Trans rights are human rights (barf alert)

The Spectrum ^ | 2/27/2017 | Maddy Fowler

[simpson96]

On Sunday, I was one of roughly 100 people who gathered in Niagara Square to rally for transgender rights and protest President Donald Trump’s administration’s recent legislation on trans bathroom rights. It was amazing to see the outpouring support for the trans community from individuals of all ages and backgrounds.

The protest was smaller than I had hoped it would be. After the Buffalo Women’s March, I was optimistic that the thousands of folks who showed up for that event would continue to advocate for the minority groups impacted by the Trump administration, like transgender people. Unfortunately, this was not the case.

If you consider yourself an advocate for women’s rights, then it is essential to include trans women in that advocacy, because trans women deserve equal rights just as much as cisgender (non-transgender) women do.

On Feb. 22, the Trump administration sent a letter to public school districts, which revoked protections for transgender public school students that allowed them to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.

Last May, President Obama sent a similar letter to public school districts indicating that Title IX, which protects students from discrimination based on sex, also encompasses protections for transgender students. (snip)

The Trump administration purports that this shift in position is not about discrimination, but is rather a “states’ rights” issue.

Proponents of Jim Crow laws and segregation in public schools cited “states’ rights.” Anti-suffragists who opposed women’s right to vote claimed their stance was about “states’ rights.” And perhaps most famously and egregiously, slave owners claimed their right to own slaves was a “states’ rights” issue. (snip)

These bills undermine trans peoples’ very humanity and right to exist.

[fwdude]

Remember when they said that Lawrence v. Texas and the homosexuality question was STRICTLY about the activities of consenting ADULTS in PRIVATE?

Only the propagandists said that. Scalia's eyes were wide open about the implications. And he was proven correct.

[Dandy]

How about “Trans Fat”???

[publius911]

Trans rights are human rights (barf alert)

No they're not.

Perverts are not human.

[publius911]

It was amazing to see the outpouring support for the trans community from individuals of all ages and backgrounds.
The protest was smaller than I had hoped it would be.

Ignore Muddy Fowler
And don't bother looking up the definition of "Cognitive Dissonance."

That ignorant clueless imbecile is it...

[Trillian]

If you consider yourself an advocate for women’s rights, then it is essential to include trans women in that advocacy, because trans women deserve equal rights just as much as cisgender (non-transgender) women do.

Real women are just called WOMEN. Men in dresses, are not women. People who use the word cisgender have zero intelligence and are trying to sound intelligent.