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10:46 PM
Saturday 04 March 2023
We are at the beginning of March. The All-Star Break festivities are over, the trade deadline too, so now we can focus 100% on what’s happening on the court. Here are our 10 things to observe regarding the end of the NBA 2022-23 season, in a TrashTalk Apéro just for you.
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Things to observe, inevitably there are many in view of the many changes that have marked the NBA in recent weeks. How not to have a close eye on the Suns version Kevin Durant, or the Mavericks of the new duo Luka Doncic – Kyrie Irving? How not to monitor the Hawks, now coached by former Jazz coach Quin Snyder? The rise of the Knicks, the future qualification for the Kings in the Playoffs, the great battle in the Wild Wild West or the injury of LeBron James are also among the exciting subjects of this end of regular, which should offer us its share of twists and turns. . In short, you have understood it, we will not be bored, because we are never bored with the Big League.
You know the music, we sit cushy on the sofa to talk regarding basketball with the family. We turn up the sound, we take a little snack and let’s go!
Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed into law a bill banning shows from drag queen in public spaces.
The bill does not explicitly mention drag queen but of “cabaret shows for adults winking at an itchy nature, including impersonators of men or women, dancers in topless and exotic”, which take place in public spaces “or wherever a minor can see them”.
The law will go into effect by the end of the year and other states, all Republican-led, are already preparing to prepare similar laws.
The announcement of the new law came as a photo of the Republican governor’s school yearbook circulating on Reddit in which he appears disguised as a woman.
Lee said there’s a big difference between wearing a dress to a high school football game and the drag queen wearing clothes of the opposite gender on stage.
Reached by the microphones of progressive radio network NPR, Hella Skeleton, a drag performer who is from rural Middle Tennessee, said the governor’s statement isn’t entirely clear.
“According to Bill Lee when he cross-dressed as a woman it was carefree and light-hearted, as if a lot of drag they didn’t do it in an extremely lighthearted way – Skeleton said – Apparently for the governor when straight men dress poorly as women that’s okay, but when gay, queer and trans people do it, then it’s not okay ”.
La drag performer Hella Skeleton
“Apparently for the governor when straight men dress poorly as women that’s okay, but when gay, queer and trans people do it, then it’s not okay”
The line of the GOP is the predictable one of defending values and the family, and MP Jack Johnson who co-sponsored the bill said: “We are protecting children, families and parents who want to be able to bring their children in public places. We are not attacking anyone or targeting anyone.”
But Johnson’s claim is belied by the language itself used in the bill and which has sparked concern from the wider LGBTQ+ community. The artists drag they are defined as “personifiers of male or female”. This already, for the ACLU (the civil rights league, ndr) of Tennessee, might impact the queer across the board, not just on the drag performer.
“This is a subtle and sinister way to further criminalize just being trans,” said ACLU Tennessee Counsel Stella Yarbrough, noting how the line between a performer and a transgender person who dresses and presents in a manner inconsistent with their biological gender becomes truly nuanced when presented in this way.
The ban might also have an effect on the Pride parade which takes place outdoors and is one of the most attended collective events in Tennessee.
Tennessee ACLU legal director Stella Yarbrough
“This is a subtle and sinister way to further criminalize just being trans”
While new laws typically go into effect on July 1, this specific bill will go into effect on April 1, so before Pride, which takes place in June.
If on the shows of drag queen Tennessee is a trailblazer, on other repressive issues Tennessee has matched with other states, becoming the latest to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.
Beginning in July, Tennessee doctors will be banned from prescribing puberty-blocking hormones and performing gender-affirming surgeries to anyone under the age of 18.
Children who are already receiving gender dysphoria medication will have until the end of March 2024 to discontinue it. Anyone who violates the law will be at risk of a $25,000 fine.
Also on this issue, the ACLU has promised to sue in the courts.
Juodupė “Juodupė” and Vilnius “Banginiai” and “Sparta” of Rokiškis met in the semi-finals in the regular season according to the positions taken.
In the first semi-final, Vilnius “Banginiai” proved their superiority, which defeated Juodupė ice hockey players with the results 3:1 and 4:2 and reached the final.
In the second semi-final, “Rokiškis” of Rokiškis proved its superiority, which defeated “Sparta” of Rokiškis with the results 10:3 and 5:3 and will face Vilnius “Whales” in the final.
The final matches will take place on March 18 at the Rokiškis ice arena.
Moments of the match between Rokiškis “Sparta” and Rokiškis “Rokiškis”.
Moments of the match between Juodupė “Juodupė” and Vilnius “Banginiai”.
