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Justa Bunch Of Gay Guys Sittin’ Around Talkin’ Transgender Exclusion

Just in case anybody forgot transphobia is alive and well in the gay community. Matter of fact many gay men feel nothing about putting transgender inclusion with the LGB up for debate among one another as we’re witnessing on a forum.  As one of them astutely points out, “Trans gender isn’t an orientation, so I’m [...]

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Will The Real Transgender Community Leadership Please Stand Up?

We’re so confused. We were informed just this morning by transgender activist Ashley Love that Robin McGehee and co. (Get Equal) are actually the BFF of the Transgender community. Who knew?! And all this time we mistakenly believed that the transgender community might be a bit put out by the fact that ENDA was pushed [...]

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Robin McGehee, Gay Inc. Bloggers, Lay It Out: Transgender Community You’ve Been Dismissed

Well we guess it’s official. We knew big orgs like Human Rights Campaign, National Gay And Lesbian Task Force and the rest of the equality types had all but drop kicked the transgender community off the equality wagon.  But we didn’t think they’d make it so obvious. While Get Equal’s Robin McGehee prepares for her [...]

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Autumn Sandeen: Transgender Leader Or Get Equal’s Auntie Tomasina?

Transgender veteran Autumn Sandeen is featured today on That’s So Gay Live. The Get Equal activist talks about her experiences being arrested for chaining herself to the White House fence and all the merry adventures had this year in protesting DADT. She also extols on the virtues of social media in creating consensus and support [...]

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From The Root: Will DADT’s Repeal Mend Obama’s Rift With LGBT Leaders?

By: David Kaufman Posted: December 22, 2010 at 12:44 AM The Root With the repeal of “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” President Obama is well on his way to fulfilling his campaign promises to the LGBT community. But some activists still question his commitment. When President Obama signs legislation Wednesday repealing “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” he [...]

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Repubs Marvel At Gay Inc.’s Stunning Cold Shoulder Towards Imprisoned Soldier Prvt. Brad “Wikileaks” Manning

Nice. Private Brad Manning is back in the news again: Salon’s post The Inhuman Conditions Of Brad Manning’s Detention. This is good news, Manning’s  name cropping up again after a lengthy period of silence. We’re glad to see it and happy to do our share. The mere acknowledgment of Manning’s existence has of course been [...]

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