Just like the people you are damaging with those opinions have the right to call you to the carpet on your shit. 

saneoldsameold:

because another black trans* woman is dead three blocks from where Paige Clay was found murdered in April and major Chicago news outlets won’t even give her the basic respect of using her chosen name.

Because our young black girls are dying at an alarming rate and even…

signal boost.

Sometimes it’s hard to step away from our personal crusades, the ones the benefit us, like the issue of gay marriage. Like the OP said, that’s important. But we have trans* sisters out there who are afraid for their lives, for their right to exist. Sure, I want the right to marriage equality. But I can’t, in good conscience, put that before someone’s right to survive. This is something the lgbtq community needs to be talking about. 

everyjoyitbrings:

http://www.advocate.com/crime/2012/08/16/trans-teen-murdered-chicago

She is the second trans woman to be murdered in Chicago in the last 4 months alone.

We need to acknowledge that DMAB trans* people, particularily trans women of color, are the most vulnerable members of our community.
I’m…

thechocolatebrigade:

dizzzypie:

I am so tired of transmisogynistic radscum bullshit.

Honestly, I’ve been thinking about starting a petition and if we get enough people to sign it maybe Tumblr will finally fucking change their blocking system because I would love for Tumblr’s…

femmesandfamily:

Let’s not just send our anger to bugbrennan herself, we also need to call out her supporters.

One of them is http://thesoftedge.tumblr.com/ who called brennan a “saint” for dealing with those of us who call her out.

I think we need to call this person out as well.

Reblogging because Femmesandfmaily is right, this kind of shit is unacceptable. Those of you that know me in real life know that I am the biggest proponent of free speech in the world. I may not like what you have to say but I will defend to my death your right to say it…but on one condition. When you match your words with violence and threats, that is where the line is drawn. The trans community has enough hatred on their plate, and more than enough stupid being thrown at them. These jokers, who call themselves feminist, then turn around and deny respect to other women( because trans women ARE women) is fucking unacceptable. It’s toxic. And those of us who can stand up to them should.

transawareness:

The above article is an update.  Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost.  She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender.  She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.

Please, if you haven’t signed the petition, sign it, reblog it, ask your friends to sign it.  Lets get on the ball and spread the word.

Sign It.

(via rematiration)

fyeahqueervintage:

transsuccess:

Trans* Success would like to ask any interested members to sign a petition to reinstate Jenna Talackova as a Miss Universe Canada Contestant.  She was disqualified due to her trans status though there is no rule anywhere in the books saying that she had to be born a cisgender female in order to compete.  Sometimes people have to fight for what they want and our community is well aware of this fact.  Jenna refuses to go down without a fight.  Be the difference and help Jenna create her own success story.

Here’s her story.

Not vintage, but important.

Ms. Talackova has been disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada contest solely for being transgender. This is discriminatory, unjust, and quite frankly disgusting. She is a woman and deserves to be treated as any other woman would be. What kind of genitals she was or was not born with (and even what kind of genitals she has today) is completely irrelevant. This petition is to get her reinstated as a contestant, since she was unfairly disqualified.

(via lgbtlaughs)

femmesandfamily:

this article has some problematic language I will edit.

thedailywhat:

This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Miss Universe Canada announced yesterday that 23-year-old finalist Jenna Talackova of Vancouver was disqualified from the Donald Trump-owned beauty pageant, but didn’t provide a reason.

“She did not meet the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form,” competition officials said in a statement. Talackova, however, says she knows exactly why she was disqualified: She was born with male genitalia.  She is a trans woman.

The 6’1” bombshell underwent sexual reassignment surgery in 2010 after living most of her life as a woman. is a woman.

She wouldn’t speak with the press concerning the unceremonious scrubbing of her profile from the Miss Universe Canada website, but did take to Twitter to bemoan rightly complain about being “disqualified for being born.”

Many have noted that Miss Universe Canada’s only expressed requirements are that the contestant be a Canadian citizen and between the ages of 18 and 27. Nary a mention of gender confirmation surgery as being grounds for dismissal.

On Twitter, Talackova implied that she’s down but not through. “I’m disqualified, however I’m not giving up,” she tweeted. “I’m not going to just let them disqualify me over discrimination.”

[theprovince / ctv.]

feministsbakecupcakestoo:

oliveracedavis:

tyleroakley:

h8sux:

Strangers Stand Up Against Transphobic Mom at Restaurant

Ugh. These always put me in tears. Watch.

Yup, I cried.

Me too.