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Transgender surgery is a burgeoning field in urology and, with nearly 700,000 people in the United States alone identifying as transgender, this represents a significant unmet patient need. Although the field is new and encompasses both plastic surgery and urology, urologists are more familiar with the anatomy (both male and female) than any other specialty. Thus, they are uniquely positioned to play a key role in the surgical management of transgender patients. It is very likely that there will soon be transgender surgical fellowships in the future. Work by these surgeons and others will, hopefully, ensure that these fellowships remain...

Temperatures reached a global average of 69.98 Fahrenheit (21.1 degrees Celsius) in the first days of April. The previous record of 69.9 F (21 degrees C) was set in March 2016. Both are more than a degree higher than the global average between 1982 and 2011, which runs at around 68.72 F (20.4 C) in early spring...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, praises the Vatican's rejection of the 'Doctrine of Discovery' and expresses hope that other governments follow Holy See's lead.The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, has welcomed the Vatican's recent rejection of the 'Doctrine of Discovery' and has expressed hope that other governments would follow the Holy See's lead, reported www.un.org. The Doctrine of Discovery was a theory that served to justify the expropriation by sovereign colonizers of indigenous lands from their rightful owners. “The doctrine of discovery," the...

This is not the first time the Ukrainian leaders have taken issue with the Vatican’s words about Russia’s war in Ukraine.A spokesman for Ukraine’s foreign ministry criticized the Vatican’s decision to have the words of two young people from Ukraine and Russia read aloud during Good Friday’s Stations of the Cross, held at the Colosseum in Rome, as part of prayers for peace in Ukraine. Pope Francis has called for peace in Ukraine on numerous occasions, but the Ukrainian official said the juxtaposition of the words of the two young people was not “conducive to reconciliation” because it did not...

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 11, 2023 / 04:00 am Father Donaciano Alarcón, a Claretian missionary expelled from Nicaragua by the dictatorship, described how the authorities leveled unfounded accusations against him, took him to the border with Honduras, and abandoned him to his fate. “They put me in a patrol car with two police officers and took me to the border. They made me cross and told me that I was now outside of the country and I couldn’t return anymore,” Alarcón told Radio Hogar of the Archdiocese of Panama. Currently, the Panamanian priest is safe in the city of San...

When the CEO of Anheuser-Busch interviews prospective recruits to the world's biggest brewing conglomerate, he has a favorite question. 'Tell me about a time that you didn't succeed or things didn't go as planned,' he likes to ask. If Brendan Whitworth ever finds himself asked the same question, he now has plenty of material to draw on. Whitworth, 46, has seen his biggest brand - Bud Light - engulfed in a firestorm of controversy since they teamed up with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney on April 1. Mulvaney was issued with her own special-edition can of the beer to mark her...

After nearly two weeks and a massive backlash to a promotional campaign with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, the Bud Light Twitter account finally posted again Friday. The beer giant's last tweet came on April 1, when they posted: 'Beers on us? Must be game time. For a chance to win, cheer on your team with #EasyToEnjoySweepstakes in the replies.' While they have gone a few days without tweeting in the past, the @BudLight is typically fairly active, as are their other regular social channels. The feed had tweeted 10 times in the prior seven days and is usually active during...

In a ruling handed down on Thursday, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Evette D. Pennypacker ruled that the Calvary Chapel San Jose church is to pay $1.2 million in fines stemming from breaking county COVID-19 restrictions during the pandemic

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday took aim at former President Donald Trump and other potential GOP presidential candidates as he laid out his vision for 2024 to Republican donors. Pence, in remarks at the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) spring donor retreat in Nashville, Tenn., argued that the party could not afford to remain fixated on the past or follow a cult of personality at the expense of policy — a clear swipe at Trump as the former vice president weighs whether to challenge his old boss for the 2024 nomination. “We need leaders with the courage to speak...

Minneapolis is the first major American city to allow the Muslim call to prayer, or adhan, to be broadcast over loudspeakers five times a day, year-round It follows a unanimous vote by the city council to amend the city's noise ordinance after some morning and evening calls were previously prevented The move is seen as a victory for the city's burgeoning population of East African immigrants, many of whom are Muslim.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg may have unlocked Donald Trump’s legal war chest by linking the former president’s 34-count felony indictment for falsifying business records to the 2016 election in charging documents. Mr. Trump has cashed in on the headline-grabbing charges, raising $4 million in the first 24 hours after the indictment was first announced and an additional $8 million leading up to his arraignment in a New York City courtroom. According to the Federal Election Commission, campaign funds can be used to pay up to 100% of legal expenses for cases related to campaign activity. Campaign finance laws place...

