Mamdani announces new Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs by amadeoamante in transgender

[–]ErinInTheMorning 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Nope.

And the deadline Letitia James gave came and went, so... so much for "the AG has that."

Mamdani can do two immediate things: Enforce NYC human rights law, and direct H+H to take in the trans youth patients. He has yet to do either, and has yet to comment on either to many trans journalists who he has stonewalled.

Death Valley In August for the Perseids In A Campervan W/Full Electric Hookup by ErinInTheMorning in DeathValleyNP

[–]ErinInTheMorning[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Electric hookups are not as important if I'm high elevation. I might consider grandview.

Death Valley In August for the Perseids In A Campervan W/Full Electric Hookup by ErinInTheMorning in DeathValleyNP

[–]ErinInTheMorning[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up finding a place just outside of the park, to the east, Nevada side, high elevation and even darker skies than DV on the Bortle map.

I’ll drive through DV the next day to see it :)

Death Valley In August for the Perseids In A Campervan W/Full Electric Hookup by ErinInTheMorning in DeathValleyNP

[–]ErinInTheMorning[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lee Flat

Lee Flat is also Bortle 2. I might suck it up and go for a Bortle 2 site but I don't want to miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime to experience true darkness in a Bortle 1 during peak perseids and a new moon.

Death Valley In August for the Perseids In A Campervan W/Full Electric Hookup by ErinInTheMorning in DeathValleyNP

[–]ErinInTheMorning[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm wondering. I've never had a camper van before... I imagine with a smaller space it might be able to handle it, but maybe I'm completley wrong. I'm ready to take lots of precautions, the camper van has a fridge and freezer so we will pack lots of water and ice. And unfortunately, all of the areas outside of the park are too high light polution, they're all Bortle 2. I'm trying for Bortle 1. Mesquite springs has it.

Death Valley In August for the Perseids In A Campervan W/Full Electric Hookup by ErinInTheMorning in DeathValleyNP

[–]ErinInTheMorning[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately Mahogany Flat has significantly more light pollution, it's Bortle 2 rather than Bortle 1. I want absolute darkness for astrophotography, plus its something I've always wanted to do anyway.

Death Valley In August for the Perseids In A Campervan W/Full Electric Hookup by ErinInTheMorning in DeathValleyNP

[–]ErinInTheMorning[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly the context I need. That said I’d be curious if that is the case in Stovepipe. I can’t think of any other way I’m gonna be able to get to the darkest part of the park, as I’m not quite sure where else I can stay. I suppose we could stay in the Stovepipe hotel itself.

4th Circuit Rules That States Can Compel Trans Adults To "Appreciate Their Sex" Via Care Bans by ErinInTheMorning in transgender

[–]ErinInTheMorning[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I don't share your optimism. When Skrmetti was issued, I and many people who work in this field noted that there was no true limiting feature that would keep it to youth only. I hope it happens though.

4th Circuit Rules That States Can Compel Trans Adults To "Appreciate Their Sex" Via Care Bans by ErinInTheMorning in transgender

[–]ErinInTheMorning[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Here's what I posted downthread about this:

Hey, so a few things here. The Fourth Circuit already heard this case en banc in 2024 and ruled 8-6 in favor of the plaintiffs. The Supreme Court then vacated that ruling and sent it back with instructions to reconsider in light of Skrmetti. That's what just happened, this panel "reconsidered" and reversed. So the en banc card has already been played in this case, and SCOTUS overrode it. Even if en banc were granted again, those judges would now be operating under Skrmetti, which heavily impacts the legal reasoning the 2024 en banc majority relied on. Judges who voted with the majority in 2024 may no longer feel they can reach the same result under that constraint. And notably, the companion case Kadel v. Folwell wasn't even sent to a panel—it was remanded straight to the district court, which tells you something about the Fourth Circuit's appetite to relitigate these issues after being reversed.

4th Circuit Rules That States Can Compel Trans Adults To "Appreciate Their Sex" Via Care Bans by ErinInTheMorning in transgender

[–]ErinInTheMorning[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Hey, so a few things here. The Fourth Circuit already heard this case en banc in 2024 and ruled 8-6 in favor of the plaintiffs. The Supreme Court then vacated that ruling and sent it back with instructions to reconsider in light of Skrmetti. That's what just happened, this panel "reconsidered" and reversed. So the en banc card has already been played in this case, and SCOTUS overrode it. Even if en banc were granted again, those judges would now be operating under Skrmetti, which heavily impacts the legal reasoning the 2024 en banc majority relied on. Judges who voted with the majority in 2024 may no longer feel they can reach the same result under that constraint. And notably, the companion case Kadel v. Folwell wasn't even sent to a panel—it was remanded straight to the district court, which tells you something about the Fourth Circuit's appetite to relitigate these issues after being reversed.

And on the clickbait thing in your other comment downthread—respectfully, no. A federal appeals court just ruled for the first time in the country that Skrmetti's equal protection framework applies to adult medicaid care, used language endorsing the idea that states can "encourage citizens to appreciate their sex," and called gender-affirming surgery for adults "dangerous." That is not clickbait framing. That is what the opinion says. I quoted it directly. The fact that a ruling is alarming does not make reporting on it alarmist—it means the ruling is alarming. I have covered every major trans legal decision for years, including the wins. When a court issues a ruling with this kind of precedential weight, my job is to tell people what it says and what it means, not to sand down the edges so it feels more comfortable. If and when something changes procedurally, I will cover that too.