip website TMZ breaking the news first. It said Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, was not home at the time.

Officers from the Special Victims Unit have seized media storage units, including hard drives, which will be analyzed as part of the ongoing investigation into Manson’s alleged sex crimes, according to TMZ.

Sources of other outlets confirmed the search, but didn’t explain why or how it was conducted.

The 52-year-old shock rocker was accused by multiple women of sexual and psychological abuse. He denied the allegations, calling them “horrible distortions of reality” and insisting that all his intimate relations were fully consensual.

In September, a judge tossed out a lawsuit brought against Manson by a Jane Doe who accused him of rape and battery. It was dismissed because the statute of limitations for the alleged crimes had expired.

His other accusers include actress Evan Rachel Wood, actress Esme Bianco, model Ashley Morgan Smithline, and former assistant Ashley Walters.

CNN suspends Chris Cuomo for helping brother in scandal

David Bauder

The Associated Press

Published Tuesday, November 30, 2021 6:44PM EST

  

NEW YORK -- CNN indefinitely suspended anchor Chris Cuomo on Tuesday after details emerged about how he helped his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to face charges of sexual harassment earlier this year.

The network said documents released by New York's attorney general Monday indicated Cuomo took a greater level of involvement in his brother's efforts than CNN executives previously knew.

"As a result, we have suspended Chris indefinitely, pending further evaluation," the network said.

The CNN anchor pressed sources for information on his brother's accusers and reported back to the governor's staff, and was active in helping craft their response to the charges, according to emails and a transcript of his testimony to investigators working for state Attorney General Letitia James. Her office found Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women.

Chris Cuomo previously acknowledged talking to his brother and offering advice when the governor faced harassment charges. But the information released Monday revealed far more details about what exactly Chris Cuomo did. Andrew Cuomo resigned in August to avoid a likely impeachment trial.

Cuomo's program, which airs at 9 p.m. Eastern time on weeknights, averaged 1.3 million viewers, narrowly outpacing Anderson Cooper as CNN's most popular show, according to the Nielsen company. Like many cable newscasts, viewership is down significantly after being swollen during the election year.

Cuomo appeared on his program on Monday night, talking about COVID-19 and politics without mentioning his own issues. There was no immediate response to a request for comment sent to Cuomo and the lawyer who represented him during this summer's testimony.

During the first two months of the pandemic, Cuomo interviewed his brother on the air a number of times. It was a hit with viewers, although it violated CNN's policy of not having Cuomo report on his brother, and was a programming choice that has grown worse with time and additional revelations.

Chris Cuomo frequently consulted with his brother's aides when Andrew was fighting the charges last May, sometimes disagreeing with their advice.

"This is my brother, and I'm trying to help my brother through a situation where he told me he did nothing wrong," Cuomo testified last July to investigators at the attorney general's office.

He has said he did nothing to influence his own network's coverage of the story.

Cuomo also said he reached out to other journalists to find out whether they were writing stories about his brother, most notably seeking information on what Ronan Farrow of the New Yorker was writing. He acknowledged he didn't tell CNN he was doing this, and characterized his actions as nothing out of the ordinary for a journalist.

Critics have called on CNN to take action following the attorney general's release, with David A. Graham of The Atlantic saying Cuomo should resign -- or be fired by CNN if he doesn't.

After it was first revealed last May by The Washington Post that Cuomo had consulted with his brother's aides, CNN released a statement saying that his actions were inappropriate, but it did not discipline him.

Cuomo, a lawyer, is 13 years younger than Andrew Cuomo, who he has described as his best friend. They are the sons of former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, who was in office from 1982 to 1996.

He worked for several years at ABC News, joining CNN in 2013 as co-host of the network's morning show.

A veteran TV executive, Shelley Ross, wrote a column for The New York Times in September saying Cuomo had groped her at a party 16 years ago. Cuomo (presumably Chris) told the newspaper that "I apologized to her then, and I meant it."