An extraordinary legal filing revealed two of the hijackers responsible for the September 11 terror attacks had a much more intimate relationship with the Central Intelligence Agency than previously known. At least two of the 9/11 hijackers were being closely monitored by the CIA and may have even been recruited by the agency well before they helped fly a pair of Boeing 767s into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, newly-released documents reveal. The jaw-dropping court filing contains extensive testimony by multiple FBI investigators who maintain that the CIA obstructed official investigations into the notorious terrorist attack in...

Candace Owens called the wives of President Joe Biden and Senator John Fetterman "absolute monsters," accusing them of becoming "creatures on their quest for power" as they support their husbands' political careers. During a recent appearance on Fox News's Tucker Carlson Tonight, conservative commentator Owens criticized Biden and questioned his ability to effectively lead the U.S. Carlson then questioned the mental capacity of Biden and Fetterman. Fetterman last month checked himself into a medical center to receive treatment for clinical depression, while Biden has been accused of having dementia despite his physician declaring him "healthy," "vigorous," and "fit" following a...

A Budweiser factory in Los Angeles was reported to be targeted by bomb threats this week in the wake of the Dylan Mulvaney controversy. A spokesperson for Anheuser-Busch confirmed Friday that, in fact, multiple additional facilities across the country had also faced threats, though the exact number and locations are unknown. The LAPD announced that officers responded to a Thursday call at around 9 a.m. local time regarding the brewer's facility in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles. A bomb squad unit was also dispatched. 'There was a search that was conducted in the premise of the building but...

Best Buy Co. is cutting store jobs across the country, as the electronics and appliance retailer works to lower costs and shift its business as more sales happen online. This week, many store workers that specialize in selling more complex products such as computers and smartphones, dubbed "consultants" inside the company, were told their jobs would be eliminated, according to people familiar with the situation. The decision affects hundreds of jobs across the more than 900 U.S. stores that Best Buy operates, the people said. The tasks performed by consultants will be moved to a smaller number of similar roles...

When former fashion exec Alina Habba celebrated her 39th birthday last month, Donald Trump made sure the statuesque brunette and key member of his legal team celebrated in style — in an opulent dining room with his closest advisors and a big cake adorned with red and yellow flowers. In addition to her work on numerous cases for the former president, Habba is also an ardent Trump admirer and a regular at both his Palm Beach resort and Bedminster, NJ, golf club, according to her social media posts. “Starting this year off with amazing patriots at the rally in Texas...

When Joshua Diemert began his employment with the City of Seattle in 2013, he was looking forward to a fresh start. But as time passed, he began to dread going to work. Tensions were running high in the office. At one point, a colleague told others they should “get a guy to swing by when Josh is in the restroom and beat him bloody.” He watched coworkers reject white applicants to City programs because, as one colleague told him, those applicants benefited from “white privilege.” The problems started when Joshua objected to mandatory training and handouts from the City’s Race...

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Bud Light sales are down more than 80 percent this morning after Kid Rock let it be known that he really dislikes their use of a trans person in marketing campaigns. In response, Augustus Anheuser III personally fired the entire marketing department at the company. “We have a very particular retail customer base,” said Anheuser, “they don’t like wokeness. They don’t agree that they should have to accept immoral people and their lifestyles.” Former marketing director Joe Barron says he doesn’t regret the decision. “Every company does a pride thing. These idiots are all jumping to Coors when Coors started...

President Biden’s had some serious “WTF” moments during his trip to Ireland, but the White House must be happy they can count on media outlets like the New York Times to provide some really nice framing: President Biden spent the first day of his trip to Ireland steeped in family lore. At a castle he looked out at the Irish Sea, where his great-great-great grandfather set sail for the U.S. “It feels wonderful!” he shouted. “It feels like I’m comin’ home.” https://t.co/1MTFOnVv6u — The New York Times (@nytimes) April 13, 2023 Meanwhile, Biden should be wearing a shirt that says...