Forced Child Masculinization In Malaysia?

Was alarmed to hear about this revolting development coming out of Malaysia.   

66 kids deemed by their teachers as 'effeminate' boys were taken out of their classrooms and sent to four day government sponsored boot camps in which they will try to 'indoctrinate away the trans and gay'.   The camps will involve physical training and teaching "masculine behavior" to keep them on the "right" path.

Umm hmm.   Who's to say they aren't on the 'right path' now?   

Besides, I know a bunch of people in this community who got GI Joes, Hot Wheels cars and toy guns for Christmas, were all district performers in football and other various sports, Boy Scouts, joined the military and still transitioned.

There are people I know who had 'masculine childhoods that are so far out of the rainbow closet a Navy SEAL team couldn't shove them back in.

Malaysian activists have tried to shut down the camps but so far have failed in their attempts to do so.  Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has turned a deaf ear to public outcry over the masculinization camps, which violate the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the Malaysian Child Act of 2001  

The stated purpose of the Child Act is to protect children "in all circumstances without regard to distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, social origin or physical, mental or emotional disabilities or any other status."

Forcibly sending effeminate kids to a four day camp in order to keep them on the subjectively deemed by some adult 'right gender path' could be counterproductive to the health and welfare of the kids stigmatized by being sent to these camps in the first place.


Let's just hope that Prime Minister Razak sees the light and stops this idiotic program.

Dallas County Adds Trans Protections

On a 3-2 party line vote this morning, the Dallas County Commissioners added trans protections to the county's non discrimination policy after 30 minutes of public commentary.

Voting for the successful proposal were Democrats Judge Clay Jenkins, Commissioner Dr. Elba Garcia and Commissioner John Wiley Price.    Voting against were the two Republicans commissioners Maurine Dickey and Mike Cantrell.

Note the interesting point trans community, that part of Dickey's district covers the Oak Lawn gayborhood.   She voted FOR the sexual orientation ones but AGAINST the trans community.  

Let's just say the next time I'm visiting my friends and relatives in Dallas I won't be eating or spending my money at Dickey's Barbecue anymore..  

“The community’s participation is what made this happen — the letters, the phone calls, the people who showed up here,” said Resource Center Dallas’ Rafael McDonnell to the Dallas Voice. “The fact that this was done in five weeks is what really surprises me. Five weeks is the blink of an eye in government time.”

Now the trans employees who are part of the 7000 person workforce of Dallas County have the same employment protections as everyone else.   

And the GL community has lived up to the principles that bear the city's name.

Showdown On Elm Street

In a few hours we'll find out if the trans residents of Dallas County, Texas will have their employment rights protected in the county non discrimination policy like the GL folks were back in March.

A County Order is part the Commissioners Court business that kicks off at 9 AM CDT, and it should be a packed house to witness this event. 

If you can attend, please do so because we can presume the haters will be there in force.   Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins wants you to be at the County Administration building located at 411 Elm St. for what could be a historic day. 

We'll find out if they have and who the elusive third vote is to pass this.  .

If you want to remind those commissioners one more time to do the right thing and add gender identity to the non discrimination policy or thank Judge Jenkins and Commissioner Garcia for their hard work on this issue, as always, be nice and respectful while doing so.

County Judge Clay Jenkins – 214-653-7949
Email: Clay.Jenkins@DallasCounty.org
Dist. 1 Maurine Dickey – 214-653-7552
Email: Maurine.Dickey@DallasCounty.org
Dist. 2 Mike Cantrell – 214-653-6100
Email: MCantrell@DallasCounty.org
Dist. 3 John Wiley Price – 214-653-6671
Email: John.Price@DallasCounty.org
Dist. 4 Dr. Elba Garcia – 214-653-6670
Email: Elba.GarciaDDS@DallasCounty.org
 


Y'all need to do the right thing for Andy Moreno, Ms T-DART and other trans residents of Dallas County and pass this addition to the policy.    We are (or soon will be in Ms. Moreno's case) tax paying residents of Dallas County.

And yes, may I remind you we vote too.

Dallas County Commissioners To Hold Tuesday Vote Adding Gender Identity To Non Discrimination Policy

Been following the drama up I-45 in Dallas County that started March 22 when a non discrimination policy was passed  for the 7000 county employees that omitted the trans community.