Supreme Court asked to overturn ruling that freed Bill Cosby

29 Nov, 2021 23:29 

Prosecutors have urged the US Supreme Court to review a decision that overturned the sexual assault conviction of comedian and actor Bill Cosby, arguing that the ruling was based on a questionable non-prosecution deal.

A petition filed on Monday by Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele asked the court to take another look at the ruling that freed Cosby in June, the Associated Press reported. While a judge had accepted that Cosby was immune from prosecution under a deal made in exchange for testimony in a previous civil suit, Steele questioned the legitimacy of the deal and insisted that Cosby was eligible to be charged after all.

The only evidence of the supposed non-prosecution deal is a 2005 press release from the then-Montgomery County DA, Bruce Castor, who noted that he did not have sufficient evidence to charge Cosby at the time. However, Castor created some ambiguity with the statement, as he added that his office would “reconsider this decision should the need arise,” a passage that’s been disputed for years by lawyers on both sides.

While the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ultimately agreed that Cosby was immune from prosecution and should have never been tried, Steele insisted that Castor’s press release should not be treated as an immunity agreement, and would set a worrying precedent if it were accepted as such.

“This decision as it stands will have far-reaching negative consequences beyond Montgomery County and Pennsylvania. The US Supreme Court can right what we believe is a grievous wrong,” Steele said.

The DA’s attempt to revive the case will likely face an uphill battle, as the Supreme Court accepts fewer than 1% of all petitions filed, according to AP.

Cosby, now 84, was among the first celebrities convicted of a sex crime during the ‘#MeToo’ campaign, which saw a number of big names in Hollywood accused of sexual assault or misconduct, some later charged. Though he continues to deny all wrongdoing, he was found guilty of drugging and molesting a college sports administrator, Andrea Constand, in 2018, before being freed last June, at which point he had served nearly three years of a 10-year sentence. Cosby’s legal problems did not end there, however, as he was sued by another sexual assault accuser just months after his release from prison, a case that is still ongoing.

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Turkish cops tear-gas women protesting violence against women

25 Nov, 2021 23:24

Demonstrators pull on a barricade during a protest against gender-based violence in Istanbul, Turkey,

November 25, 2021. ©  Reuters / Umit Bektas

Turkish riot police unleashed tear gas to disperse a large crowd of demonstrators protesting violence against women in Istanbul, as well as the government’s withdrawal from an international treaty devoted to combating it.

The massive group of protesters, reportedly numbering in the thousands, marched to Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Thursday to mark the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.’ They met a heavy police presence in the square, which was barricaded off by officers clad in heavy riot gear, who proceeded to fire tear gas on the crowd after ordering it to disperse.

Scuffles with police were captured in videos circulating online, showing officers moving in on the demonstrators to clear them from the area as tear gas wafts through the air.

Protesters were also seen carrying a colorful assortment of signs and banners, some even toting flares, while others chanted anti-government slogans and demanded an end to what’s been dubbed by some activists as ‘femicide.’ Some 345 women in Turkey have been killed in acts of gender-based violence so far this year, just shy of the 410 reported in 2020, according to ‘We Will Stop Femicide,’ a women’s rights group.

The protest, which was mirrored on a smaller scale in other cities across the country, comes after the Turkish government formally withdrew from an international treaty meant to address violence against women in July. Known as the Istanbul Convention, the pact was originally negotiated in the same city in 2011, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to pull out of the deal has been sharply criticized both by local activists as well as foreign leaders, with US President Joe Biden dubbing the move “deeply disappointing.” 

Ankara, for its part, claimed the convention had been “hijacked” by “people attempting to normalize homosexuality,” which it said was “incompatible with Turkey’s social and family values.” Nonetheless, the government insisted it would not “give up on its fight against domestic violence” and would “continue protecting the safety and the rights of all women.”

But like many Islamic countries, they would prefer their women to be invisible in public and silent.

