in the election redo, and promised to appoint him prime minister if Simion secured the presidency.
Organizations say they are confused.“What is promoting gender ideology? What does that mean?” asked Jeannette Ruffins, CEO of Homeward NYC, a nonprofit that runs three permanent housing sites for LGBTQ+ young adults, as well as a homeless shelter.
“Does housing LGBTQ young adults promote gender identity?” she asked. “You know, they’re coming to us. This is already their gender identity. Like I’m not promoting it.”Ruffins called a board meeting to discuss potential “vulnerabilities” on their website, something she said most New York City nonprofits were doing as well.Her organization made small changes to their website, saying they were LGBTQ+ “affirming and friendly” in a few places rather than LGBTQ+ “serving,” hoping that will make them less of a target.
In Memphis, Tennessee, a nonprofit that provides emergency shelter for transgender people is looking to increase capacity because of the uncertainty.Kayla Gore, executive director of My Sistah’s House, said it can do that because it doesn’t take federal funding.
“People are confused,” Gore said. “They don’t know what to do because they want to protect their bottom line.”
Nearly three years after losing his apartment, Webster remains homeless, staying with friends and sometimes sleeping on the floor.Chinese leaders have
, saying there are “no political strings attached” to its investment. But China has pressured African governments to shun Taiwan or Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, efforts that Neema says appear to be escalating. Last October,for visiting Taiwan.
Moves like these mirror efforts China has made against governments elsewhere in the past., for example, after the northern European country allowed Taiwan to open a trade office.