Dear Gen Z,

In 1992 Sinéad O’Connor ripped a picture of the Pope in half on Saturday Night Live to protest the sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church. She was roundly condemned except by a few.

In the years and decades that followed the truth came out and the scope of abuse within the Catholic Church came to light. Many, but not enough, were punished. Many, but no where near enough, victims were heard, believed and lived to see some measure of justice.

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@lyda

Sinead O’Connor’s untimely death is a good time to remember her courageous act of calling out the Pope and the Catholic Church for their aiding and abetting of widespread child rape. This was the first right-wing outrage hysteria I have a clear memory of, and it was an important example of taking advantage of a large audience to speak truth to power. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sinead-oconnor-pope-saturday-night-live/

@arossp

“Vanderbilt University Medical Center is being sued by its transgender clinic patients, who accuse the hospital of violating their privacy by turning their records over to Tennessee’s attorney general.”

~ AP

Good for those patients. All those Republican attorneys general now bullying healthcare providers to turn over medical records need to have the pants sued off them.

#trans #healthcare #Republicans #Tennessee

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bc-us-transgender-clinic-tennessee_n_64c0372fe4b0df86321215fe

@wdlindsy