When we were passing the Philly trans rights bill in 2002 - many similar issues. The Exec Director ofthe Human Relation Commission wanted to limit the language to only support people who had medically transitioned. It was quite a fight - having the guy in that position against you is a bit of a hurdle.
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Iâve just seen Adam Savages reply to that tweet
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Savage.
Well, it would be if I had any sympathy for bigots.
Nice and to the point, Adam.
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Concise and accurate.
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How long until Glinner cries about this and tries to get Adam Savage suspended?
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Adamâs a good guy. Off topic, but have you checked out the various videos where he meets with cosplayers, who explain how theyâve done this or that part of their outfits, or what materials theyâve used, and heâs just so happy and excited to see people do cool stuff and to learn new things.
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âA researcher who lost her job at a charity after tweeting that transgender women should not have a legal right to change sex has said at an employment tribunal that she âdoes not harbour any ill-feelingâ towards trans people.â
She harbors no ill-feeling - she just doesnât want us to have rights or exist.
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That was the precise point I thought âWhat the fuck?â
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Of course she has no ill feeling toward you. She chooses to believe you do not exist, and therefore are not worthy of âill feeling.â IOW, she is an idiot.
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BTW, have yâall noticed what Adam has been building lately?
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No words. None.
â This Is Why We Left the National Center for Trans Equality
An open letter from former staff members of NCTE.
BY [FORMER STAFF OF NCTE]
We, the former staff of the National Center for Transgender Equality, are devastated. Over the last few months, many of us have made the difficult decision of stepping away from the organization where weâve dedicated so much of our daily lives. As the rare trans-led organization in the nationâs capital, NCTE gave us the opportunity to work on issues important and personal to us all. Each of us is dedicated to improving the lives of transgender people nationwide through a lens of racial and economic justice, yet we stepped away after it became clear the leadership of NCTE did not share that dedication.â
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That is a really sad thing. Destroyed right when it is needed.
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No, no - these are good stories.
Youâre a scab shop when youâre asking Unions to support your people and issues.
You need the concurrence of the Leadership Council on Civil Rights to get any national legislation passed.
You want to look like a place large donors will feel comfortable supporting.
You want to look yourself in the mirror.
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Put a fork in them.
Never mind- theyâve already forked themselves.
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Iâm putting this , not because it is transphobic, but because education is good and when you do science, you quickly find nothing is as simple as you thought is was.
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From: Lisa Mottet
Date: Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 7:58 AM
Subject: Whatâs Really Happening at NCTE
To:
Hi folks, please see a message below from NCTEâs Executive Director. Best, lisa
Please feel free to forward
Dear Colleagues,
As long-time trusted allies in the movement for trans equality, we are reaching out to let you know what is really going on at the National Center for Transgender Equality and to tell you about our path forward.
First, let me say that NCTEâs life-saving work is continuing, and our commitment to improving the lives of trans people by replacing disrespect, discrimination and violence with empathy, opportunity and justice remains unwavering. There have been some misconceptions about this because of inaccurate media headlines and rumors, so I wanted to clarify that for you.
This is a new chapter for NCTE, and we have a set plan and vision for how our organization will grow moving forward.
As you know, NCTE greatly expanded in response to the increased threats our community faces from the Trump administration, state legislatures, and others. The increased stress that resulted from these threats, combined with not having all the structures and systems needed for a larger organization, meant that we didnât address internal issues fast enough. As a result, our staff voiced concerns about areas where NCTE needed to improve.
The management team and Board took the feedback and concerns our staff raised and engaged outside experts to come up with a plan that ensures NCTEâs values are reflected within and outside our organization so we can keep focusing on the tremendous work done here each and every day to advance transgender equality. Our plan examines and will improve every facet of the organization, including recruitment, hiring, onboarding, internal communication structures, workplace flexibility, compensation, community engagement, and other areas to make sure the organization is meeting the needs of its staff and of trans communities.
Every part of our plan forward includes a focus on advancing racial equity within NCTE. We know that no organization is immune from bias, and as an organization committed to equity and justice for trans people, we have an obligation to ensure we are consistently demonstrating those principles ourselves. We know we must always do more to foster conversations about these inequitiesâand take concrete action to address themâuntil everyone involved in our work feels fully safe and respected.
We asked all staff, including leadership, to join us in this proposed plan forward in order to ensure that all who work at NCTE have the tools necessary to continue working toward our shared mission. We realized this was a big ask of staff and acknowledged that not everyone would want to take part in this new chapter. Therefore, we offered generous severance packages to give staff who decided this next chapter is not for them the stability to make that decision. We offered this because we honor the work our staff has done on behalf of trans people and wanted them to know that.
In addition, our leadership team has been eager to recognize a union at NCTE, which we communicated to our staff consistently. The board unanimously passed a resolution to support our plan of voluntary recognizing a bargaining unit. Numerous board members are labor activists themselves. We would be proud and honored to recognize a union at NCTE.
Now we will rebuild and get back to the work that trans people need from NCTE. We will scale back up systematically, creating an even more effective organization than before. (A financial note: NCTE continues to be in a strong financial position, with income exceeding expenses for the last several years.) Our work continues and we look forward to continuing to partner with you to achieve equality and justice for our communities, now and for many years to come.
We are deeply grateful for your dedication to our shared mission of advancing justice for trans people. We look forward to this next chapter and continuing to work with you all.
All the best,
Mara
P.S. Our sibling organization, the National Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund, has an incredibly important campaign, Transform the White House. Check out videos of presidential candidates talking about transgender equality, including already Biden, Sanders,Harris, Booker, Klobuchar,Castro, and Buttigieg. And please, spread the word about the campaign!
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âI was assigned mammal at birth, but my orientation is fish. Donât mis-species me. Fuckers.â
You also identify as a Police Officer but youâre actually a cockwomble.
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I think we can all agree that talking nasty shit about his mama is protected speech.
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All Cops Are Bastards is also free speech
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