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Hate Criminality

Submitted by Robyn on Mon, 03/20/2017 - 2:37pm

It's something one doesn't see every day. Well, the hate is often visible, but labeling an attack of a transgender person as a hate crime just doesn't happen all that much. Even when a trans woman, usually a trans woman of color, is murdered, investigators have this way of looking for other reasons as to why it happened. Often there is a blame-the-victim mentality.

Last Friday a New York man beat two transgender women in Jackson Heights, Queens as they attempted to enter a McDonald's.

Trump, who was described here as a patriot, needs to be

Submitted by mimi on Mon, 03/20/2017 - 3:24am

resisted to, for patriotic reasons. I have not much power of thought or words, but feel I still can recognize those, who have.

Chris Hedges tells us again the way "patriotic" despotism advances to sink the ship of democracy, like the Titanic, slowly but surely.

Montana bill would ask for referendum on whether transgender people exist

Submitted by Robyn on Sun, 03/19/2017 - 2:13pm

Rep. Carl Glimm (R-Kila) has introduced a bill written by the Montana Family Association which defines sex as "a person's immutable biological sex as objectively determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth." As such it would restrict transgender people to public restrooms and locker rooms designated for the sex assigned to them at birth.

Sunday Album Open Thread: See Reverse Side for Title

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 03/19/2017 - 2:00pm

Some Albums really stood out for one reason or another, but never seemed to get the recognition they deserved. There are others that I just like to play every once in a while.

See Reverse Side for Title - The Jim Kweskin Jug Band

Had to build this out of single cuts, sorry

Naturally, this is an open thread too.

Blues in the Bottle

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