Nancy Pelosi warns about ‘heartbreaking’ spike in transgender murders

[stephaniec]

Nancy Pelosi warns about 'heartbreaking' spike in transgender murders

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/10/23/nancy-pelosi-warns-about-heartbreaking-spike-in-transgender-murders/

Pink News/By Nick Duffy   10/23/2015

"US House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi has addressed a spike in the murder of transgender people.

The senior Democratic politician, who served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives before her party lost the majority, delivered a stark warning about the number of trans women who have died in recent times."

[iKate]

Why is there always resistance to include trans people in any sort of equality legislation?

[Deborah]

Why is there always resistance to include trans people in any sort of equality legislation?

Because according to right wing American religious ideology it is simply an aberrant mental illness and behaviour that threatens common decency and should be treated like any other mental illness - medical intervention to correct an wrong perception of reality (much like schizophrenia).


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[Kathleenmarie]

Because the money that lgbt groups bring has been primarily the G and for marrige.