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Title: NO TRANS PERSON LEFT BEHIND
Post by: LostInTime on August 07, 2007, 07:52:00 AM
Post by: LostInTime on August 07, 2007, 07:52:00 AM
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By Calpernia Addams
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
As George W. Bush's eight years in the office of President come to a close, we can survey the damage done and see why the upcoming election is profoundly important to the GLBT community. While many may make easy snipes at his seeming difficulty with expressing coherent ideas and his confidence-shattering permanent facial expression of bewildered petulance, the larger view shows a nation entangled in war, manipulated by fear and shaped by often hypocritical religious ideals that mostly benefit a conservative herteronormative Christian upper class.
By Calpernia Addams
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
As George W. Bush's eight years in the office of President come to a close, we can survey the damage done and see why the upcoming election is profoundly important to the GLBT community. While many may make easy snipes at his seeming difficulty with expressing coherent ideas and his confidence-shattering permanent facial expression of bewildered petulance, the larger view shows a nation entangled in war, manipulated by fear and shaped by often hypocritical religious ideals that mostly benefit a conservative herteronormative Christian upper class.