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Post on Know Thine Enemy, and Thine Ally in Transgender News & Happenings
By UsernameOptional, postedKnow Thine Enemy: The Worst Anti-LGBT Moments of the Week, March 3 - March 9.
It's the weekend and that means it's time for one of our two weekly round ups: "Something to Celebrate," which takes a look back at the best LGBT news of the last seven days or, as we're bringing you today, "Know Thine Enemy," a series that features 10 of the worst anti-gay moments from last week...
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Post on MS Lawmaker Cites Leviticus 20:13 in Transgender News & Happenings
By UsernameOptional, postedIf equating gays to murderers wasn't bad enough...
Nick Wing, Huffington Post
05/18/2012 6:06 pm Updated: 05/18/2012 6:10 pm
"Mississippi state Rep. Andy Gipson ® weighed in on President Barack Obama's gay marriage decision last week, invoking a bible passage that calls for gay men to be "put to death.""
Andy Gipson, Mississippi GOP Lawmaker, Blasts Gays, Cites Bible Passage Calling For Their Death
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So, uh...what's he really saying? And could Gipson's invoking of the biblical passage be interprested by extremists, fanatics and bigots as a green light to some kind of justified murder?
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The Huffington Post | By James Nichols Posted: 08/27/2013 4:20 pm EDT | Updated: 08/27/2013 4:20 pm EDT
"These incidents of transgender violence barely begin to scratch the surface of not only physical violence against trans people, but the emotional and verbal abuse trans individuals, particularly trans women of color, experience on a daily basis. Vigils for slain transgender women and men have to be organized on an alarmingly regular basis, both locally and abroad." --huffingtonpost.com
Transgender Murders 50 Percent Higher Than Gays, Lesbians In July