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Title: Kate Bornstein: Thoughts About Hate Crime Legislation
Post by: Shana A on November 09, 2009, 09:27:46 PM
Post by: Shana A on November 09, 2009, 09:27:46 PM
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 (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.
L for Lesbian D for Drag Queens G for Genderqueer
G for Gay D for Drag Kings T for Two Spirit
B for Bisexual D for Drag->-bleeped-<- Royalty K for Kinky
T for Transgender I for Intersex P for Pornographers
Q for Queer F for Feminists P for Pansexual
Q for Questioning F for Furries P for Polyamory
A for Asexual F for Femme Q for Queer Heterosexual
A for Adult Entertainers B for Butch ETC for et cetera
S for Sadomasochists M for MSM AI for ad infinitum
S for Sex Workers W for WSW AI for queer Artificial Intelligence
S for Swingers
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 (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.
L for Lesbian D for Drag Queens G for Genderqueer
G for Gay D for Drag Kings T for Two Spirit
B for Bisexual D for Drag->-bleeped-<- Royalty K for Kinky
T for Transgender I for Intersex P for Pornographers
Q for Queer F for Feminists P for Pansexual
Q for Questioning F for Furries P for Polyamory
A for Asexual F for Femme Q for Queer Heterosexual
A for Adult Entertainers B for Butch ETC for et cetera
S for Sadomasochists M for MSM AI for ad infinitum
S for Sex Workers W for WSW AI for queer Artificial Intelligence
S for Swingers