Tag Archive for ‘discrimination’
An Open Letter to Ronald Gold
Last week, The Bilerico Project welcomed their newest contributing writer, Ronald Gold, co-founder of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and a gay rights activist for decades. What became clear, in his very first article, was that he had no concept as to just how inclusive Bilerico is. The article, one of the most transphobic I have ever seen outside of the usual religious extremist sites and publications, was pulled shortly after it appeared, along with the hundreds of angry replies to it.
9th US Circuit Court Rules DOMA Unconstitutional
“To the extent that the application of DOMA serves to preclude the provision of health coverage to a same-sex spouse of a legally married federal employee because of the employee’s and his or her spouse’s sex or sexual orientation, DOMA as applied contravenes the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and is therefor unconstitutional”
US Alone, Still won’t Ratify UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
The United States has taken over 15 years now “to undertaking a thorough and thoughtful review of the Convention of the Rights of the Child”. Meanwhile, a report of child abuse is officially recorded every 10 seconds. More than 28,000 have died waiting for the United States to sign the treaty and act upon it since Clinton signed the treaty.
Hate 101: The Womyn Born Womyn Movement
If they cannot force intersexed, transsexual, and transgender individuals to live according to stereotypical gender expectations of a patriarchal system, they will isolate them and oppress them until they conform. While I understand the need for women to have their own space free from the prurient and predatory interests of men, I cannot approve of advocacy or policies that turn the oppressed into oppressors themselves.
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