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How Minneapolis Became First U.S. City to Pass Trans Protections
NBC News ^ | June 3, 2016 | Emma Margolin

Posted on 08/27/2025 1:23:51 PM PDT by DallasBiff

As North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and many other opponents of LGBT civil rights protections see it, policies barring discrimination on the basis of gender identity pose a serious threat when it comes to the bathroom. But if that were the case, no city would be more unsafe than Minneapolis, where transgender people have been protected from discrimination in bathrooms and other public accommodations for more than four decades.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: emmamargolin; frey; homosexualagenda; jacobfrey; minneapolis; murder; trans; transgender; trantifa

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Thank you very much and God bless you.

I know an article from 9 years ago, but the article is ironic. How safe was Minneapolis today, after a transgender decided to shoot and kill children.

Prayers for the dead and the wounded and their families.

1 posted on 08/27/2025 1:23:51 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

I wish we could have a specific definition for ‘transgender’. Does it refer to people who simply claim they are the opposite sex, because they feel like it? Or does it only apply to people who have actually transitioned surgically and chemically?

The lack of a specific definition seems to have a deliberate and manipulative purpose. Words have meanings and effects.


2 posted on 08/27/2025 1:30:23 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DallasBiff

But no protections from Trans....


3 posted on 08/27/2025 2:12:25 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Jamestown1630

transgender is a person who believes they are something they are not - another different or multiple genders. It is a serious mental disorder and illness. Whether they have physically transitioned, is pretty much meaningless as to whether they’re sick or not. They’re sick.


4 posted on 08/27/2025 3:11:08 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: DallasBiff

Minnesota is probably a no go zone for most Christians.


5 posted on 08/27/2025 3:16:33 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Trump has arrived and it is awesome to have a real President.)
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To: jacknhoo

I want an actual definition, especially of words that appear in the the news and are used in any legal context.

If it’s just claiming to be the opposite sex, then it seems they can change any time they want. If they’ve actually gone through the surgery, that indicates something further, including that they’re not intact in terms of genitalia and may be on all sorts of drugs, etc.

A I said, words have meanings and we should insist that they continue to have...


6 posted on 08/27/2025 3:23:06 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

“If it’s just claiming to be the opposite sex, then it seems they can change any time they want.“

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These people are insane. What part of insanity don’t you understand? Of course they’ll change whenever their sick mind decides to.


7 posted on 08/27/2025 3:49:12 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: jacknhoo

I don’t think you’re getting my point; but thanks anyway.


8 posted on 08/27/2025 3:52:00 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DallasBiff

Might as well let the Somalis run it.


9 posted on 08/27/2025 4:01:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Jamestown1630

The lack of a specific definition seems to have a deliberate and manipulative purpose

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That’s just how the left rolls.

Manipulation
Hate
Insanity


10 posted on 08/27/2025 4:48:36 PM PDT by cuz1961
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To: cuz1961

The corruption and manipulation of language is a very particular tool to confuse and undermine a society and its values. Orwell saw this; the Communists and Nazis raised it to art.


11 posted on 08/27/2025 4:52:55 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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