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Family of transgender student targeted by harassment hoax speaks out
I’d like to introduce you to a 16-year-old high school student who I’m going to refer to as “Jane Doe.” I’m calling her “Jane” because, after an ex-gay organization orchestrated an international smear campaign against her, numerous individuals have stated that she should be beaten and killed….
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The Color Purple
Nearly everyday I walk from my office in downtown Washington to the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station where I catch a train home. And without fail, nearly everyday I encounter the same group of black trans kids of both genders whom I have gotten to know rather well. I stop and listen to them tell me their stories and they have told me that I’m the only “fat old white dude” who has every really cared enough to stop and not only spend time with them, but more importantly- listen. They are a minority within a minority and their stories of adversity in their lives could fill chapters in a sad novel. For them, today I am wearing purple…
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Halloween horrors: The ghost of Proposition 8 returns…
The majority of California’s “innocent children” are under attack from a vile, twisted bunch hoping to ogle the opposite sex in the bathroom. Just as in Prop 8, the LGBT community is being equated with pedophiles. That tired old “abnormal” and “sick” paint brush is being used collectively on the trans community, as if simply being different makes one unworthy of equal treatment under the law. … Given all the similarities to Prop 8 messaging, it’s no surprise that the National Organization for Marriage is behind this petition drive, or that Prop 8′s chief strategist, Frank Schubert, works on this campaign as well.
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Transgender high school student in N.H. crowned Homecoming King
CONCORD, N.H. — A transgender high school senior in New Hampshire has been crowned homecoming king at Concord High School.
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Bryan Fischer lashes out at transgender homecoming queen
A transgender California teenager has been a target of bullying after she was named her high school’s homecoming queen, and now American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer has joined in the backlash against the sixteen-year-old. Fischer called her election as homecoming queen a “charade” that “violates every known standard of decency and normality.”
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Pa. school board nixes transgender homecoming king entry
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania school board won’t let a student who was born female but identifies as male run for homecoming king.
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Social media trolls hammer transgender homecoming queen
A transgender teen in Orange County, Calif., who was crowned her school’s Homecoming Queen last week, has been deluged by an outpouring of negative feedback on and transphobic comments on social media.
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Transgender teen crowned Homecoming Queen at Calif. high school
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A transgender student made history Friday night when she was elected crowned homecoming queen at an Orange County, Calif. high school.
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NOM, Prop. 8 players join bid to repeal Calif. transgender student rights law
SAN FRANCISCO — An effort to overturn a new law allowing transgender students to choose which school restrooms they use and whether to play boys or girls sports got a boost Friday when a major player in the passage of California’s now-defunct same-sex marriage ban threw its support behind the campaign.
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Transgender teen selected finalist for school’s homecoming queen
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A transgender student at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., has been selected as one of the top 10 finalists for her school’s Homecoming Queen.