By Junr Mayema, Drop the T The thor of the ‘Drop the T’ petn talks about the surgg nflicts between the trans and gay rights movements. Several months ago, I reported on a growg schism between parts of the gay and trans muni regardg the history of the 1969 Stonewall rts, the semal…
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- THIS PETN DEMANDG WE 'DROP THE T' FROM LGBT IS REALLY, REALLY NOT OKTHANKFULLY, NO ONE'S BUYG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}ISSUBY KRISTA MASICNOVEMBER 9, 2015/12:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTYWOMAN IS SHOUTG TO PHONE.BY KRISTA MASICNOVEMBER 9, 2015 / 12:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THIS PETN DEMANDG WE 'DROP THE T' FROM LGBT IS REALLY, REALLY NOT OK","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-11-09T17:00:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-11-09T17:00:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"KRISTA MASIC","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OVER 1,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED A PETN REQUTG THAT ALL MAJOR LGBT ADVOCY ANIZATNS AND MEDIA OUTLETS "DROP THE T" OM THEIR ACRONYMS, CLAIMG THAT THE TRANSGENR MUNY'S GOALS ARE "ACTUALLY HOSTILE TO THE GOALS OF WOMEN AND GAY MEN." WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PETN TAPS TO A LONG HISTORY TRANSPHOBIA -- THIS SE, WH AN EMPHASIS ON FEAR OF TRANSGENR PEOPLE -- TO CLAIM THAT MEN AND WOMEN WHO DISAGREE WH "TRANS IOLOGY" ARE BEG "VILIFIED AND HARASSED," AND TO SUGGT, MUCH LIKE TRANSPHOBIC MPAIGNERS HOTON RECENTLY DID, THAT THE TRANS MUNY WILL MAKE WOMEN-ONLY SPAC LIKE BATHROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS UNSAFE (WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN STATISTILLY UNTE).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PETN GO ON TO SE FLTY REARCH TO SUGGT THAT SUPPORTG TRANSGENR KIDS IS WRONG, AND THAT WE SHOULD STEAD ALLOW THEM TO JT "GROW OUT OF " TO SO THEY N "GROW UP TO BEE WELL-ADJTED GAY MEN AND WOMEN," WHICH, AGA IS AN OLD, FAIARLY MISGUID ARGUMENT THAT'S BASED FEAR, NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO TRANSPHOBIA, THE PETN ALSO REVEALS TOUCH OF RACISM: IT CLAIMS THAT ALL THE RECENT OUTCRY OVER THE TTH BEHD THE HISTORY OF THE STONEWALL RTS IS BASED ON LI, AND THAT THE NTRIBUTNS OF THE "MAJORY GAY WHE MEN" ARE ACTUALLY BEG OBSCURED, REFERRG TO THIS AS "THE APPROPRIATN AND RE-WRG OF GAY AND LBIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE" BY THE TRANS MUNY. ACTUALLY, THE HISTORY OF THE NTRIBUTNS OF PEOPLE OF LOR AND TRANS PEOPLE AT STONEWALL IS WELL-DOCUMENTED -- AND STANDS STARK NTRAST TO THE STORY TOLD BY THE PETNERS AND THE RECENT "STONEWALL" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ULTIMATELY, THE PETNS SUGGTS THAT FOR ALL OF THE REASONS, ALTHOUGH THEY CLAIM THAT THEY ARE "NOT ADVOTG TOLERANCE OR PREJUDICE AGAST THE TRANSGENR MUNY," THE CLN OF THAT MUNY LGBT ADVOCY IS STILL "GG UPON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN, GAY MEN AND CHILDREN," SO ANIZATNS AND MEDIA OUTLETS LIKE GLAAD, THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AND THE ADVOTE SHOULD "DISASSOCIATE THEMSELV OM THE TRANSGENR MOVEMENT AND RETURN TO REPRENTG THEIR BASE SUPPORT OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF THIS STORY FEELS STRANGELY FAIAR, 'S PROBABLY BEE 'S PART OF AN ONGOG TREND OF HISTORILLY DOMANT GROUPS FEELG THREATENED WHEN OPPRSED GROUPS SPEAK OUT AND FIGHT TO RECLAIM THEIR POWER. THE GROUPS OFTEN CLAIM THAT WHEN OTHER GROUPS BEG TO GA NEW RIGHTS, IS SOMEHOW GG UPON THEIR RIGHTS AND OPPRSG THEM. SEE MEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS OR THE WHOLE KIM DAVIS BACLE FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JENNIE