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A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y. You might have learned it as a chant, a song, or a simple declaration, but this is how you learned the vowels of English. You may have wondered, why is Y so unsure of itself? Can't we just decide what it is? Why is Y a "sometimes" vowel? Because writing is not the same thing as speech. While we casually refer to letters, which are written symbols, as vowels or consonants, the concepts of vowel and consonant properly belong to the domain of speech. In general terms, a consonant is a...

"Honestly, I haven’t been swimming in ages, because I haven’t found anything I feel comfortable with." That's the DM I received when I asked Col Connelly (1/2 of non-binary, lesbian influencer couple @heycolanda) for gender neutral and non-binary swimwear recommendations. "A lot of queer/trans folx avoid swimming, honestly," Col explained to me via DM. Connelly's response basically confirmed what I already had already witnessed firsthand in my own life as I watched my trans-feminine sibling shoot down every family beach vacation since they began their transition. After *finally* getting my sibling to agree to a week in Florida and...

Non-Binary Dude Goes on Blind Date It Ends As Expected 🤣 Don't watch while eating.

In this line of work, we frequently have occasion to make use of articles from a variety of scientific journals when researching topics of interest. One of my favorite sources over the years has been the journal Nature, which covers a wide variety of science topics. Science journals can be of value, at least in part because they tend to cut through all of the partisan opinions and brouhaha and rely on actual data... or at least they used to. These days, however, it seems as if some science journals are getting a bit less "sciency" and dipping a toe...

Patricia Silva of Fairbanks, Alaska recently recorded a video after she made a startling discovery in the Planet Fitness locker room."There's a man in the woman's locker room shaving, a little girl sitting in the corner," Silva detailed. "She could have been 12 years old, in a towel, kind of freaked out that there's a man shaving in her locker room."Silva took a picture of the man and confronted him, but he assured her that his presence in the locker room was okay because of his sexuality. When Silva approached management about the situation, Planet Fitness sided with the man...

Oklahoma’s public schools chief has blasted “radical leftists” for exploiting the death 16-year-old nonbinary student Nex Benedict — while stating that he does not believe anyone is really transgender or nonbinary. Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters spoke out after many online continue to suggest the student’s death is linked to a fight in a school bathroom a day earlier, despite police and school officials saying Benedict’s death appears unrelated. “I think it’s terrible that we’ve had some radical leftists who decided to run with a political agenda and try to weave a narrative that hasn’t been true,” Walters told...

When the news broke that a young nonbinary girl in Oklahoma had died after being beaten in her school restroom, the outrage was instantaneous. The left and LGBTQ activists immediately targeted Republicans and conservatives, specifically LibsofTikTok's Chaya Raichik, to blame for the girl's death. They simply couldn't wait to turn this tragedy into political ammo. However, within a few days, as the school released a timeline statement, Dagny (Nex) Benedict's texts immediately after the incident were released and the Medical Examiner determined in a preliminary report that her death was not caused by injuries in the fight, the rhetoric should...

QAs the Dagny (Nex) Benedict case unravels before our very eyes, the LGBTQ left is getting desperate. Judd Legum, alleged journalist, shared the now famous Owasso Police bodycam footage of a seemingly fine Benedict in the hospital a few hours after the alleged 'beating,' she received at school. In a new video released by Owasso Police, Nex Benedict describes how they were bullied by three girls for "the way that we dress." After Nex dumped some water on them, the girls pinned Nex to the ground and beat Nex until Nex blacked outhttps://t.co/fgfl6wP8Rd — Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 24, 2024...

Newly released video shows the 16-year-old nonbinary student who died the day after a fight in an Oklahoma high school bathroom recounting the events leading up to the brawl to a cop — who said the teen “essentially started it.” Nex Benedict appeared conscious and alert in the police bodycam footage as they sat in a hospital bed during police questioning after their bullies allegedly bashed their head against the floor. The sophomore and their mother told an Owasso school course officer that a group of girls that had been “antagonizing” them in the days before had been picking on...

The death of 16-year-old nonbinary student Nex Benedict was not caused by injuries sustained in a fight in a school bathroom the day before, authorities said Wednesday. A preliminary autopsy report by the medical examiner’s office indicated the Oklahoma teen did not die from trauma, Owasso police said. Benedict — who identified as nonbinary, according to family — died on Feb. 8, a day after getting into a fight that might have been sparked by bullying about their gender identity.

