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Title: Religious Right Targets Transgender Community
Post by: Natasha on August 06, 2008, 12:15:32 AM
Post by: Natasha on August 06, 2008, 12:15:32 AM
Religious Right Targets Transgender Community
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/08/religious_right_targets_transgender_comm.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/08/religious_right_targets_transgender_comm.php)
Steve Ralls
8/5/2008
This morning's Washington Examiner includes a front-page story about
the effort in Montgomery County, Maryland, to roll back legal
protections for the transgender community. Right-wing groups, the
paper reports, are pushing a November ballot initiative to repeal a
measure that prohibits discrimination against transgender people
in housing, employment, public accommodations, and other services.
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/08/religious_right_targets_transgender_comm.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/08/religious_right_targets_transgender_comm.php)
Steve Ralls
8/5/2008
This morning's Washington Examiner includes a front-page story about
the effort in Montgomery County, Maryland, to roll back legal
protections for the transgender community. Right-wing groups, the
paper reports, are pushing a November ballot initiative to repeal a
measure that prohibits discrimination against transgender people
in housing, employment, public accommodations, and other services.
Title: Re: Religious Right Targets Transgender Community
Post by: mickie88 on August 06, 2008, 01:24:17 PM
Post by: mickie88 on August 06, 2008, 01:24:17 PM
love these comments....
My opinion is to fight fire with fire. Line up a dozen or so post-op FTM transgender men outside a women's room door for a photo-op. The title could read something like "These transgender men were once women. This is the real impact of reversing Transgender Rights. These men are women in the eyes of the cristian right and they want your wives and daughters to share a bathroom with them."
Sadly, the fundies are typically so ignorant, they wouldn't get it...
somehow, i cannot agree with the strategy of lining up and displaying trans men as objects to be feared entering into a "women's" restroom as a real solution. that kind of fear tactic is beneath OUR dignity, if not that of our oppressors. there are NO recorded incidents of exhibitionism or overt promiscuity in bathrooms by transgender individuals....which is more than can be said for the members of congress.
back in the day, the desegregation of public facilities - especially schools - would never have withstood a voter referendum....particularly in the southern states noted for their high "moral" standards and adherence to "christian values". remember the gubernatorial candidate who proudly proclaimed during his inaugural speech "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"? as governor, that same man blocked the doors at the university of Alabama. it was federal mandate - and enforcement - that prompted george wallace to step aside.
to eradicate individual state "strongholds" of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity it will be necessary to recognize both as protected classes under the protection of the 14th amendment and the civil rights act of 1964. court decision and legislation will be required at the highest levels of federal government. and just in case some have forgotten, that is when the real fight for equality will begin. you cannot legislate bigotry and ignorance into a void. the interpretation, enforcement, and validity of the law will be put to the test on a regular basis. there will be no clear victory. we will still have to fight day by day to be recognized as equals. maybe life will be a little easier for the next generation...
Warrior Princess Mickie
My opinion is to fight fire with fire. Line up a dozen or so post-op FTM transgender men outside a women's room door for a photo-op. The title could read something like "These transgender men were once women. This is the real impact of reversing Transgender Rights. These men are women in the eyes of the cristian right and they want your wives and daughters to share a bathroom with them."
Sadly, the fundies are typically so ignorant, they wouldn't get it...
somehow, i cannot agree with the strategy of lining up and displaying trans men as objects to be feared entering into a "women's" restroom as a real solution. that kind of fear tactic is beneath OUR dignity, if not that of our oppressors. there are NO recorded incidents of exhibitionism or overt promiscuity in bathrooms by transgender individuals....which is more than can be said for the members of congress.
back in the day, the desegregation of public facilities - especially schools - would never have withstood a voter referendum....particularly in the southern states noted for their high "moral" standards and adherence to "christian values". remember the gubernatorial candidate who proudly proclaimed during his inaugural speech "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"? as governor, that same man blocked the doors at the university of Alabama. it was federal mandate - and enforcement - that prompted george wallace to step aside.
to eradicate individual state "strongholds" of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity it will be necessary to recognize both as protected classes under the protection of the 14th amendment and the civil rights act of 1964. court decision and legislation will be required at the highest levels of federal government. and just in case some have forgotten, that is when the real fight for equality will begin. you cannot legislate bigotry and ignorance into a void. the interpretation, enforcement, and validity of the law will be put to the test on a regular basis. there will be no clear victory. we will still have to fight day by day to be recognized as equals. maybe life will be a little easier for the next generation...
Warrior Princess Mickie