Kazakh bodybuilder takes second sex-doll wife on honeymoon

– after first bride ‘broke’

26 Nov, 2021 18:39

Yuri Tolochko shared the news on his social media account. © Instagram @ yurii_tolochko

Bodybuilder Yuri Tolochko, who has shot to online notoriety after 'marrying' a sex doll, has shared details of his honeymoon with his second plastic bride Luna after the happy couple spent a week lapping up the sights in Bulgaria.

The hulking Tolochko, who has garnered well over 100,000 followers on Instagram, recently announced that he has moved on from his first wife Margot - who was also an inanimate sex doll - after their relationship quite literally fell apart when he announced that she "broke" shortly after their nuptials. 

Tolochko said at the time that he had sent his bride away for repairs - but apparently had his eye caught by a new disposable companion after the  iron-pumping lothario posted photographs to social media of his week-long honeymoon with his new bride Luna.

"I did not get the chance to enjoy a honeymoon with Luna until now. The pandemic changed everyone’s plans massively so when the chance came to go to Bulgaria for work, I was happy I could take Luna," he said recently.

"It was a work trip, but it was also so romantic that I consider it a honeymoon as well. We stayed in the capital Sofia for about a week and it was fabulous."

Photographs posted online show a smiling Yuri showing off his bride at various places in the Bulgarian capital, such as at a restaurant - and another more X-rated snap of the two in what appears to be a bathtub.

Luna, who was unavailable for comment, maintains a steely stare in each of the shots.

"We met a lot of people during my work time and also went out to restaurants and took advantage of the hotel room," Tolochko added.

"Everyone’s reaction was different, but not negative. Kids loved Luna a lot. This sensation was everywhere, on the bus, in public places, and many people approached us for photos. Someone asked for my permission to touch Luna because they had never seen a sex doll before."

He even said that he noticed some wayward glances from several other men, particularly when Luna was wearing skimpy attire.

"Luna wore a very short skirt and men liked to watch her as she sat on my lap,” he said.

"I like it when people look at us and their mood lifts. When the pandemic began, this was especially important. People lived in fear and often came to my Instagram page to smile and cheer themselves up."

Tolochko added that as his fame has risen, so too have comments about his unique sex life - and while he says that no one has said anything to him in person, he claims there was a lot of online abuse from St. Petersburg.

"I sometimes get a negative reaction on the internet, but no one has ever shown it in person," he said.

"There was a bigger backlash before than there is now. Also, most of the hate came from netizens in Saint Petersburg in Russia.

"I used to have social media accounts in Russian, but then there was too much negativity."

This time around, though, Yuri said that he opted to not exchange rings with Luna after he had his heart broken by Margot (we shudder to think what she had broken, by the way) - and this time opted for a more cost effective approach.

"I did exchange rings with Margot so maybe I will come up with some kind of symbolic jewelry that we could all wear. We need to discuss it," he said.

"After Margot, I decided to not throw any more lavish weddings."

Sweden’s first-ever woman PM voted back in days after resigning

29 Nov, 2021 14:32

Magdalena Andersson as new prime minister on November 29, 2021.

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The Swedish parliament has again voted in Magdalena Andersson as prime minister. Last week, she resigned the position the same day she assumed it and became the first-ever female head of her country’s government.

Andersson, a former finance minister, threw in the towel just seven hours after her election five days ago. She announced her decision after a junior member withdrew from the minority ruling coalition following its failure to adopt a new budget and its approval of a competing variant proposed by right-wing parties.

On Monday, she returned to the helm of an even smaller minority government, formed only by the Swedish Social Democratic Party, which she has led since early November. It has 100 seats – less than a third of the total 349 seats in the parliament.

Her candidacy was supported by 101 legislators and rejected by 173, but still approved. Under Swedish law, the speaker may nominate a person for PM up to four times before a snap general election is called, and if the same candidate is proposed a second time, an absolute majority of 175 votes is needed to reject him or her, which was the case with Andersson.

