Thursday, March 18, 2010

fighting a hate crime bill with hate

Today, in Salon’s “Broadsheet,” Tracy Clark-Flory writes about a "pro-family" group’s claim that a ban on gender discrimination means the rise of scary "men in skirts"borrow_mascara
“You gotta love it: An extremist political group is campaigning against a hate crimes bill with a hateful undercover video that only proves the need for just such a measure. Mass Resistance, a ‘pro-family action center’ in Massachusetts, recently went undercover with a video camera at a transgender conference with the intention of documenting the horrors that would allegedly be introduced with the passage of a state bill outlawing gender-based discrimination and hate crimes. The supposedly damning evidence: Footage of transgender women using the ladies' restroom.”

Read the rest of the story here.

4 comments:

  1. I'm going to post this on my blog. As Solon said, this video only proves that we need legislation to protect us from their hate.

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  2. Maybe, just maybe they arte jealous because some of us may look better and behave better than they do.

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  3. Yes, Diana -- real hate. Of course many of us pass well enough to infiltrate their conferences... so....?

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  4. oh the horror! Very large men going into restrooms in heels, and nearly bumping their heads on the doorways! This is the silliest video I've ever seen.

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