12/20/13

PA Gov.Tom Corbett Backing HB 300 Transgender Public Accommodations Inclusive bill

Nestled on the edge of progressive New England Pennsylvania developed quite a reputation for transphoboia during the Sheena Monnin affair. Even more troubling, indicating a breakdown of morality the systemic cover up and subsequent conviction of Penn State's Jerry Sandusky.

As Attorney General Corbett convened a grand jury in 2009 to investigate longstanding allegations of child sexual abuse by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.The grand jury uncovered evidence of criminal misconduct, and a 40-count indictment against Sandusky was issued in 2011, ultimately leading to Sandusky's criminal conviction in 2012. Corbett has been criticized for the three year time span between the grand jury investigation and Sandusky's indictment, and for his gubernatorial staff approving a $3 million grant to Sandusky's Second Mile charity for children, which, according to the grand jury findings, served as a repository for potential sex-abuse victims. Former FBI Director Louis Freeh's report on the Penn State scandal did not fault Corbett's handling of the Sandusky case. (Wiki)

But now Gov.Tom  Corbett is saying enough is enough.

Pennsylvania is one the path to a turnaround now that Corbett has signed a child-abuse laws inspired by Jerry Sandusky, priest cases. And the Governor and is now backing HB 300, a state transgender inclusive amendment to the states human rights bill passed in October 1955 which has earned the distinction as having a record number of Republican and Democrat co sponsors.

The main opposition to HB 300 is incredibly a Catholic group from the 8th District.

The results of a Google search indicate there have been no incidents of inappropriate behaviour by transgender people in any of the 26 PA municipalities which have public accommodations provisions for transgender people I.E. the bathroom.

Inversely goggling "PA Priest scandal" returns a multitude of news stories indicating the Catholic Church is infested with men who sexually assault children undoubtedly some occurring in the boys bathroom.

A list of PA priests convicted in a court of law of pedophilia by bishop accountability.org shows there have been dozens incarcerated but that's just the tip of the iceberg. The unheralded stories of incredible grief and suicide by children must be staggering.

Catholics, clean your house of these criminals and stop discriminating against law abiding citizens.

Four days ago....



12/18/13

Transgender murderer Paris Green moved from woman's prison after sex with other inmates

Convicted pre-op transgender murderer Paris Green, 22, was moved from Scotland's only woman's prison because she was allegedly having sex with other inmates.

Green is serving a eighteen year sentence for murder.

Green was being housed at the womans prison while waiting for a publicly funded sexual reassignment surgery.

Ok so she's only 22, but still Paris, you aren't going to win the transadvocate of the year award like this.
That's just some sorry sh%t.
Green, you got you're life ahead of you. Please for our sake, be a little grateful for the advocacy that has allowed you to live with people of the same gender.

Read more here.


SPLC files Lawsuit after Principal tells student “I don’t want a dyke in this school."

Via SPLC: The Southern Poverty Law Center filed suit in federal court today to stop pervasive anti-LGBT bullying and harassment committed by students – and even faculty members and administrators – within the schools of Mississippi’s Moss Point School District.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Destin Holmes, a district student who endured such severe harassment she was eventually driven out of school. She temporarily left the district in March 2012 to be homeschooled after the then-principal at Magnolia Junior High School called her a “pathetic fool” and told her, “I don’t want a dyke in this school.”
The SPLC demanded in March that the district take immediate action to end the bullying and harassment. The demand came after an investigation found that district students, faculty and administrators have targeted lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation and nonconformity to gender stereotypes. A mutually agreeable resolution that would protect and preserve the rights of students like Destin was not reached.
“We are disappointed that the district fails to see the serious harm its deliberate inaction causes its students,” said Anjali Nair, SPLC staff attorney. “District officials who are entrusted with the safety and education of all students not only ignored, dismissed and even blamed victims for the abusive behavior of faculty and other students, they also participated in discriminatory acts.”
During her time at Magnolia Junior High School, students and district staff called Destin slurs such as “it,” “freak” and “he-she.” Destin heard such insults as many as 20 times a day. She also was denied access to the girls’ restroom by a teacher. Another teacher even refused to allow her to participate in a classroom activity where teams were divided by gender because Destin – according to the teacher – was an “in-between it.



Full story at the SPLC


DC Transgender woman suing city for Jailhouse Rape


Known only as Jane Doe, a DC transgender woman is suing the city after a night of hell. It began as a police lieutenant opened her "House alone" jail cell despite her objections, and let in a man who was already being investigated for a jailhouse rape, not once but three times.
The police report taken after Jane Doe returned from the hospital where it was verified she was 'traumatized' was only three sentences long. The city is defending itself by asserting the injury was the victims own fault because she was incarcerated.



News4's Jackie Bensen spoke with a transgender woman, who is suing the D.C. government, claiming she was sexually assaulted by a man who was deliberately placed in her cell. According to documents obtained by News4, the man was already under investigation for another jailhouse rape.


12/17/13

Brazilian Lawmaker calling for LGBT Hate bill vote over Christian's objections

Senator Ana Rita is calling for a vote on a bill that could give an additional three years in prison for hate crimes committed against LGBT people.

The vote has been postponed six times by evangelicals. They have been fighting this tooth and nail saying it would limit their freedom of speech. But when questioned why they say that they don't hate anyone they just don't want their freedom of speech curtailed.

They don't hate the perpetrators of crimes against LGBT people in their country which year after year has led the world in LGBT murders.

The Global Rights report includes statistics from the Brazilian Secretariat of Human Rights that indicate trans Brazilians accounted for slightly more than half of the 300 reported LGBT murder victims in the country last year. The group noted an estimated 52 percent of them were people of color.
Grupo Gay da Bahia, a Brazilian advocacy group that has tracked anti-LGBT violence in Brazil for nearly two decades, said it saw a 21 percent increase in LGBT murders in the country between 2011 and 2012. The organization reported 128 of the 338 reported LGBT homicide victims in Brazil in 2012 were trans. ~ Washington Blade.

Evangelicals don't want there freedom of speech denied . 
More at LGBT Nation


12/15/13

Global #DayofRage #NoGoingBack #377 in pictures

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Thousands turned out worldwide in support of India's LGBT people who's supreme court just reinstated the colonial law which in essence criminalizes all sexual acts that do not incorporate virginal penetration with a penis.

The original sodomy law, which prohibits "carnal intercourse against the order of nature with man, woman, or animal," was enacted by the British in 1861 when India was a colony of the United Kingdom. In the wake of the decision, this sexual conduct will once again be punishable by up to 10 years in prison in India.


No BJ's. No masturbating. No eating at the Y. No role playing. No, no no no. The supreme court ruling wouldn't just target LGBT people. It would criminalize the straight cis couple up stairs who's squeaking bed noises at 2am aren't resulting from copulating.








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