The case is currently being heard in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to the LGBT community on Tuesday by voting 5-4 to enforce president Trump’s transgender troop ban while litigation over the executive order continues. The vote was strictly down party lines.
The case is currently being heard in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
While the news out of Washington, D.C. is a setback to the transgender community, over the weekend, there was some positive news. British YouTube star Hbomberguy, whose real name is Harry Brewis, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for transgender youth through his Twitch stream.
For the uninitiated, a Twitch stream is a live video stream popular with gamers.
Brewis live-streamed himself playing Donkey Kong 64 on Saturday, January 19 and didn’t stop for 57 hours. His goal was to achieve a 101 percent completion run.
\ndude, @AOC called into a Twitch stream tonight pic.twitter.com/KNxSWt2kzB
— Alex Thomas (@AlexThomasDC) January 20, 2019\n
\nshe also said that Nintendo 64 is the best console, which is a decent platform to run on pic.twitter.com/WVH3UuQ2Cl
— Alex Thomas (@AlexThomasDC) January 20, 2019\n
During the stream, Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez popped in for 12 minutes to support his efforts. During the discussion, she discussed the government shutdown, transgender rights, and her favorite gaming system, the Nintendo 64.
“I never owned an N64, though I do think it’s probably the best system,” Ocasio-Cortez said, “But I used to go to my cousin’s house all the time and she had Super Mario 64, Pokemon Snap, and that’s probably all I know how to play.”
Ocasio Cortez also tweeted about the stream to her 2.5 million followers.
\nIf you’d like to use this as a good moment to support the queer community, there’s a charity twitch stream going on for @Mermaids_Gender: https://t.co/vCvvqRhAwb
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 20, 2019\n
Brewis couldn’t believe it when Ocasio-Cortez popped in on the stream.
\nI love how hbomb almost did a spit take when she came in
— !!! (@DetectDefect) January 21, 2019\n
\nHe also did a spit take 1 minute earlier when they said "AOC just retweeted the stream link"
— Nicolás Álvarez (@nicolas09F9) January 21, 2019\n
Ocasio-Cortez’s surprise appearance was a big hit with Brewis’ fans.
\nI love this and also if she were inside the game universe she’d be known as “Kongresswoman”
— Jck Lighthouse (@Tomaksbaks) January 21, 2019\n
— K. (@tis_whatsername) January 21, 2019\n\n
By the end of Brewis’ stream, he had raised over $340,000 for Mermaids, a U.K charitable organization that supports transgender youth and their families.
\nApparently today is #BlueMonday, the saddest day of the year?
— Mermaids(@Mermaids_Gender) January 21, 2019\n
This weekend one guy raised over $340,000 for Mermaids by playing Donkey Kong online and uniting the world behind trans kids and the trans community.
Thanks to @Hbomberguy, this Monday is awesome!!#MermaidsMonday pic.twitter.com/Qf8mq2qZU1
You can watch Ocasio-Cortez’s entire appearance on the stream below.
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