Running On An Antitrans Hate Platform In Michigan
by: Autumn Sandeen
Sat Jan 23, 2010 at 20:15:00 PM EST
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/14954/running-on-an-antitrans-hate-platform-in-michigan "In 2010 the key social issue in Michigan for the Republicans is to push back or stop or reverse LGBT issues. The Republicans are going to make this an issue. They feel that they can frighten the average person that these transgender individuals are coming into their homes, their bathrooms, and have the rights to do what they want. It's the old fear tactic."
~Phil Volk, chair of the Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender and Ally Caucus of the Michigan Democratic Party
What can one say when a candidate singles out a vulnerable population for specific discrimination? There is a Republican candidate for Secretary of State who has specifically called out specific discriminatory action against vulnerable population of trans people. From the Michigan Messenger's Paul Scott targets transgendered people in race for Secretary of State:
