Blogaround

1. Thank you to the readers who have taken my 2023 Reader Survey! If you haven't taken it yet, go ahead and do it. (Survey will be open until June 19.)

2. The veil of gender ignorance (May 19) "To correctly follow the veil of ignorance argument, we ought to imagine ourselves not as ourselves, but as some random young’un who may or may not be like who we are in actuality. So we would have to imagine ourselves as many different things: as cis, as trans, as straight, as gay, as ace, etc. If you grew up today, maybe you would believe you were trans, and maybe you would also be trans."

3. The Shanghai Museum Keeping Memories Of Jewish Refugees Alive (May 18) An important bit of history. (I visited this museum in 2018, here are my photos.)

4. Celebrating #Affirming Sunday (May 16) Very cool- some churches are celebrating "Affirming Sunday" on June 4, the first Sunday of Pride Month.

5. Ecological Stations of the Cross: #6 – The Ruthless Death of Eco-Crucifixion (April 7) "On Good Friday, we remember the ruthless death Jesus endured in the crucifixion.  This year, 43,000 animals died a ruthless death from a toxic train derailment in Ohio.  It’s just one more example of eco-crucifixion."

6. May Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map (May 20, via) "Every day, I’ve gotten messages from worried people wondering how they are supposed to assess their risk of staying in their home state. The messages range from parents of trans youth wondering if their children will be taken from them to trans teachers wondering if their jobs will be safe in coming years. Sometimes people just want to know if there is a safer state they can move to nearby."

7. Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming (May 16, via) "'It’s oh, so simple: several years of sweet-talking medical professionals, receiving hormone therapies, and enduring complex gender-affirming surgeries, and that swimming trophy will be mine!' said the 17-year-old high school senior, who provided a step-by-step account of her knavish conspiracy to take fourth or even third place in a high school or Division III collegiate swimming competition by transitioning to a female identity."

8. Rudy Giuliani accused of sexual harassment by ex-employee (May 16) [content note: sexual assault] Wow this is bad.