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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “transphobia”

• "ILL PROBABLY NEVER POST AGAIN" AND OTHER LIES

  
  nixwilliams — Authority: 115
  people. YOU DISGUST ME. the comments on this post are some of the most vile, revolting reading i have done for a while. although actually, a lot of is almost on a par with reading im doing for my current chapter about the trial of allen andrade for his murder of angie zapata. yeah. you know the one where his legal ...
  1 week ago

• The Terrifyingly Smart Campaign to Brand Kalazmazoos Trans Rights as Discrimination

  
  Queerty — Authority: 732
  Brilliant. And disgusting. Thats the only way to describe the latest, last-minute ad from the group Kalamazoo Citizens Voting NO to Special Rights Discrimination. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to Discrimination "> Discrimination ">del.icio.us Tagged: Advertising , Kalamazoo , ...
  1 week ago

• The ladyboys that can ruin your career

  
  The Daily Quail — Authority: 121
  Radical feminist writer Julie Bindel caused controversy last week with her comments about the ‘dangers’ of transgendered people in an article for sane, rational and in-no-way-foaming-at-the-mouth-reality-denialist magazine Standpoint . Quail correspondant Adam Fish reveals what Bindels first draft may have ...
  2 weeks ago

• Special cis lady talks rubbish

  
  bird of paradox — Authority: 469
  Cis woman bigot and celebrity transphobic journalist, Julie Bindel, has finally managed to find a publication willing to post her most recent piece of hate speech. In all honesty, I can’t be bothered even to pick up the famed pink sparklehammer of deconstruction; as far as I’m concerned, she’s one cis woman who ...
  2 weeks ago

• On living at the margins of society - Jamake Highwater

  
  gay persons of color — Authority: 126
  This quote eloquently reveals how those of us who feel marginal in one way or another actually have privileged access to valuable perspectives that cant be found anywhere else. "People who exist at the margins of society are very much like Alice in Wonderland. They are not required to make the tough decision to risk ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Memoir on the Day Hate Crime Legislation was Signed

  
  Reconciling Ministries Network — Authority: 415
  By Peter L. DeGroote I am sitting in an office at Foundry United Methodist Church. Six blocks down the road, President Obama is signing legislation adding sexual orientation and gender identity to our hate crimes laws. It has been 30 years since passage of the original hate crimes law (1979) and 13 years since the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Don’t Start None, Won’t Be None: Trans Woman Strikes Back

  
  Womanist Musings — Authority: 648
    ";" alt="" /> This woman was just going about her business when these children decided to show that manners was not a focus in their home.  Just before she maced the little boy, he told her to suck his balls.  I think that macing him really did go to far, but when you pick on a marginalized body, ...
  2 weeks ago

• GUEST POST: Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Transphobia Has Got To Go!!!

  
  What's a Boy To Do — Authority: 477
  Photo Credit: M.J. This past weekend a protest was mounted at Hunters Night Club in Elk Grove Village against their unfair use of a supposed "Two Faces, Two IDs" door policy which targets the Trans community by forcing them the provide an ID that matches their gender presentation.  As I was out of town this ...
  2 weeks ago

• Gay Harvard Divinity School Grad Asks, “How DID Those ‘Rich White Gay Men’ Get Here and Assert the Power They Have?”

  
  Anarchoblogs — Authority: 155
  The following quote comes from a post at a self-proclaimed "progressive" (and sometimes "radical") blog that shall remain nameless.  The revolutionary PhD student  in Religious Studies at Brown University (with a focus on the Bible and the Ancient West Asian world)  bristled at queer criticism of Obama and the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Gay Harvard Divinity School Grad Asks, "How DID Those Rich White Gay Men Get Here and Assert the Power They Have?"