Newly elected Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and county commissioner Dr. Elba Garcia were fulfilling a campaign promise and believed that the sexual orientation language would cover the trans community.   To their credit, when they were told it wouldn't they began working on adding gender identity language to the just amended policy.

While Judge Jenkins awaited an opinion from the District Attorney he and Dr. Garcia fought to get that elusive third vote to pass the gender identity addition.   Dallas area TBLG advocates spoke in front of commissioners court and flooded the court with e-mails and calls in support of the policy change .  

Despite that, Commissioner John Wiley Price is undecided, and Commissioner Maurine Dickey, whose district includes the Oak Lawn gayborhood earlier this week disrespectfully came out against it.

According to the Dallas Voice, Commissioners Court has an upcoming April 26 meeting will take place at 9 AM CDT at the county administration building at 411 Elm St.   On the agenda is the Court Order that would add “transgender, gender identity and gender expression” to the Dallas County non discrimination policy.  

“One thing you could do to help me out on this, is show up en masse,” Jenkins said to the Dallas Voice. “I figure people who don’t want this to pass will probably show up, so it would be nice if we had equal representation there.” 

So Dallas area trans peeps and our supporters, Judge Jenkins needs your help.   If you can be there, show up on April 26 for that meeting.   If you can't, then call or e-mail the Dallas County commissioners court and urge them to vote for the policy  .

And yes, you know Moni is going to help you make it easy for you to be agents for your own liberations:

And as always, be nice and respectful while doing so.

County Judge Clay Jenkins – 214-653-7949
Email: Clay.Jenkins@DallasCounty.org
Dist. 1 Maurine Dickey – 214-653-7552
Email: Maurine.Dickey@DallasCounty.org
Dist. 2 Mike Cantrell – 214-653-6100
Email: MCantrell@DallasCounty.org
Dist. 3 John Wiley Price – 214-653-6671
Email: John.Price@DallasCounty.org
Dist. 4 Dr. Elba Garcia – 214-653-6670
Email: Elba.GarciaDDS@DallasCounty.org

  

The Bathroom Predators Are Cis People

One of the memes coming from 'white' wing opponents and the haters that are used to attack trans rights bills is that ciswomen would be in danger of violence or sexual assault if transwomen are allowed to use female restrooms like we have since 1953 without incident.

But as the following video shot at a Baltimore area McDonald's shows, they got it bassackwards.   In reality it's transwomen and our cissisters with ambiguous gender cues who have to fear for our lives and our human dignity when we visit public restrooms.   

Either we've been violently attacked by ciswomen or thrown out of bathrooms by misguided cispeople for simply needing to relieve ourselves .

The Mickey D's in question if y'all want to picket is located at 6315 Kenwood Avenue in Rosedale, MD.  The video of the April 18 assault was shot by Vernon Hackett, an employee (for now) of the McDonalds in question.

TRIGGER WARNING for this one.



Okay, What's up with trans women and McDonald's attacks? There was the July 10, 2006 Christina Sforza one in New York, then the one that happened in Memphis, now we have this one in the Baltimore 'burbs.




And you Gay, Inc peeps and short time well-to-do Maryland transwomen apologists for them wanted to compromise with Del Joseline Pena-Melnyk and the now departed EQ MD executive director Morgan Meneses-Sheets on public accommodations language in the thankfully dead HB 235? 

This is fracking why there is NO COMPROMISING on public accommodations language in trans rights bills.   It also emphatically points out that when it comes to who the real bathroom predators are, they are overwhelmingly cis people.

Keep On Spinnin' EQ Maryland and Gay. Inc

In the days since HB 235 was laid to rest in committee, the inEquality Maryland Scream Team and their vanilla trans acolytes are still griping and moaning about how their unjust bill died.

And I love how they keep trying to minimize the role that Trans Maryland, Trans United and us 'out of town' bloggers had in killing their abomination of a trans rights bill.

Well, unlike 2001 where your GL spinmeistering would have been the dominant narrative, new decade, new rules.   We transpeeps have access to the 'Internets' now and have major blogs with lots of traffic to show your sins that you won't confess to.

Take it away, Kat.

Those Of You Who Refuse To Publicly Acknowledge What You've Done That Was Wrong?  Umm, Yes


And Ashley and Sandy




Keep that spin coming...     We know who helped kill HB 235     Now where's my appletini?