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Kate Bornstein: Thoughts About Hate Crime Legislation

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Kate Bornstein: Thoughts About Hate Crime Legislation
by: Autumn Sandeen
Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 07:00:00 AM EST

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/14013/kate-bornstein-thoughts-about-hate-crime-legislation

This is a guest post by Kate Bornstein. Kate is an author, playwright and performance artist whose work to date has been in service to sex positivity, gender anarchy, and the building a coalition of those who live on cultural margins.

By Kate Bornstein

So now we've got a federal law that deems it a hate crime if you go after someone because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. That's a big deal. That includes a great many people. Last time I looked, the people who define themselves based on their sexual orientation or included all these folks who -- if you f___ with them -- you're facing hate crime charges.

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