Filed by: Marti Abernathey
December 4, 2007 2:34 PM

The Bilerico Project

"The truth of the matter is that HRC included transgender people in their mission statement in 2001. Much of what has been discussed above should have been done in the 6 years following our inclusion into HRC's mission statement. The tone of much of this email is of a parent to a child (step-child, even). HRC's lack of commitment to the transgender community has been so bad at times that the community felt it had to protest HRC. To have them condescend to us in the above manner is just down right insulting. HRC should be supporting us in our actions, not dictating what the transgender community should do. It's like a parent of an abandoned child coming back and giving the child advice after they've grown up."

Karen

Quote from: Karen on December 06, 2007, 01:23:25 AM
Filed by: Marti Abernathey
December 4, 2007 2:34 PM

The Bilerico Project

"The truth of the matter is that HRC included transgender people in their mission statement in 2001. Much of what has been discussed above should have been done in the 6 years following our inclusion into HRC's mission statement. The tone of much of this email is of a parent to a child (step-child, even). HRC's lack of commitment to the transgender community has been so bad at times that the community felt it had to protest HRC. To have them condescend to us in the above manner is just down right insulting. HRC should be supporting us in our actions, not dictating what the transgender community should do. It's like a parent of an abandoned child coming back and giving the child advice after they've grown up."

Funny you should mention this.  I lived and worked in the Washington, DC area for years and I marched in front of HRC headquarters to protest their annual sellout of the transgender people that they ostensibly represent.

HRC, ever the quick wits, got everyone off the sidewalk by inviting them in to partake in an official function lunch to which the protesters, and probably no self-respecting transsexual person was invited.

I declined lunch because I had sutures in my eyelids from surgery the day before (no more saggy upper lids).

While I was there I did all that I could to hold HRC accountable for the treachery they so well embraced and practiced.

Wing Walker

HRC has never been nor will it ever be an ally of the T community.

It seems to me that if the HRC want to redeem themselves in the eyes of the T, and a large portion of the GLB, communities they should step aside from trying to be the lead organization fighting for an inclusive ENDA while still very diligently supporting the lead organization, United Enda.

They've had their chance and they blew it, bigtime.  They need to be replaced as the lead spokespeople for the TGLB community.

Hugs & Smiles
Emelye