I just came from watching “Milk” and by the end of the movie, I was in tears.
We have come so far, yet at the same time we haven’t progressed at all. The same issues are still being brought up today as they were back in the seventies. The religious right is still telling us the world will end if we have equality. They are still using the same fear tactics to scare people.
Here in Connecticut last month the religious right was upset because at a school in Enfield the teachers crossedressed for a day for a fundraiser and exposing the students to “transvestite behavior.”
In Windsor Locks, a trans-women was thrown out of a bar because she made the other customers feel uncomfortable when she used the bathroom
In Memphis Tennessee, the third trans-women in six-months was murdered last week.
In Indianapolis Indiana, a trans-woman was murdered last week also.
In Richmond California, a lesbian was brutally ganged raped by four men
All we are asking is to live our lives in peace, to earn a living to support our families, to have a roof over our heads to shelter our families and to be able to sit down at a luncheon counter to eat. Is that asking for too much? The Family Institute of Connecticut thinks so, that say we are asking for “special rights.”
Speak up; we need all your help. Call your legislator and tell them to vote for the gender inclusive anti-discrimination legislation without any amendments. Tell them it is about equality and fairness.
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