I really do hesitate to even write this post, as the topic is a rehash of one of the ugliest times for GLBT unity I’ve ever seen. Recently Matt Foreman said the following on the Michelangelo Signorile Show…
Nearly every major Religious Right organization opposing LGBT rights has commented on the Congressional Hearing on Discrimination Against Transgender Americans in the Workplace, which was held on Thursday, June 26th. Here’s a look at what some of them…
Recently the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) announced their effort to collect data on “discrimination against transgender people in housing, employment, public accommodation, health care, education, family life…
Thanks to Box Turtle Bulletin and Gay News Blog I was introduced to this lovely piece of transphobia: The commercial, produced by Citizens For Good Public Policy, shows a small white blond girl entering a public restroom in…
Reading Nexy’s blog, I found out about a post over at Feministing and the boycott that’s being called by some in the transgender community. The title of the post is “Men in Women’s Bathrooms, Is Your State Next?”…
On twitter yesterday, Kyle Pratt of Ruminations Blog posted this: ‘Bathroom bill’ foes rally in Mass.: More problems with “transgender” guys and restrooms. Of which I responded with: Can you name one person that’s been a victim of…
In the context of the “war” for our equality, trans-people have to fight the war on two fronts. There’s the kind of hatred that is espoused by morally corrupt people on the right wing conservative side (the “abroad”…
A press release from transsexualities.com: Transwoman removed from female washroom by security and subjected to transphobic slurs for using “wrong bathroom” KELOWNA, BC – On Sunday, October 26th, at approximately 2AM, a transwoman was dragged out of the…
From the Gainesville Sun: The CVS Pharmacy manager who allegedly admitted Friday to filming women in his store’s bathroom was an active participant in the 2008 charter amendment to “keep men out of women’s restrooms.” Jonathan Matheny, 27,…
As I write this, I feel as if I’ve been transported back in time to May of 2007. The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC) had just had a successful lobby days event and I reported back that the…