Sweden was the last of the Nordic nations to elect a female head of the government. Since 2014, the country has rotated three different cabinets led by Andersson’s predecessor, Stefan Löfven. The latest of them was installed in July and automatically dismissed when its head resigned earlier in November. A new general election is scheduled for September 2022 and is expected to determine Sweden’s course on contentious issues such as immigration.

Approaching Sodom > Biden and Blinken's Unbelievably Evil Trade

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ANALYSIS: The United States Goes All-In to Advance LGBT in UN Policy

Biden trades Christian lives for LGBTQ language at UN

By Stefano Gennarini, J.D. | 

November 26, 2021

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken lands in Nigeria

NEW YORK, November 24 (C-Fam) The Biden Administration overcame historic opposition to the LGBT agenda from African and Islamic countries by strategically placing controversial gay rights language in a resolution on fair elections and democracy.

The Biden administration took a risk by tabling a draft UN resolution with “sexual orientation and gender identity,” but it paid off when the resolution was adopted unanimously on Thursday last week. Traditional countries may come to regret not voting against the resolution.

Allowing the Biden administration to put “sexual orientation and gender identity” in a UN resolution is a provocation. It sets a precedent for adding LGBT issues in dozens of UN resolutions every year, ending a longstanding stalemate in UN negotiations over LGBT issues.

For over two decades the LGBT agenda was thwarted at UN headquarters by countries that threatened to vote against resolutions that included the terms “sexual orientation and gender identity.” Even the most ardent LGBT supporters gave up on it because diplomatic convention dictates that resolutions should be adopted unanimously, without a vote. They knew they couldn’t get any explicit references to the LGBT agenda in UN resolutions without a vote.

LGBT groups like the Human Rights Campaign and OutRight International have complained about this for years. They goaded Western diplomats and politicians to do more, even if it meant more acrimony in UN negotiations. They were unable to convince the U.S. State Department, until last week.

U.S. diplomats asked the General Assembly to adopt a resolution with “sexual orientation and gender identity” for the first time. It signaled that U.S. diplomats were putting the LGBT agenda as a higher priority than consensus. Just like LGBT activists have asked for many years, they were willing to risk having a vote on the resolution rather than remove the controversial terms. In the end, there was no need for a vote. Countries that have historically blocked the LGBT agenda backed down.

Biden trades Christian lives for LGBTQ language

Nigeria, which coordinated the African Group position in recent months, may have bowed to pressure from U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken who was in Nigeria meeting with President Buhari when the General Assembly was scheduled to adopt the resolution. This was not a coincidence. After rumors that Nigeria would vote against the resolution, the adoption was moved to allow time for Nigeria to reconsider its position. In the end, no vote was called.

President Buhari, a Muslim who is doing as little as possible to save Christians in northern Nigeria from the murderous Fulani Herdsmen and Boko Haram and other Islamic jihadists, got something in return for his compliance with American madness. He got Nigeria removed from the list of most persecuted religious countries. This will enable Islamic jihad to ramp up their already horrific persecution of Nigerian Christians. This is an unbelievably evil trade by Biden and Blinken. 

All in all, the unanimous adoption of the resolution on elections didn’t just signal a change of gears for the Biden administration. It showed that support for the LGBT agenda has slowly but steadily grown over the past two decades, with ninety countries voting in favor of keeping the terms.

Should this precedent stand, more aggressive diplomacy can be expected from the Biden administration, the European Union, and other progressive nations to promote the LGBT agenda.  “Sexual orientation and gender identity” and other LGBT issues will be streamlined across all UN resolutions. Traditional countries may need to content themselves with making reservations, no longer able to block the avalanche of LGBT policies that are coming their way.

UN member states may still amend the resolution in a General Assembly plenary session that will review the resolution in the second week of December.

Approaching Sodom > Russia Investigates Netflix LGBTQ Content; Dutch Apologize to Trans; UK High Court Enables Sex Assaults; Poland Attacks Sex Ed; Girls Avoiding Gender-Neutral Toilets; Question???