KERMO, A TRANS RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO HAS STARTED A UNTER-PETN, TOLD GAY STAR NEWS, "WHILST I REGNIZE THAT THE SOMETIM DIFFERENT ISSU FACED BY THE TRANS AND LGB MUNI MEAN THERE ARE LEGIMATE ARGUMENTS FOR SEPARATN, I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT OUR SHARED PROBLEMS MEAN REMAS EFUL TO STAND TOGETHER, AND SHOULD ALSO BE OBV THAT THE TRANS MUNY CLUS PEOPLE WHO ARE LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THAT SAID," KERMO NTUED, "I’M NFINT THAT THEIR VIEWS DO NOT REPRENT THOSE OF THE MAJORY OF LGB PEOPLE, AMONG WHOM THE TRANS MUNY HAS MANY WONRFUL ALLI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAMBDA LEGAL, HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, AND GLAAD HAVE ALL ISSUED FORMAL RPONS TO THE PETN, LLG OUT AS "UNEQUIVOLLY WRONG," "WRONG-HEAD," "OUTRAGEO," AND "STCTIVE," AND MAKG VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WILL NOT PLY WH THE PETNERS' REQUT TO "DROP THE T."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE ARE ONE MOVEMENT MONLY SEEKG THE LIBERTY TO BE OUR TE AND FULL SELV,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LAMBDA LEGAL RPONSE STAT, "TO BE EE OM ACTS OF BIAS AND TO LIVE OUR LIV WH TIM GET TOUGH –- AS THEY HAVE THE RECENT POLIL LOSS HOTON, AND THE MANY TRAGIC STANC OF MURR AND SUICI ACROSS THE UNTRY –- WE MT STRENGTHEN OUR MUNY AND OUR MOVEMENT FOR JTICE, NOT DIVI WILL W TOGETHER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- GAY COMMUNY REJECTG TRANSGENR IOLOGY AS ‘LGB, DROP THE T’ MOVEMENT GROWS
- EXCLIVE: GAY MAN EXPLAS HIS PETN TO DROP THE T IN LGBT
THIS PETN DEMANDG WE 'DROP THE T' FROM LGBT IS REALLY, REALLY NOT OKTHANKFULLY, NO ONE'S BUYG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}ISSUBY KRISTA MASICNOVEMBER 9, 2015/12:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTYWOMAN IS SHOUTG TO PHONE.BY KRISTA MASICNOVEMBER 9, 2015 / 12:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THIS PETN DEMANDG WE 'DROP THE T' FROM LGBT IS REALLY, REALLY NOT OK","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-11-09T17:00:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-11-09T17:00:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"KRISTA MASIC","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OVER 1,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED A PETN REQUTG THAT ALL MAJOR LGBT ADVOCY ANIZATNS AND MEDIA OUTLETS "DROP THE T" OM THEIR ACRONYMS, CLAIMG THAT THE TRANSGENR MUNY'S GOALS ARE "ACTUALLY HOSTILE TO THE GOALS OF WOMEN AND GAY MEN." WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PETN TAPS TO A LONG HISTORY TRANSPHOBIA -- THIS SE, WH AN EMPHASIS ON FEAR OF TRANSGENR PEOPLE -- TO CLAIM THAT MEN AND WOMEN WHO DISAGREE WH "TRANS IOLOGY" ARE BEG "VILIFIED AND HARASSED," AND TO SUGGT, MUCH LIKE TRANSPHOBIC MPAIGNERS HOTON RECENTLY DID, THAT THE TRANS MUNY WILL MAKE WOMEN-ONLY SPAC LIKE BATHROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS UNSAFE (WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN STATISTILLY UNTE).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PETN GO ON TO SE FLTY REARCH TO SUGGT THAT SUPPORTG TRANSGENR KIDS IS WRONG, AND THAT WE SHOULD STEAD ALLOW THEM TO JT "GROW OUT OF " TO SO THEY N "GROW UP TO BEE WELL-ADJTED GAY MEN AND WOMEN," WHICH, AGA IS AN OLD, FAIARLY MISGUID ARGUMENT THAT'S BASED FEAR, NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO TRANSPHOBIA, THE PETN ALSO REVEALS TOUCH OF RACISM: IT CLAIMS THAT ALL THE RECENT OUTCRY OVER THE TTH BEHD THE HISTORY OF THE STONEWALL RTS IS BASED ON LI, AND THAT THE NTRIBUTNS OF THE "MAJORY GAY WHE MEN" ARE ACTUALLY BEG OBSCURED, REFERRG TO THIS AS "THE APPROPRIATN