Content Notice: This article contains graphic descriptions of child sexual abuse materials and child sexual abuse as outlined in an FBI legal complaint. Reader discretion is appreciated. A “non-binary queer” artist and former VICE contributor has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for the possession of child pornography after arranging to sexually abuse a 9-year-old boy. Efrem Zelony-Mindell, 35, was initially arrested in Manhattan, New York, on December 16, 2022.

Mexico's first non-binary magistrate has been found dead alongside their partner in a suspected murder-suicide. Jesús Ociel Baena Saucedo was found dead at home in the central state of Aguascalientes in the early hours of Monday morning, alongside their romantic partner, Dorian Nieve. The pair lived together, according to authorities in Aguascalientes. The cause of death is currently unknown, Mexico’s security minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez said, but prosecutors said forensic evidence suggested Baena was killed by Nieve in a murder-suicide. Aguascalientes chief prosecutor Jesus Figueroa told Radio Formula that Baena was found with 20 lacerations from a shaving razor, including...

When you create a stupid system, don’t be surprised when people exploit it. And that’s exactly what happened over the weekend when a conference for women in tech was swamped by men who registered under the guise of “non-binary.” The Grace Hopper Celebration is an annual conference and career fair designed to “bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront.” But this year, droves of men descended on the Orlando event with résumés in hand. And some reportedly even cut lines and shoved women out of the way to submit those résumés to potential employers....

Non-binary teacher introduces 6th graders to the importance of using correct pronouns In a world with immense diversity, it's imperative to educate the younger generation about the LGBTQIAP+ community and foster inclusivity from an early age. Nairobi Colon, affectionately known as Teacher Robi among their students, is a shining example of how this can be achieved. At 28 years old, Colon-who goes on TikTok by @robigotsoles-shares their experiences as a sixth-grade art teacher while seamlessly integrating lessons on inclusivity and diversity alongside the standard curriculum

Christ Lutheran Church in Blaine, MN, is led by impastor Sarah E. Moat and has the distinction of being one of the more progressive “churches” we’ve ever come across. A quintessential Evangelical Lutheran Church in America congregation, pastrix Moat is not content to refer to LGBTQ peeps with that moniker but insists on doing the whole ‘LGBTQIA2S+’ each time (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or gender expansive, queer and/or questioning, intersex, asexual, and two-spirit) lest she exclude someone. She explains that they formed a welcoming team in 2020 “with a focus on ensuring that “LGBTQIA2S+ people have a safe space within...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The Cobb County School Board voted to terminate a teacher after she read a book about gender norms to her fifth-grade class. In a board meeting Thursday evening, the board voted 4-3 to fire Katie Rinderle. Rinderle, a longtime educator in the Cobb County School District, read a book called “My Shadow is Purple,” a book about gender norms. The termination comes a week after a tribunal proceeding was held to decide if she would keep, or lose, her job. The tribunal determined that she did violate part of Georgia’s new divisive concepts law, but they...

Library of Congress apologizes for using “incorrect” pronouns and calling a female “she.”

Non-binary" ex-Biden official Sam Brinton arrested as "fugitive from justice." (Credit: YouTube) Welp, “they” did again.And by “they,” I mean so-called “non-binary,” “gender-fluid,” LGBTQ-advocating ex-Biden official Sam Brinton, who went and got “their self” arrested, again. The former deputy assistant secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy was taken from his apartment in handcuffs.Before we dig in, rather than waste time recovering Brinton’s infamous past, check out the following related RedState articles if you’re so inclined:Former Biden Nuclear Waste Chief Sam Brinton Will Undergo Mental Health Evaluation to Avoid Jail TimeNon-Binary Biden Official...

Sam Brinton, the “nonbinary” activist tapped by Joe Biden for a key nuclear role before he was fired for repeatedly stealing women’s clothes, was arrested Wednesday night as a “fugitive from justice,” The Daily Wire has learned.Montgomery County, Maryland, police arrested him at his home on Wednesday, police logs show. He is currently in jail and being held without bond.A neighbor told The Daily Wire that “four unmarked police showed up last night, they would not let his spouse Kevin leave. After about an hour Sam Brinton was escorted out in handcuffs.”Brinton is set to appear for a hearing before...

Out of the 'woke' indoctrination ovens from studios in Hollywood is a children's computer-animated television show called "Transformers: EarthSpark" that first aired on Paramount+ in November 2022 and has embraced the woke movement. Paramount+ might be digging its grave after the show for young kids appears to have recently promoted gender ideology. "I know I'm safe when I'm with my friends or other non-binary people," a character named Sam said to Transformer Nightshade. Sam also said her pronouns are "she/they."The 1-minute clip tweeted by Libs of TikTok has been viewed 8 million times within 24 hours. Commenting on the clip...