According a federal judge, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has frequently spread false information about doctors “mutilating” transgender children.
Judge Robert Hinkle stated that DeSantis made false claims in a push for a ban against transgender health care to children regardless of the fact that there have been no documented cases of procedures.
DeSantis signed a bill into law in late May that would make it unlawful for health care professionals to offer gender-affirming medical care to minors. This medical care included puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy and surgeries.
Hinkle has blocked the law’s enforcement pending the trial’s outcome.
Three families from Florida who have transgender children sued the state.
The DeSantis administration argued that the law would inflict harm onto their children.
Opponents argued that the law would interfere with parents rights to make medical decisions for their children.
Hinkle told state attorney Mohammad Jazil during a...
Judge Robert Hinkle stated that DeSantis made false claims in a push for a ban against transgender health care to children regardless of the fact that there have been no documented cases of procedures.
DeSantis signed a bill into law in late May that would make it unlawful for health care professionals to offer gender-affirming medical care to minors. This medical care included puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy and surgeries.
Hinkle has blocked the law’s enforcement pending the trial’s outcome.
Three families from Florida who have transgender children sued the state.
The DeSantis administration argued that the law would inflict harm onto their children.
Opponents argued that the law would interfere with parents rights to make medical decisions for their children.
Hinkle told state attorney Mohammad Jazil during a...
- 12/23/2023
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
The televangelist claimed Operation Blessing was giving vital aid in response to the 1994 Rwandan crisis. A documentary opening at the Toronto film festival paints a less flattering picture
One of the stranger sights of the refugee crisis that followed the 1994 Rwandan genocide was of stretcher-bearers rushing the dying to medical tents, with men running alongside reciting Bible verses to the withering patients.
The bulk of the thousands of doctors and nurses struggling to save lives – as about 40,000 people died of cholera – were volunteers for the international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (Msf). The Bible readers were hired by the American televangelist and former religious right presidential candidate, Pat Robertson, and his aid organisation, Operation Blessing International.
But on Robertson's Us television station, the Christian Broadcasting Network, that reality was reversed, as he raised millions of dollars from loyal followers by claiming Operation Blessing was at the forefront of the international...
One of the stranger sights of the refugee crisis that followed the 1994 Rwandan genocide was of stretcher-bearers rushing the dying to medical tents, with men running alongside reciting Bible verses to the withering patients.
The bulk of the thousands of doctors and nurses struggling to save lives – as about 40,000 people died of cholera – were volunteers for the international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (Msf). The Bible readers were hired by the American televangelist and former religious right presidential candidate, Pat Robertson, and his aid organisation, Operation Blessing International.
But on Robertson's Us television station, the Christian Broadcasting Network, that reality was reversed, as he raised millions of dollars from loyal followers by claiming Operation Blessing was at the forefront of the international...
- 9/5/2013
- by Chris McGreal
- The Guardian - Film News
Anyone else going to Texas Book Festival this weekend? I figure I haven't had quite enough fest madness with Austin Film Festival, so I'm planning to head down to the Capitol on Saturday and/or Sunday to shop for books, meet authors, and generally have a good time like the bookworm I am.
But since I'm also a film geek, I'm interested in a couple of movie-related events that are part of Texas Book Festival this year:
Austin Film Festival is co-sponsoring the "Survivin' Hollywood: Three Texas Movie Pros" panel on Sunday at 2 pm in Capitol Extension Room E2.014. The panel includes authors Robert Hinkle, Gary Kent, and Billy Taylor, three Texans who have recently written books about working in Hollywood. You may remember Kent's reading/signing event at BookPeople back in July. Aff co-founder Barbara Morgan will moderate. This looks like a hoot, and I'm hoping to be there.
But since I'm also a film geek, I'm interested in a couple of movie-related events that are part of Texas Book Festival this year:
Austin Film Festival is co-sponsoring the "Survivin' Hollywood: Three Texas Movie Pros" panel on Sunday at 2 pm in Capitol Extension Room E2.014. The panel includes authors Robert Hinkle, Gary Kent, and Billy Taylor, three Texans who have recently written books about working in Hollywood. You may remember Kent's reading/signing event at BookPeople back in July. Aff co-founder Barbara Morgan will moderate. This looks like a hoot, and I'm hoping to be there.
- 10/29/2009
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
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