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Russian police to investigate Netflix over LGBT movies & series

25 Nov, 2021 11:23

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Russia’s police will launch an investigation into streaming service Netflix after complaints from a “family protection” activist that the American company is spreading propaganda of “non-traditional sexual relations” among minors.

According to Moscow daily Vedomosti, Olga Baranets wrote to the authorities complaining about a number of TV shows, including Elite, Young Royals, and Sex Education.

Olga Baranets is the leader of a group named the “Public Commission for Family Protection,” which proclaims to support “the rights of families and children.” According to the activist, Netflix has broken the law.

In 2013, Russia enacted what is known colloquially as the “gay propaganda law,” which implemented restrictions on the endorsement of “non-traditional sexual values among minors.” In Baranets’ opinion, some movies and TV shows on Netflix are in violation of these legal requirements. Following the complaint, Russia’s Interior Ministry will conduct an investigation. If found guilty, Netflix could face a fine of up to 1 million rubles ($13,400).

How absurd is that? Netflix could pay that fine 10 times a day and not notice any difference in revenue. 

Earlier this month, a Moscow court fined Russian music channel ‘Muz TV’ under the same law after a series of incidents during a music awards ceremony. The show made headlines after showing pop stars Philipp Kirkorov and Dava in a white car surrounded by topless male models. The channel also broadcasted video of blogger Igor Sinyak wearing a dress and social media star Danya Milohin donning a half-tuxedo half-dress combo.

The exact reason for the fine was not announced by media watchdog Roskomnadzor.

The “gay propaganda” legislation has been criticized internationally, with detractors both at home and abroad calling it an attack on LGBT rights. Ruling party politicians have even questioned the law, with then-MP Oksana Pushkina saying last year that state policy “needs to be adjusted.”

No! Netflix and Muz TV need to be adjusted.

Dutch government apologizes for sterilizing trans people

27 Nov, 2021 20:44

FILE PHOTO: Visitors in drag attend the "Pink Monday" LGBT funfair in Tilburg, the Netherlands,

July 25, 2016 © AFP / Robin van Lonkhuijsen

The Dutch government has apologized for a past law requiring that transgender people be sterilized to legally change their gender. The law existed until 2014, and similar laws are still on the books in some European countries.

“Nobody should have experienced what you went through. I am truly sorry that it happened,” Minister for Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven said in The Hague on Saturday. “Standards about what a body should look like do not belong in a law and a law should never force people to undergo an operation,” she added. “And today I make our deeply sincere apologies for this on behalf of the full Cabinet.”

Between 1985 and 2014, the Netherlands allowed citizens to legally change their gender, provided they undergo genital surgery and are left sterile afterwards. The law was scrapped under pressure from LGBT activists, including Human Rights Watch, which described it as “needlessly traumatizing.” 

Now, a psychological evaluation is all that is required to legally change one’s gender in the Netherlands.

In other words, no biological difference is required - a completely unscientific decision.

Some 420 people claim to have been victimized by the law, AP reported. They have been offered 5,000 euro ($5,650) in compensation, an amount that activists at Transgender Network Nederland argue is too low.

The European Court of Human rights banned such sterilization laws in 2017, by which time they still existed on the books in 22 of the 47 countries that were party to the European Convention. 

The court’s ruling did not mandate that these states change their laws, but established a legal precedent for court cases on the matter at national level. At present, sterilization laws still exist in Czechia, Finland, Latvia, Slovakia, and nine other countries covered by the 2017 ruling.

My biggest problem with adult transgenders is that so many men who transition to women, without genital surgery, are ending up in women's prisons putting women at risk. There is no scientific or common sense reason for this and it is cruel and unusual punishment of female prisoners. Trans women should be made to have genital surgery to remove their male apparatus, or, at the least, be castrated before entering a women's prison.

Transgender population growing in UK jails

Thanks to unbelievably stupid decision by British High Court

26 Nov, 2021 16:55

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Britain’s transgender prison population has grown by a fifth in two years, a new report states. Most are biological men identifying as women, and the increase was noted after the High Court ruled they could be jailed with women.