AND RE-WRG OF GAY AND LBIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE" BY THE TRANS MUNY. ACTUALLY, THE HISTORY OF THE NTRIBUTNS OF PEOPLE OF LOR AND TRANS PEOPLE AT STONEWALL IS WELL-DOCUMENTED -- AND STANDS STARK NTRAST TO THE STORY TOLD BY THE PETNERS AND THE RECENT "STONEWALL" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ULTIMATELY, THE PETNS SUGGTS THAT FOR ALL OF THE REASONS, ALTHOUGH THEY CLAIM THAT THEY ARE "NOT ADVOTG TOLERANCE OR PREJUDICE AGAST THE TRANSGENR MUNY," THE CLN OF THAT MUNY LGBT ADVOCY IS STILL "GG UPON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN, GAY MEN AND CHILDREN," SO ANIZATNS AND MEDIA OUTLETS LIKE GLAAD, THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AND THE ADVOTE SHOULD "DISASSOCIATE THEMSELV OM THE TRANSGENR MOVEMENT AND RETURN TO REPRENTG THEIR BASE SUPPORT OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF THIS STORY FEELS STRANGELY FAIAR, 'S PROBABLY BEE 'S PART OF AN ONGOG TREND OF HISTORILLY DOMANT GROUPS FEELG THREATENED WHEN OPPRSED GROUPS SPEAK OUT AND FIGHT TO RECLAIM THEIR POWER. THE GROUPS OFTEN CLAIM THAT WHEN OTHER GROUPS BEG TO GA NEW RIGHTS, IS SOMEHOW GG UPON THEIR RIGHTS AND OPPRSG THEM. SEE MEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS OR THE WHOLE KIM DAVIS BACLE FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JENNIE KERMO, A TRANS RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO HAS STARTED A UNTER-PETN, TOLD GAY STAR NEWS, "WHILST I REGNIZE THAT THE SOMETIM DIFFERENT ISSU FACED BY THE TRANS AND LGB MUNI MEAN THERE ARE LEGIMATE ARGUMENTS FOR SEPARATN, I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT OUR SHARED PROBLEMS MEAN REMAS EFUL TO STAND TOGETHER, AND SHOULD ALSO BE OBV THAT THE TRANS MUNY CLUS PEOPLE WHO ARE LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THAT SAID," KERMO NTUED, "I’M NFINT THAT THEIR VIEWS DO NOT REPRENT THOSE OF THE MAJORY OF LGB PEOPLE, AMONG WHOM THE TRANS MUNY HAS MANY WONRFUL ALLI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAMBDA LEGAL, HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, AND GLAAD HAVE ALL ISSUED FORMAL RPONS TO THE PETN, LLG OUT AS "UNEQUIVOLLY WRONG," "WRONG-HEAD," "OUTRAGEO," AND "STCTIVE," AND MAKG VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WILL NOT PLY WH THE PETNERS' REQUT TO "DROP THE T."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE ARE ONE MOVEMENT MONLY SEEKG THE LIBERTY TO BE OUR TE AND FULL SELV,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LAMBDA LEGAL RPONSE STAT, "TO BE EE OM ACTS OF BIAS AND TO LIVE OUR LIV WH TIM GET TOUGH –- AS THEY HAVE THE RECENT POLIL LOSS HOTON, AND THE MANY TRAGIC STANC OF MURR AND SUICI ACROSS THE UNTRY –- WE MT STRENGTHEN OUR MUNY AND OUR MOVEMENT FOR JTICE, NOT DIVI WILL W TOGETHER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
We are beg dragged down by this T warrr absurdy. It is a war on women, mothers, vagas. The T war, and IS a war now, is g gays (male and female) to lose all of our prec progrs ... * drop the t from lgbt *
It asks that gay rights anisatns “stop reprentg the transgenr muny as we feel their iology is not only pletely different om that promoted by the LGB muny … but is ultimately regrsive and actually hostile to the goals of women and gay men. I doubt I’m the only one, though the days you’re not allowed to say out loud, even if you’re gay, or you’ll get attacked by the trans lobby language far more ugly and obscene than anythg I’ve heard om the supposedly bigoted reactnary Right.
Gay people, liberated om the nstrats of what the femists ll “heteropatriarchal norms, ” should be joyfully and exuberantly phg boundari – not watchg their speech, lt they cur the wrath of some tack-sptg cross-drser.
