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Malcontentment Happy Hour: February 8, 2021

Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from February 8, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.

  • Winter weather is coming and King County has told local communities not to open warming centers
  • Find a COVID Shot WA at www.findacovidshot.org is helping Washington seniors and BIPOC communities get on vaccination lists
  • Malcontented Minutes – our new speed round of news
    • Michigan man killed by baby shower cannon explosion
    • Amanda Gorman becomes the first poet to open a Super Bowl game
    • Black-owned eTailers are creating a one-stop-stop for BIPOC founded beauty products
    • Seattle based Magistrate Judge releases Ethan Nordean – US District Judge says not so fast
    • Queer artists of color are dominating 2021 LGBTQIA art exhibitions
    • Fiona the Cincinnati Zoo hippo turns 4-years old
    • Ten-years old BIPOC Bellevue girl builds a website to share positive COVID news
    • Virginia and Nebraska push to advance bills striking unenforceable gay marriage bans from state constitutions
    • The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Subversion & the Art of Slavery Abolition
    • Florida man in Florida stadium runs onto the field during the Super Bowl
  • Black History Month
  • Bothell protest car attack goes unpunished

President Biden reverses Trump transgender military service ban

From Malcontentment Happy Hour, January 25, 2021

Despite his campaign promises to defend LGBTQIA rights in 2016, Trump made a series of decisions that gutted protections

The policy change reverses a decision from 2017 when then President Trump tweeted his decision to block transgender people from serving in the military without consulting with the Pentagon. The Pentagon did not keep records on how many service people were discharged due to the decision, upheld by the Supreme Court in 2019. President Biden, with the support of the Secretary of Defense, reversed the Decision on January 25, 2021.

Interview: Eleanor Jones and her son’s quest to play soccer as a transgender teen

Bobby Jones is a 13-year old teen who loves soccer. He is also transgender. The Puget Sound Premier League would allow Bobby to practice with his team, the Titans, but not play. On October 21, 2020, the league granted a one season waiver to Bobby but has not changed their policies. We talk with Eleanor Jones and her family’s story in their quest to let bobby play. #letbobbyplay