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Schwarzenegger Creates Harvey Milk Day While Rejecting Trans Rights

Started by Shana A, October 17, 2009, 08:35:01 AM

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Shana A

October 17, 2009, 08:35:01 AM
Schwarzenegger Creates Harvey Milk Day While Rejecting Trans Rights

Posted by Cara, Feministe at 9:30 AM on October 16, 2009.

The CA governor is putting symbolism over substance.

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/rights/143321/schwarzenegger_creates_harvey_milk_day_while_rejecting_trans_rights/

You may have heard that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed into law a bill that will create a Harvey Milk Day, honoring the slain gay politician and icon. It's the first time that any LGBT person has been honored in such a way, so obviously people are excited about the symbolism.

What has been receiving some blog coverage but little mainstream media attention, however, is the fact that at the same time Schwarzenegger signed this bill, he vetoed a couple of others -- one which would have made it easier for transgender people born in California to correct their birth certificates to the proper gender and name, and another which would have helped to combat sexual violence against LGBT prisoners.
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