Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes rose in 2023, even while crime decreased overall: FBI report

#CoSoNews #News #LGBTQ #LGBTQNews
https://www.advocate.com/crime/anti-lgbtq-hate-crimes-increase

Despite new protections, LGBTQ+ people face massive discrmination in the workplace

#CoSoNews #News #LGBTQ #LGBTQNews
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/09/despite-new-protections-lgbtq-people-face-massive-discrmination-in-the-workplace/

@MLClark @tyghebright It is humbling. Whether it is for yourself or someone you love.

Thankfully, I didn't have the capability to research myself (no Internet yet).

@tyghebright I get that about half the time with migraines!

@MLClark The hyperfocus with Bipolar II can be intense. Almost manic but .. not... quite. Don't you hate the "Where did the day go?" feeling?

Newly unearthed data shows closer links to Robinson and porn, dating sites

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/23/mark-robinson-porn-sites-00180545

Kentucky leads the fight against conversion therapy amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation

#CoSoNews #News #LGBTQ #LGBTQNews
https://www.advocate.com/voices/kentucky-beacon-conversion-therapy

D.C. police consider hate crimes charges for suspect arrested after second vandalism attack on Little Gay Pub

#CoSoNews #News #LGBTQ #LGBTQNews
https://www.advocate.com/crime/little-gay-pub-suspect-arrested

Canadian politician who compared trans kids to feces meets LGBTQ+ people to show contrition. It ended badly.

#CoSoNews #News #LGBTQ #LGBTQNews #Transgender
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/09/politician-who-compared-trans-kids-to-feces-meets-lgbtq-people-to-show-contrition-it-ended-badly/

Make sure you get the BEST peas.

Granddaddy - The Horne Section
/nosanitize
https://youtu.be/27a-sCu9qhc

@BillyBones Hey Gepetto! Where ya goin with that drill in your hand?

I would love to see a change in Congress that ANY amendment to a bill must be directly related to the bill itself.

#politics

Meta disables far-right Republican's Instagram after months of antigay, slur-filled posts

(Yes, Valentina Gomez from Missouri)

#CoSoNews #News #LGBTQ #LGBTQNews

https://www.advocate.com/news/valentina-gomez-instagram-suspended

Project 2025 mastermind allegedly told colleagues he killed a dog with a shovel

#politics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/project-2025-kevin-roberts-killed-dog

New questions raised about Melania Trump's lucrative Log Cabin speech

#CoSoNews #News #LGBTQ #LGBTQNews
https://www.advocate.com/election/melania-trump-payment-log-cabin

@Jorro It's always been one thing after another with this douche. You end up forgetting some of it because the pile is so deep

@Jorro I had forgotten that gem.

Wonderful cover!

#CosoMusic

Lake Street Dive - "So Far Away"
https://youtu.be/wyRVeiuZeuY

Fergus update! After coming to grips with the fact he was gone, the butthead hopped up on the bed like nothing was wrong.

That was nice!

#CatsofCoSo

@IrelandTorin Some early sugar free gummy bears were maltitol. It was not a pleasant result for me.