According to a Ministry of Justice report seen by The Telegraph, 197 prisoners serving sentences in England and Wales identified as transgender in 2021, a 21% increase from 163 in 2019. In a separate category, the report counts 23 prisoners who have legally changed their gender and obtained a Gender Recognition Certificate.

Most of these transgender prisoners were born men and now identify as women. “When asked about the gender with which the prisoner identified from the following categories, 146 identified as female, 39 as male, 11 as non-binary and one did not provide a response,” the report reads.

Back in July, the High Court ruled that the government may house male-born transgender women in women’s prisons, even those convicted of sexual offences. While Lord Justice Holroyde said he accepted that female prisoners may suffer “fear and anxiety” if forced to share a cell with a transgender woman with male genitalia, he added that excluding these people from female prisons would “ignore, impermissibly, the rights of transgender women to live in their chosen gender.”

Britain's High Court judges are stark-raving mad! Without any evidence other than the word of a criminal, they decided that it was a fine idea to put male sex-offenders in a cell with a woman. That is completely nuts!

Transgender women may be housed in female prisons in England and Wales even if they have not undergone gender reassignment treatment or don’t have a Gender Recognition Certificate.

Female inmates have repeatedly spoken out against such policies, and the case that led to the July ruling was brought by one such woman. The inmate, known as FDJ, took legal action against the Ministry of Justice after claiming she had been sexually assaulted by a trans woman at HMP Bronzefield near London in 2017. Her alleged attacker, who had a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC), had previous convictions including manslaughter and attempted rape.

Activists fear that with more inmates identifying as transgender, similar cases will become more common. “As the numbers increase, so does the risk to women in prison due to MoJ policies that permit some of these prisoners to be housed in the female estate,” Kate Coleman of ‘Keep Prisons Single Sex’ told The Telegraph.

Polish government vows to root out ‘morally corrupting’ sex ed

27 Nov, 2021 14:37

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Poland’s education minister has sided with parents seeking to wrestle sex education out of schools, promising that it would now be easier to give “morally corrupting” voluntary programs the boot.

From now on, it would be easier for parents to request that sex education programs are not taught in school, Education Minister Przemyslaw Czarnek announced on Friday, citing a decision adopted at the last cabinet meeting.

“At the request of parents, the education superintendent will be able to block … the introduction of content into schools that is morally corrupting for children,” Czarnek said.

The minister singled out one of the programs, dubbed ‘Healthy Love’, that was rolled out by the authorities in the northern city of Gdansk in 2017, but suspended in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

‘Healthy Love’ provided sex education to secondary school pupils as part of a “procreation support program.” Participation required the consent of parents, who were able to pick the specific classes their children could attend.

“If the mayor wants to provide this type of education to children in Gdansk, she can do it in premises that belong to the city, but not at school,” Czarnek said.

The conservative minister has repeatedly criticized sex education in school. Earlier this year, he floated the idea of teaching children about sexuality – as well as business – using writings penned by the late Pope John Paul II.

Poland is still predominantly Catholic. It would be a good thing to eliminate a lot of the PCMadness that disguises itself as sex education and is destroying children in western schools. There is, however, a desperate need for teaching children about child sexual abuse - good touch, bad touch, etc., like Erin's Law in the USA.

Scottish schoolgirls ‘boycott gender-neutral toilets’

27 Nov, 2021 13:57

FILE PHOTO: A bathroom sign welcomes both genders at a coffee shop in Durham, North Carolina,

May 3, 2016 © Reuters / Jonathan Drake

The introduction of gender-neutral toilets in Scottish schools hasn’t panned out as activists hoped, with girls in one school reportedly refusing to use the facilities due to misbehaviour and vandalism by boys.

Gender-neutral bathrooms are becoming increasingly common in Scottish educational institutes. Schools in Angus, Dundee, East Renfrewshire and Edinburgh have all introduced such facilities, and all new school buildings – primary and secondary – in Edinburgh will soon have unisex toilets and communal hand-washing facilities by default. This move to gender neutrality is supported by Scottish National Party politicians and by the Scottish Equality and Human Rights Commission, which warned schools in 2019 that they leave themselves open to lawsuits by not providing such facilities.

