@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jun A/P
Fed judge dismisses lawsuit by nonbinary Yosemite ranger over their firing for hanging giant trans flag in the Park-- rules they must follow regular civil service complaint procedures.
apnews.com/article/yose...
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From humorist Andy Borowitz...
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social I said in an earlier post that reports had Trump's name actually coming down from the Kennedy Center. That was wrong, and some of the pics carried by reliable services were apparently stock photos. It is still up at this point.
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WSJ does interesting piece "You Have No Idea What a Trillion Dollars Is:"
1 million pennies stack a mile high,
1 billion would stack from NYC to FL, and
1 trillion to the moon and back...
TWICE.
"We are living in a world [of numbers] we are not built to understand.”
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jun BrisbaneTimes
Even as (trans-friendly ) fed judge denies request to certify nationwide class action status for trans kids' medical records, an Australian judge allows hundreds to join a class action suit in contesting GAC ban by Queensland.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jun Advocate
House Reps use hearing to attack local school superintendents for creating inclusive environments for their trans students, especially those from SF and Chicago.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jun People
Trans icon Laverne Cox -- the breakout star from Orange Is the New Black and first trans person to be nominated for an Emmy - is out with her autobiography, Transcendent. Also reviewed by NYT at bit.ly/4e3kAMd
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jun
Resident MAGA transphobe Rep Nancy Mace (R-SC), who introduced the bill to keep Rep Sarah McBride (D-DE) out of Congressional women's bathrooms, was defeated in her primary bid to be Rep nominee for governor.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jun Reuters
Fed judge who blocked DOJ requests for trans kids' med records as "oppressive" also rejects "unprecedented" move by 11 families represented GLAD and others to certify a national class action grp to prevent other children's hospitals from complying with DOJ.
A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday rejected a novel bid by LGBTQ rights advocates to secure a nationwide order preventing the U.S. Department of Justice from forcing healthcare providers across ...
