Maddow on contraception battle.
This seriously makes me want to stand on my desk and raise my fist in solidarity.
[NB: more than just people who identify as ‘women’ need/want access to contraception and abortion]
(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
Aw, look at this cute kiddie understanding of gender equality.
File under: I do not think this means what you think this means.
It’s this patchwork of state laws concerning documentation that hurts trans people everywhere and limits our opportunities to not only vote but to avoid discrimination when looking for a home or a job.
What I find interesting about this type of voter suppression is that it’s obviously against everything we stand for as Americans and a society because it oppresses groups of marginalized Americans, telling us through these added barriers to vote, that our voices do not matter and that we do not have a say.
It’s sad that the fundamental democratic right to vote and be heard is something trans people have to add to our laundry list of civic duties taken away from us simply because we choose to live our lives most authentically.
Minus the patriotism, this is a great point.
You mean 41% of transgender citizens HAVE their ID reflect their correct gender.
Protip: IDs are for IDENTIFICATION. Their purpose is not to give you a creative outlet for the expression of your oh-so-unique gender identity, but to authenticate your identity when it’s necessary. Thus once again, this is a case where physical facts top ~*identity*~.
If you really insist, have IDs say “sex” instead of “gender” (not that they’re truly separable, but that’s another story and one that I’ve explained at least a thousand times over), but this is bullshit.
The thing is, your ID impacts where you can and cannot go, and has legal implications. If someone is a transwomen, but their ID says male, then they will have to go through a male patdown in an airport, or they’d have to be in a male jail-cell among many things.
Also, I could provide scientific literature explaining how trans-identities are a physical, measurable thing, and how the gender binary has been debunked scientifically if you want.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/q025616175225557/ is one of the first (and one of the most cited) research papers used to argue for trans* rights.
Trans is not some made up bullshit, (though I used to think that).
What will happen:
sex
What won’t happen:
safe sex
What will happen:
abortion
What won’t happen:
safe abortions
Can’t put it much more simply than that.
#TRUTH
I do not want to be “better” then a man. I don’t want to “drive better” or “fight better” or “date better.” I simply want to be treated the same. I’m really not having some sort of revolutionary epiphany when I say that when you start dehumanizing people, everyone loses.
As long as women’s natural body hair is called disgusting and inappropriate while men’s isn’t, I am a feminist.
As long as I can’t watch an episode of a popular sitcom without having to sit through multiple sexist comments or “jokes”, I am a feminist.
As long as women have to face the rational…
(Source: elizabethjane1309)
First All Female African-American Flight Crew.
Captain Rachelle Jones, first officer Stephanie Grant and flight attendants Diana Galloway and Robin Rogers made history on February 12th, 2009 when their Atlanta-based Delta Connection carrier departed from Atlanta to Nashville, Tennessee.
Yesss!!!!!
