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• Germany Makes It Easier for People to Legally Change Name and Gender

  12-04-2024 19:36 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: ABC News - InternationalGerman lawmakers approved legislation Friday that will make it easier for transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people to change their name and gender in official records. The "self-determination law," one of several social reforms that Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government pledged when it took office in 2021, is set to take effect on November 1. Germany, the European Union's most populous nation, follows several other countries in making the...
  
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• Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Counter Anti-Semitism in U.S.

  12-04-2024 19:36 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsA bipartisan group of lawmakers from both chambers of the U.S. Congress have introduced a bill to combat anti-Semitism, which has been spiking across the nation amid Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. The Countering Anti-Semitism Act would create a new position of White House national coordinator to counter anti-Semitism who would serve as the president's principal advisor on countering domestic anti-Semitism and coordinate federal efforts to...
  
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• Pressure Grows for EU-Wide Ban on Forced Sterilization of Disabled

  12-04-2024 19:35 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportSpanish disability rights activist Cristina Paredero grew up feeling different and was diagnosed with a form of autism aged 18. She says her parents told her she should never have children, and pressed her into agreeing to get sterilized. Paredero, who is now 31 and upset over what happened, helped draft a 2020 law banning forced or coerced sterilization in Spain and has joined other activists fighting to outlaw the practice across the European...
  
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• Biden, Trump Dig Heels in on Electric Vehicles Ahead of 2024 Election Day

  12-04-2024 19:35 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportA "hoax," the advocates for which should "ROT IN HELL." A product of China, they could lead to a "bloodbath" for the U.S. economy. Or, a savior of the environment that is creating "tens of thousands of good jobs." These are, respectively, how former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden have described electric vehicles—an unlikely wedge issue in a 2024 election that's seen division on pretty much everything else.
  
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