Friday, January 30, 2009
Wisconsin Gays And Lesbians, The Transgender Community Is STILL Waiting For You To Come Back For Them
Posted by Monica Roberts at 9:02 AM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/01/wisconsin-gays-and-lesbians-transgender.html (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/01/wisconsin-gays-and-lesbians-transgender.html)
In 1982 Wisconsin became the first state to pass a law banning discrimination against gays and lesbians. Transgender people weren't included in that law, and as we've heard over and over again like a broken record from the GL incrementalist crowd, 'We'll come back for you"'
Wisconsin is Exhibit A of what the incrementalists mean when they screech, 'we'll come back for you'.
'We'll cone back for you' equals 'never'.
I'm focusing on this again in light of the fact that a biracial 28 year old transwoman named Sierra Broussard was denied entry to the Park Central nightclub in downtown Appleton, WI. Sierra is African-American and White, lives full time as a passable woman who has no plans to seek SRS, but unfortunately the gender marker on her ID has that dreaded 'M' on it.