I've never been a fan of the Department of Homeland Security.
At its inception just the use of the word "homeland" in the name sent shivers down my spine and brought images of brown shirts to my frontal cortex.
It was supposedly created to assist in making us all feel safe. Except that "all" has apparently always had limits.
Michelle Rempel (Calgary) voted against transgender protections last time they were before the House of Commons. That Bill was introduced by NDP MP Randall Garrison.
She spoke in favor of Bill C-16 last Friday.
Governor John Bel Edwards (D) and Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) spent yesterday before Judge Todd Hernandez in Baton Rouge arguing Bel Edwards' executive order prohibiting discrimination against LGBT people in state government.
Queer Kid Stuff is dedicated to the early education of children in regards to queer issues. The human Lindsay and the stuffed bear Teddy attempt to communicate with kids in an engaging manner so that they might grow up somewhat knowledgeable about LGBT people and our place in the world.
You probably won't be surprised that a number of critics have called this brainwashing.
Blake Wells is a student at the Canadian Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario.
Jeydon Wale is a teen Youtube sensation (he has 851,188 followers) from Ontario, Canada.
Jeydon has been on YouTube for 9 years now. Jeydon's recent video efforts have centered around his coming out as transgender.
The coming out video had over a half million views:
US District Judge Reed O'Connor of Wichita Falls, Texas ruled on Sunday that "continued lack of access in public schools to bathrooms matching transgender persons' gender identity won't cause them irreparable harm."
Secretary of State John Kerry released a statementfor Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Transgender persons around the world are targeted by rising levels of violence fueled by hatred and bigotry.
This past Monday Ramsey County (MN) Judge William Leary ruled that trans people on medical assistance have the right to gender transition surgeries.
Transman Evan Thomas, 64, had sued the Department of Human Services over the ban on such services that had been in place.
It is Transgender Awareness Week, It started Monday. It will culminate on the 20th with Transgender Day of Remembrance.
I have to admit that I have never had political message bumper stickers on my car...or any other message that might inflame someone to deface my vehicle.
