Monday, November 30, 2015

I’m Tired…

I’m tired of the lies, I’m tired of the innuendos, I’m tired of the hate that the conservatives and Republicans pile on the trans community.
Ted Cruz Describes Alleged Planned Parenthood Shooter As ‘Transgendered Leftist Activist’
ThinkProgress
By Zack Ford
November 29, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is the latest presidential candidate trying to downplay the role anti-abortion rhetoric may have played in motivating the Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado Springs Friday afternoon. When a reporter asked him at an Iowa campaign stop Sunday evening about suspect Robert Lewis Dear saying he was motivated by “no more baby parts,” Cruz countered that he’s also been reported to be a “transgendered [sic] leftist activist.”

Cruz explained, “We know that he was a man registered to vote as a woman.” This discrepancy on Dear’s voter registration was first reported by The Gateway Pundit, a self-described “right-of-center news website,” under the claim that he “identifies as [a] woman.” Conservatives have since run with the claim that Dear is transgender.

There is actually no evidence to suggest that he is transgender, nor a “leftist,” nor any kind of activist. In fact, all of the available information suggests he was none of those things.
I’m tired of all the laws they try to pass to make us out as monsters.
If passed, GOP transgender bathroom bill would be first in the nation
Wisconsin State Journal
By Molly Beck
November 20, 2015

Wisconsin would be the first state to ban transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms assigned to the gender with which they identify if lawmakers approve a controversial bill that drew more than 100 people to the Capitol on Thursday.

The bill would require school boards to designate bathrooms and locker rooms by gender, require schools to make special accommodations for transgender students and others, and to require the state Department of Justice to defend school districts in lawsuits alleging the policy is discriminatory.
I’m tired of the lies,
Houston 'bathroom bill': What it says about transgender issues in US
Houston voters' decision Tuesday to reject a measure to protect transgender people and others from discrimination came after a contentious debate. Christian Science Monitor
By Jessica Mendoza, Staff writer
November 4, 2015

Led by the city’s religious community, opponents claimed the transgender protections would put women and children in public restrooms in danger.

The voters clearly understand that this proposition was never about equality – that is already the law,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a statement. “It was about allowing men to enter women’s restrooms and locker rooms – defying common sense and common decency.”
[…]
Conservative media outlets have reported that boys claiming to be transgender have harassed girls in school bathrooms. But liberal watchdog groups such as Media Matters have sought to debunk such allegations, arguing that no incidents of harassment have occurred in schools and other venues that have adopted consistent nondiscrimination policies.

“People need more accurate information, not fear-based horror stories,” says Robyn Ochs, a campus speaker who focuses on identity, sexuality, and gender.
I’m am tired of people who say that Republicans is the party of fiscal conservatives, that might have been the case thirty years ago but it is now a party of racists, sexist, xenophobes, homophobes, and transphobes. It is a party of hate! It is a party that uses hate to get votes.

You don’t believe me?

Just listen to the presidential front runners. They are using fear of people who are different; fear of people from other countries… us against them. Fear of lesbians, gays, and trans people… us against them. Fear of non-Christians… us against them. Fear of gun control… us against them.

Stop the hate!



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