2/1/13

Omaha Liberty Project Petition Fails To Gather Enough Signatures For A Referendum

A WIN For LGBT people and Omaha Churches!

A few months ago I busted Patrick Bonnett of the Omaha Liberty Project for trying to frighten the cities faith community by saying there freedom of religion was under attack.

 The people listened to us, read the bible for guidance and refused to sign Liberty project's petition to force a referendum in the spring.

Bonnett blames this groups failure on lack of time, professional signature gatherers and other factors despite having had hundreds of similarly hate motivated signature gatherers on the ground.

Omaha's faith community understood you were lying hoping to ferment hate. That's why you failed Bonnett.

The people of Omaha understood it wasn't religion Bonnett was worried about. He was and still is troubled LGBT people and especially trans people like myself could have equal opportunities in Omaha. Bonnett promises to keep  hating and will continue the fight against me.

Bring it on Bonnett.

1/31/13

Anna Grodzka Transgender Woman Nominated For Polish Deputy Speaker

Anna Grodzka transseksualistów nominowany do Polski Wicemarszałek!

Anna Grodzka, the first transsexual member of Parliament in European history has been nominated deputy speaker of the house according to Reuters. This will not be a easy job for Ms. Grodzka as there are extremely transphobic MPs, right wing partys and Catholics who will fight her nomination at every turn.

The job involves chairing sessions of parliament when the speaker is not available and ceremonial duties. Ms. Grodzka's nomination is another historic step for transgender rights worldwide!





Tennessee's Menace to Children Stacey Campfield Reintroduces "Don't Say Gay" Bill


Stacey Campfield has reintroduced SB 235 a watered down homo-genized version of previous years but its just as bad. 2013's version does not explicitly state homosexuality or make any reference to transsexuality. Instead the bill would require school staff who perceive 'alternative sexual' behaviour in a student grades one through eight to give reparative therapy to said student.

Then the bill would require the school to inform the students parents about there son or daughters deviant lifestyle.

This man is a menace to children. Another beaten child. Another homeless LGBT youth. Another murdered trans teen who in desperation prostituted herself. Another dead body. Fuck you Campfield.

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This is the way it is Campfield. Today. Your hate will not defeat us.



At the presentation of senior class awards (Class Clown, Most Likely to Succeed, etc.), an LGBT teen publicly announces during his acceptance speech for Class Actor award that he is an LGBT teen and is tired of acting as someone he's not on a daily basis. His classmates clearly approve. He still has six months left of school (as of January 2013).

Read more about Campfield's latest at LGBTQ Nation



1/30/13

Maryland SB 449 Transgender rights bill Has A Pot To Piss In.


Sponsored by Senator Madaleno SB 449 is titled "Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2013" and is a bill with a pot to piss in....

Synopsis:
Prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity with regard to public accommodations, housing, and employment and by specified licensed or regulated persons; prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity with regard to commercial leasing; altering an exception for employers relating to standards concerning dress and grooming; providing specified immunity; requiring State personnel actions to be made without regard to gender identity or sexual orientation; defining the term "gender identity"; etc"

The bill has a long way to go and will have to compete with gun legislation and the Fracking Controversy for attention.


Last years bill, HB235 was nothing more than fodder for marriage equality which became law. The same people who are shepherding this years bill are the ones who last year blindsided the trans community by introducing HB235 without public accommodations provisions, the first Maryland bill sans public accommodations ever. Although this year there is no major gay agenda legislation to compete with it remains to be seen how much political capitol Maryland legislators will be willing to invest in our lives.

It also remains to be seen if the bill makes it through with a pot to piss in.



1/29/13

Pictures: Femen MEN At The Paris Marriage Equality Rally

Some pictures of the January Paris marriage rally you won't see on mainstream media:


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Another Inmate Win For Tax Payer Funded Sexual Reassignment Surgery

The million dollar question:
Will taxpayers have to foot another failed million dollar legal battle to deny Ophelia Azriel her right to medical care like they did with Michelle Kosilek ?

As many of you are aware I am an outspoken advocate for our removal from the DSM-5. But in these cases it's essential we remain in the DSM to insure that the most vulnerable of our community receive adequate medical care. And thats what we are all about. Community.

DIAZ, Circuit Judge January 28 2013:

Virginia inmate Ophelia Azriel De’lonta (born Michael A.Stokes) filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that prison officials denied her adequate medical treatment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim. Because we conclude that De’lonta’s complaint states a claim for relief that is plausible
on its face, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

I.
On appeal from a dismissal for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, we accept as true all the factual DE’LONTA v. JOHNSON 3 allegations contained in the complaint and construe them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Flood v. New Hanover County, 125 F.3d 249, 251 (4th Cir. 1997).

A.
De’lonta has been in the custody of the Virginia Department of Corrections ("VDOC") since 1983, serving a 73-year sentence for bank robbery. She is a pre-operative transsexual suffering from a diagnosed and severe form of a rare, medically recognized illness known as gender identity disorder ("GID"). GID is characterized by a feeling of being trapped in a body of the wrong gender. This belief has caused De’lonta to suffer "constant mental anguish" and, on several occasions, has caused her to attempt to castrate herself in efforts to "perform[ ] [her] own makeshift sex reassignment surgery." App. 14, 46, 48. De’lonta has described these ongoing urges to perform self-surgery as "overwhelming." App. 31.

In 1999, De’lonta filed a § 1983 lawsuit alleging that VDOC had instituted a policy that wrongfully prevented her from receiving GID treatment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. As in the instant case, the district court dismissed De’lonta’s 1999 complaint for failure to state a claim. We reversed and remanded, holding that De’lonta’s need for protection against continued self-mutilation constituted an objectively serious medical need under the Eighth Amendment and that De’lonta had sufficiently alleged VDOC’s
deliberate indifference to that need. De’lonta v. Angelone ("De’lonta I"), 330 F.3d 630, 634 (4th Cir. 2003). The parties subsequently reached a settlement in which VDOC acknowledged De’lonta’s serious medical need and agreed to provide continuing treatment.

Read the full opinion of 4th Us Court Of Appeals: 117482.P Ophelia De'Lonta v. Gene Johnson

The barn door swung open to transgender prisoners rights with Mischell's case:




There's a lot of controversy within the trans community about our tax dollars being used to fund a convicts SRS when so many of us will never have the same opportunity? Begging the age old question, what do I have to do to get SRS?

Whats your take?