  
  Queers Against Obama — Authority: 114
  The following quote comes from a post at a self-proclaimed "progressive" (and sometimes "radical") blog that shall remain nameless.  The revolutionary PhD student  in Religious Studies at Brown University (with a focus on the Bible and the Ancient West Asian world)  bristled at queer criticism of Obama and the ...
  3 weeks ago

• EHRC – Trans inequalities reviewed

  
  bird of paradox — Authority: 469
  The Equality and Human Rights Commmission ( EHRC ) has published its Research Report 27: Trans Research Review , a review of evidence on the inequalities and high levels of discrimination faced by trans people in Britain. This includes such things as: attitudes towards trans people; housing; education; crime; ...
  3 weeks ago

• EHRC – Trans inequalities reviewed

  
  Questioning Transphobia — Authority: 512
  The Equality and Human Rights Commmission ( EHRC ) has published its Research Report 27: Trans Research Review , a review of evidence on the inequalities and high levels of discrimination faced by trans people in Britain. This includes such things as: attitudes towards trans people; housing; education; crime; ...
  3 weeks ago

• Opponent of Gainesville’s “Bathroom Bill” Arrested For Bathroom Voyeurism

  
  The Transadvocate — Authority: 490
  From the Gainesville Sun : The CVS Pharmacy manager who allegedly admitted Friday to filming women in his store’s bathroom was an active participant in the 2008 charter amendment to “keep men out of women’s restrooms.” Jonathan Matheny, 27, was charged with one count of video voyeurism after a customer ...
  3 weeks ago

• Transgender Women and Catholic Iconography

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 162
  Last month, I wrote about a controversial HIV awareness campaign in Germany. Now, a calendar intended to promote safe sex and HIV prevention in Madrid’s LGBT community has incited a very different sort of controversy.As a fundraiser, the LGTB Collective of Madrid (COGAM) has released a calendar that depicts twelve ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Month of Sundays

  
  Reconciling Ministries Network — Authority: 415
  By Rev. David Weekley It has only been a month of Sundays since I attended Reconciling Ministries Convocation,"Justice and Joy". It was an inspirational and literal mountain-top experience. I am thankful to every person who made this event possible. Just to be there, in community, was more than enough. To be honored ...
  4 weeks ago

• Boss Admits to Firing Woman Because of Her Gender Identity

  
  The Curvature — Authority: 528
  Vandy Beth Glenn was fired in 2007 when she informed her boss her boss that she was a trans woman with plans to begin her transition. With Lambada Legal, she has since launched a federal lawsuit against her former employer, the Georgia General Assembly . (Yes, you did in fact read that correctly — her employer was ...
  4 weeks ago

• Cis Feminism in London 09

  
  bird of paradox — Authority: 469
  Next weekend sees the Feminism in London 09 event. There are various workshops and discussions on a range of subjects: for example, racism and sexism , self-defence and assertiveness training , activism training , etc – and nearly 30 speakers scheduled. Any self-identified woman, whether cis or not, would ...
  6 weeks ago

• Edmonton Teacher Fired Over His Gender Identity

  
  The Curvature — Authority: 528
  A trans man who worked as a substitute teacher in Edmonton, Alberta was fired by a Catholic school upon telling them about his plans to transition: Jan Buterman is praised in a letter of dismissal for his teaching abilities, but told his gender change from woman to man is not aligned with the teachings of the ...
  6 weeks ago

• The Biology of Forms

  
  Questioning Transphobia — Authority: 512
  So, I promised a follow-up to this post .  Indeed, I’ve been promising it to a few of you for quite awhile. So, in my previous post, I made the argument that the discursive, legal categories of “male” and “female” can have real social effects for transitioning people whose documentation doesn’t match ...
  8 weeks ago

• Why I Hate Filling Out Forms (repost)

  
  Questioning Transphobia — Authority: 512
  I originally posted this at Feministe in July .  The reason why I’m re-posting is that I’m planning on posting a follow-up post in the next couple of days which critiques the assumptions made in the various criticisms the post attracted.  So hopefully, it’ll be fresh in your mind.  It was intentionally ...
  8 weeks ago

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