Out pro hockey player Luke Prokop (photo: Candice Ward)Some news items you might have missed:
• Queerty: Out hockey player Luke Prokop has a real chance to play in the NHL, says he’s “so close” to achieving his dream.
• Texas Tribune: Texas Department of Agriculture employees attended a mandatory diversity training session this week which touched on the subject of gender identity. Then promptly apologized calling it “misinformation.”
New: The Texas Department of Agriculture renounced a mandatory workplace training on Wednesday that mentioned gender identity definitions.
The same state agency in April ordered employees to dress “in a manner consistent with their biological gender.” https://t.co/6sUlMTHF0n
— Alejandro Serrano (@serrano_alej) July 13, 2023
• The Advocate: Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya has won a case at the European Court of Human Rights, which ruled she was discriminated against by World Athletics rules that called for her to reduce her naturally high testosterone level in order to be eligible for major events.
• Florida Politics: Florida governor and GOP presidential wannabe says Ukraine joining NATO is a “non-starter” for him. Fortunately, he’s a “non-starter” with American voters.
• Media Matters: Newsmax is floating the idea that Donald Trump should skip the upcoming Republican primary debate on Fox News and instead “schedule a town hall or some other forum on Newsmax, to compete” in the same time slot.
New: The Texas Department of Agriculture renounced a mandatory workplace training on Wednesday that mentioned gender identity definitions.
The same state agency in April ordered employees to dress “in a manner consistent with their biological gender.” https://t.co/6sUlMTHF0n
— Alejandro Serrano (@serrano_alej) July 13, 2023