2/21/12

Baltimore County Transsexuals Suffer Jim Crow "Victory"



Jim Crow laws are state and local laws in the United States currently being enacted. They mandat de jure transgender segregation in all public facilities with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for Transgender Americans.




The omission of Public accommodations effectively codifies transgender people as second class citizens and potential sexual predators unworthy of occupying rest rooms with cisgender woman and children.


Click for the PDF of the bill as originally submitted by Tom Quirk.

Click for the PDF of Bill No. 3-12 as adopted by the Baltimore council.

Clearly there was never any intention of extending meaningful rights to transgender people.

The reality is this bill is meant to discriminate against transgender people and in the truest sense, a Jim Crow law.

Least we forget! Maryland has a long and storied history of legislating and up holding judicially Jim Crow Laws!


Tim Walstrum is absolutely correct when he posted that this law was nothing more that a out for politicians. I will argue they did this with full knowledge history will repeat itself in court as transgender people become even more marginalised!

For the sake of passing this bill transgender people can be denied to use facilities that are distinctly private or personal. This will give anyone the option to deny transgender people access to what ever facilities they designate as personal or private. Like bathrooms for Christ sake!

But to smarmy democrats its a 'victory'. Passing this Jim Crow law is immensely easier than enacting real human rights laws, and doing so is usually not a career ender.

To the gay community, this is also a 'victory' the passage being repeatedly heralded as a victory. The real victory for gay people is they finally throw the transgender monkey off there backs.

To the transgender victims of Baltimore county this is a day that will go down in infamy, unless we are joined by gay people who would demand "gay toilets" in protest.

Transgender people may now feel unfettered to work in Baltimore county unless the bathroom issue stops them from securing employment.

God. THAT IS THE ISSUE!!!!! Unbelievable, anything to get rid of us, right gays?

More at Townson Patch

2/20/12

Honduras presionada por Human Rights a investigar asesinatos de seis mujeres transexuales


6 Transsexuals in Honduras stabbed, throats slit, faces beaten so bad they were unrecognizable, dismembered and burned! SIX people slain and NOTHING is being done to bring these criminals to justice! NOTHING!


6 personas apuñaladas, degolladas, se enfrenta a golpes tan malos que eran irreconocibles, desmembrado y quemado! SEIS personas muertos y no se hace nada para traer a estos criminales ante la justicia! ¡NADA!

These are real people not some abject statistic!
Estas son personas reales, no una estadística absoluta!

The names of the murdered women are Idania Roberta Sevilla Raudales, 58, Luisa Alvarado Hernandez, 23, Lady Oscar Martinez Salgado, 45, Reana 'Cheo' Bustamente, Briget Alice Fergie Ferg and Makaligton.

Los nombres de las mujeres asesinadas son Idania Roberta Sevilla Raudales, de 58 años, Luisa Alvarado Hernández, de 23 años, Lady Oscar Martínez Salgado, de 45 años, Bustamante 'Cheo' Reana, Briget Alice Fergie Ferg y Makaligton.

The word genocide falls short to describe what is happening in Honduras (and around the world to a somewhat smaller scale) between 1/1/2012 and 2/15/2012, 3 women murdered transsexual in a country only 8 million, taking into account the proportion of transsexuals who are (1/30.000), equivalent to 3.5 million people cisexuales (non-transgender) killed

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Baltimore County Votes Tuesday on Transgender Bill: At Risk Public Accommodations


Baltimore County votes Tuesday on whether to include transgender protections. There has been considerable opposition to including public accommodation provision. A bill without public accommodations provisions is nothing more that a Jim Crow Law.

Please take a moment and contact these council members!

Contacting Baltimore County Council Members .
Please feel free to email any and all of the Councilmembers.

If you are not sure what you would like to write we have offered you a sample email below. Please personalize it as needed. If you are a resident of Baltimore County we urge you to say so. If you are unsure of who your Councilmember use this link to find out. These same themes can be used in a phone call.

