Susan's Place Transgender Resources

Monday, August 22, 2011
Warning: This banner might induce transgender threesomes, specially if you are straight

http://blabbeando.blogspot.com/2011/08/warning-this-banner-might-induce.html#.TlOj9TtaPUI (http://blabbeando.blogspot.com/2011/08/warning-this-banner-might-induce.html#.TlOj9TtaPUI)

In January of this year United States president Barack Obama took the highly unusual step of publicly calling on the Honduran government to step up its investigations of a series of brutal murders committed in recent months against the LGBT community - and particularly against transgender women.  The statement was quickly followed by Honduran press reports that the U.S. Department of State, under Hillary Clinton, had committed to send trained personnel to investigate the murders.

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Editors at La Prensa, covering the story in yesterday's paper, stated rather matter-of-factly "This banner invites men to have relations with men, women with women and there is even an image of a threesome, which shows a man dressed like a woman grabbing the hands of two men."

Quote from: Zythyra on August 23, 2011, 08:45:01 AM
"there is even an image of a threesome, which shows a man dressed like a woman grabbing the hands of two men."

Where? Where? I don't get it. I see a picture of a woman who might or might not be trans holding the hands of a man and a woman.

QuoteIn such an environment you might think a campaign calling for respect for diverse communities might be welcome with open arms. Instead, a pro-diversity campaign organized by students at the National Autonomous University of Honduras has drawn the ire of some parents and faculty members who allege that a prominently placed banner promotes immoral behavior.