There’s an argument to be ma that the whole trans project is herently and eply homophobic, bee tells young gay men that they n’t have certa mannerisms or be attracted to other men whout needg surgery to bee women. The G LGBT has been a load-bearg wall for the whole alphabet soup crew for s, and we extraordary gays, the bt gays, are tired of pullg along every sgle alternative sexualy when they expect to do the heavy liftg while they do the easy griftg. Instead, they celebrate parents who announce that their five-year-old kids are “trans” and whack them on hormon when all the evince suggts that, left to their own vic, the kids will grow up to be perfectly happy gay men.
GAY COMMUNY REJECTG TRANSGENR IOLOGY AS ‘LGB, DROP THE T’ MOVEMENT GROWS
One anonymo gay man's fight agast supposed transgenr tyranny. * drop the t from lgbt *
As gay rights battl are won everywhere, and homosexuals feel better able to exprs their real polil preferenc, the progrsive prs and gay tablishment are nniptns tryg to wrtle wh the existence of nservative homosexuals. I get that the old days was nice to have somewhere to hang out together, but lezzers don’t even want that any more: male gay bars are open to everyone, but their dyke equivalents are very often women-only. Now that we’ve discsed some major pots on which the trans agenda do not align wh gay and bisexual prri, let’s further discs how gay, lbian, and bisexual activists n benef trans people by shiftg their advocy.
EXCLIVE: GAY MAN EXPLAS HIS PETN TO DROP THE T IN LGBT
* drop the t from lgbt *
Over 1, 000 people have signed a petn requtg that all major LGBT advocy anizatns and media outlets "Drop the T" om their acronyms, claimg that the transgenr muny's goals are "actually hostile to the goals of women and gay men. " Which is really, really not petn taps to a long history transphobia -- this se, wh an emphasis on fear of transgenr people -- to claim that men and women who disagree wh "trans iology" are beg "vilified and harassed, " and to suggt, much like transphobic mpaigners Hoton recently did, that the trans muny will make women-only spac like bathrooms and locker rooms unsafe (which has been proven statistilly unte) petn go on to se flty rearch to suggt that supportg transgenr kids is wrong, and that we should stead allow them to jt "grow out of " to so they n "grow up to bee well-adjted gay men and women, " which, aga is an old, faiarly misguid argument that's based fear, not addn to transphobia, the petn also reveals touch of racism: It claims that all the recent outcry over the tth behd the history of the Stonewall rts is based on li, and that the ntributns of the "majory gay whe men" are actually beg obscured, referrg to this as "the appropriatn and re-wrg of gay and lbian history and culture" by the trans muny. Ultimately, the petns suggts that for all of the reasons, although they claim that they are "not advotg tolerance or prejudice agast the transgenr muny, " the cln of that muny LGBT advocy is still "gg upon the rights of women, gay men and children, " so anizatns and media outlets like GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign and The Advote should "disassociate themselv om the transgenr movement and return to reprentg their base support of gay men and lbians.
See Men's Rights Activists or the whole Kim Davis bacle for Kermo, a trans rights activist who has started a unter-petn, told Gay Star News, "Whilst I regnize that the sometim different issu faced by the trans and LGB muni mean there are legimate arguments for separatn, I personally feel that our shared problems mean remas eful to stand together, and should also be obv that the trans muny clus people who are lbian, gay and bisexual. It’s Time to Drop the ‘LGBT’ From ‘LGBTQ’The se for a new term that scrib all sexual moriKatie MartFrank Kameny, the last century’s greatt gay-rights activist, filed the first-ever Supreme Court petn challengg discrimatn agast homosexuals. By 2007, when gay-rights advot cid to make their support for a feral antidiscrimatn bill ndnal on the cln of protectns for transgenr people, was clear that the gay-and-lbian and trans movements had bee polilly joed at the hip; cludg the T ma unniable sense.
In Kameny’s 1961 Supreme Court petn (challengg the feral ernment’s ban on the employment of homosexuals), he built his argument on the Declaratn of Inpennce’s promise that the pursu of happs is an unalienable right. Every time lbian and/or gay and/or bisexual and/or transgenr and/or QIAA+ activists mand the recatn of a strg of ials, they implicly tell a story about seekg equaly and betterment for groups, not for dividuals, and not for that other set of ials, short, if there ever was a time when sexual mori were served by remdg the world of their factnalism, that time is past. Lamentg the "vilifitn and harassment of women and gay men/lbian dividuals who openly exprs disagreement wh the trans iology, " the petn pots to recent remarks om proment femist Germae Greer, who recently claimed that trans women -- namely Calyn Jenner -- "n't be women.