Archive for the 'hate' Category
As communities rise from the margins, they undergo a process of introspection, microscopic self-examination and self-definition. It’s a process of healing, throwing off the ill-fitting definitions that had been imposed previously by a majority that didn’t experience and most often didn’t understand what it was building a box around. It’s a process of finding pride [...]
Filed under: Gender Politics, activism, feminism, hate, sex-positive, transgender | 4 Comments
Disposable
It’s not really “murder” if the victim is disposable.
That’s the theme that keeps resurfacing when trans panic defenses are used to effectively stave off any chance of serious sentencing for the murder of a woman who happens to have a penis or a man who happens to have a vagina. We’re supposed to accept that [...]
Filed under: TDoR, hate, media, safety, transgender | 3 Comments
Well.
I have a feeling that I should post this here, because now that the original link is out in the blogosphere and the backlash is happening, I expect the original thread to be deleted soon. After all, it is easier to TOS the complainants and discussion than to deal with the complaint.
It seems that the [...]
Filed under: TDoR, hate, transgender | 8 Comments
The Value of a Life
Today marks the 10th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, with commemorations happening through today and some into the weekend. Thanks to Tobi for giving the day-before link to what’s happening.
The following was originally written for GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine, but because of a misunderstanding, it was replaced by an article on the gene discovery, instead [...]
Filed under: TDoR, hate, media, transgender | 8 Comments
Periodically, I’ve seen the argument come up in the discussion of the fight for same-sex marriage rights in the U.S. It usually goes like this: “if we allow gay people to marry and erode the definition of marriage, the next thing we know, we’ll have to recognize polygamy.” Some of this is becoming more poignant [...]
Filed under: Canada, activism, hate, media, musings, politics, religion | 1 Comment
If the Westboro Baptist Church family (Phelpses) considers Katrina, 9/11 and soldiers’ deaths in Iraq as God’s expression of anger at homosexuality, I wonder if they’ll consider this God’s just punishment for spreading hate?
Nah. I doubt it.
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