However, the implementation of ‘gender-blind’ bathrooms hasn’t been a smooth one. Scottish Borders Councillor Harry Scott told a council meeting on Thursday that in one school, “there have been instances of boys waving sanitary products like flags and urinating in sanitary bins,” according to the Southern Reporter.

Girls at the school have “gone days without using toilets on campus due to sharing facilities,” the report claimed. The school in question added afterwards that it was “unaware” of these incidents, and noted that within the shared bathrooms, some individual cubicles were reserved for each sex.

Yet students of both genders still share common areas within these bathrooms. “Why is it not possible to have male, female and gender-neutral toilets which would cater for the needs of everyone?” Scott said at the meeting. “Why can that not be achieved in our schools?”

That would not meet the LGBTQ-driven narrative!

Parents across Scotland have pushed back against gender-neutral toilets in secondary schools, which can see 12-year-old girls using the same facilities as 18-year-old men. These facilities are unpopular with the Scottish public too, and a recent poll showed 56% of Scots opposing them, and only 21% were in favour. Some 22% said they supported gender-neutral toilets, but only alongside traditional single-sex bathrooms.

“I would like to know who is pressing for gender-neutral toilets because it’s not parents,” feminist campaigner Marion Calder told The Times on Friday. “I suspect it is coming from LGBTQ guidance award schemes.”

The LGBTQ lobby has waaaay too much influence in schools. And don't forget, very few of them are parents. It needs to stop!

Russian ski starlet poses transgender question

26 Nov, 2021 15:07

Veronika Stepanova shared her views on the IOC’s transgender guidelines.

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Russian cross-country skiing star Veronika Stepanova has shared her thoughts on the International Olympic Committee’s recent guidelines on transgender athletes – asking fans if they want to see her race rivals who were born men.

The IOC caused controversy with its new 10-point guidelines covering transgender participation in sport earlier this month. Among the most contentious points was the suggestion that transgender women should no longer need to reduce their levels of testosterone to compete in female categories.

Stepanova, 20, responded to the news on her Instagram account, sharing a screenshot of the IOC guidance along with her thoughts.

“From the endless and beautifully written 10 Points, it became clear that the flag between inclusiveness and fairness is finally shifting towards the first,” wrote Stepanova.

“Now any comrade with all the primary and secondary sex characteristics of a man can declare himself a person of the opposite sex and enter the competition as a woman.

“In theory, there’s a point under which a person may be denied the right to feel like a girl in a race – but the organizers will have to prove that he’s a swindler in pursuit of medals – he doesn’t need to prove or show anything at all, it’s enough to declare that he’s felt like a woman for a long time.

“I just have one question: will you watch races where I compete against a two-meter-tall former John, now [called] Conchita?

“I warn you: I won’t allow any hate in the comments, everyone who’s too active in this direction will be banned immediately, without warning.

“We’re only discussing this aspect: Are you personally interested in the show of ‘cisgender women versus transgender women’ or not?”

Stepanova has not been shy in sharing her views on topical debates, recently questioning fellow athletes for apparently mixing politics and sport by promoting Amnesty International.  

Stepanova is a former Nordic world junior champion who is now part of the senior Russia team as they prepare for the Beijing Olympics in February.

Her coach Igor Sorin recently said he was not concerned by her use of Instagram. “First of all, I’m a coach, not a mom, dad or nanny,” said Sorin. “Her hobby doesn’t affect the training process at all. Veronika devotes herself completely to her work, the dedication is transcendental.

“I can give her some advice on what she does outside of sports, but so far I don’t see the need for this.”

Stepanova will miss the first stage of this year’s FIS World Cup in Ruka, Finland, but is set to compete at the stage in Lillehammer in Norway in December, according to Sorin.

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