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Close to Home: Transgender athletes are unfairly scapegoated

Despite making up less than 1% of the U. S. population, transgender people are frequent targets of disinformation and scapegoating. This has been especially true for transgender athletes. This year, three volleyball players at Santa Rosa Junior College filed a U. S. Department of Education complaint alleging Title IX violations by the school and the California Community College Athletic Association for allowing a transgender player on the school’s team. The players claimed, among other things, that the trans player posed a physical danger to them.

Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa closing gap on socialist Zohran Mamdani in latest NYC mayoral election poll

Radical socialist Zohran Mamdani’s lead over Andrew Cuomo has narrowed to just 6. 6 points the slimmest edge he’s held since July, according to a stunning new poll out Saturday. The new AtlasIntel survey has Democratic candidate Mamdani leading the field with 40. 6%, and the former New York governor, a registered Democrat running as an independent, clawing up to 34% just days before Tuesday’s election. “The gap is closing fast we can feel it on the ground everywhere from the Bronx to Staten Island. At this rate, we win the race. Keep going strong,” Cuomo said. “Six points in.

Iran’s New ‘Virgin Mary’ Metro Station and What It Says About Faith in the Islamic Republic

This past week, social media was flooded with images showing a new metro station in Tehran called the “Virgin Mary” station. The photos went viral, sparking widespread debate among those who hail it as a rare gesture of openness, those who dismiss it as a staged act to polish the regime’s image, and others who simply wonder if it even exists. According to the posts circulating online, the “Virgin Mary” station is located on Line 6 of the Tehran metro near the St. Sarkis Armenian Cathedral. According to France 24, the station has been under construction for 10 years. Its.