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Transgender Really Is The Next "Culture War" Battleground Against LGBT Civil Ri

Started by Shana A, April 08, 2009, 09:03:49 AM

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April 08, 2009, 09:03:49 AM
Transgender Really Is The Next "Culture War" Battleground Against LGBT Civil Rights Legislation
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed Apr 08, 2009 at 01:00:00 AM EDT

http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/10304/transgender-really-is-the-next-culture-war-battleground-against-lgbt-civil-rights-legislation

File this under "Pay attention to your enemy's new talking points."

Check this out from Focus On Teh Family/CitizenLink's California's 'Gender Identity' Law Goes on Trial's opening paragraph:

    A trial to determine the constitutionality of a California law that provides special status based on "gender identity" is set to begin April 14 in Sacramento.

You would think from the headline and first paragraph that this is a law that specifically and only deals with gender identity or expression, trans people, or crossdressed/transgender predators using the bathrooms/locker rooms. Oh no, it certainly isn't. From the next paragraph of the article:
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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