Equality Maryland Fires Director, Yet the Board Members Need to Look at Their Own Transphobic & Classist History, Not Just Blame a Scapegoat!
http://transformingmedia.blogspot.com/2011/04/equality-maryland-fires-director-yet.html4/22/11
Ashley Love
Last Sunday, the board of Equality Maryland fired their Executive Director, Morgan Meneses-Sheets. At first, I thought it was a good thing due to the public outcry from the state and national transsexual, transgender and intersex (TTI) communities who opposed Equality Maryland's decision to fight for a unjust bill, H.B. 235, which implied that TTI people are second class citizens in the area of public accommodations. Her being fired showed that public opinion holds weight in LGBT leadership. I also feel she didn't truly enroll TS/TG community buy-in regarding the decision to abandon PA protections, and she also cancelled "transgender working groups" when they were needed most, though, she could have just been carrying out the boards wishes.