Councilman Tom Quirk
council1@baltimorecountymd.gov
410-887-0896
410-887-3386

Councilwoman Vicki Almond
council2@baltimorecountymd.gov
410-887-3385


Councilman Todd Huff
council3@baltimorecountymd.gov
410-887-3387


Councilman Kenneth N. Oliver
council4@baltimorecountymd.gov
410-887-0784
410-887-3389


Councilman David Marks
council5@baltimorecountymd.gov

dmarks@baltimorecountymd.gov
410-887-3384


Councilwoman Cathy Bevins
council6@baltimorecountymd.gov
410-887-3388
410-887-5223


Councilman John Olszewski
council7@baltimorecountymd.gov
410-887-7174
410-887-3383


Baltimore County Council

400 Washington Avenue, Room 205
Court House, Second Floor, Mailstop 2201
Towson, Maryland 21204

Internet: http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/countycouncil
E-mail: countycouncil@baltimorecountymd.gov
Phone: 410-887-3196

Example email:

Dear Councilmember __________________,

I am writing you in support of bill 3-12. I am a firm believer that all people should be treated equally under the law. This should be the case regardless of any factor including Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation. These are basic civil rights and it is important that we secure them for all members of our community. It is important the people have a right to a job, a place to live, to be treated fairly with credit and most importantly in public accommodations. These rights are not novel or new, they have been in place in 16 states and over 150 municipalities including Baltimore City for the last decade, and Montgomery and Howard Counties.

I urge you not to be swayed by a very vocal and fearful minority who have opposed these rights. As has been the case with every civil rights movement there are always people who are afraid of progress and equality for all. I know I can count on you to support this bill for the people of Baltimore County

More at Gender Rights Maryland

2/19/12

Paddy Power Video Ad Campaign: Transgender Woman Are "Dogs" Others Just "Pussy"

This advertisement for ladies day at a Irish race track invited attendees to engage in singling out transgender woman by spotting the "Stallions from the Mares" calling the ones perceived as unattractive or transgender, "dogs".

Since drunk men are known to make subjective judgments of femininity based solely on perceived sexual attraction this cruelly objectifies females and invites rape and violence against all womankind including those perceived as 'dogs'.



This add is found on Paddy Power's Horse Racing page by clicking the picture on the right titled "new tv ads".

Find this offensive? First report the video to youtube then report it to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)

It appears Paddy Power has already begun to feel the heat as its facebook link no longer functions and links supplied by others to its profile do not work.

But you can still add a public comment mentioning @paddypower on Twitter.

2/17/12

Transgender Sex Offender X GSA Leader Released From Prison

"A convicted sex offender who used his position as a Girl Scout leader to sexually assault young girls now is living in Benton County."

"John D. Babcock, 60, was released Tuesday as an untreated transient sex offender, said Benton County sheriff's officials. He does not have a permanent address, but is required to check in weekly at the sheriff's office."

"Babcock is a Level 3 sex offender, meaning he is considered by law enforcement officials as highly likely to reoffend. He also identifies himself as transgender and uses the name Sarah Babcock."

"He did not participate in a sex offender treatment program offered by the state Department of Corrections while he was in prison, said Dianne McCants, who handles the sex offender registrations for the sheriff's office."

Read more at Tri-City Herald,: Convicted sex offender lives in Benton County

Benton County Sheriff Dept Search link

2/16/12

Missouri School District Blocks LGBT Positive sites as Sexually explicit


The same web filtering service employed by the district allowed sites to be viewed by students that portray LGBT people negatively categorizing them as religious!

Source stltoday.com: "Judge orders district to stop filtering LGBT sites".
"Camdenton schools use urlblacklist.com to categorize web addresses. The company, Laughrey wrote, assigns categories to websites. Ones that express a positive view toward LGBT individuals are put into its "sexuality" category, which Camdenton blocks. Ones expressing a negative view toward LGBT individuals fall into the "religion" category, which Camdenton does not block."
The district has 30 days to comply. Not "oh whoops, our bad". Heads should roll.