Clear Anti-Discrimination Policy is Needed at HCC?

Sep 27, 11 Clear Anti-Discrimination Policy is Needed at HCC?

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Views: 800I recently blogged about a Houston Community College (HCC) instructor that instigated anti-trans bullying in his classroom.  A transgender student sat stunned in Donny Leveston’s classroom as he handed out tranny porn educational material to the students. Here’s a sample of what the instructor handed out to his...

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Houston Community College: Trans People Need Not Apply?

Sep 20, 11 Houston Community College: Trans People Need Not Apply?

Posted by in 2010s, Accommodation

Views: 4421Many of you will remember that Houston Community College (HCC) seemed to have attempted to cover up the anti-trans bashing of Lance Reyna, a female-to-male transgender student after he suffered an on-campus attack. On June 22, 2010 Reyna was washing his hands in the restroom when a man with a shaved head said in a mocking...

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Anti-Trans UN Letter: A MUST Read!

Aug 27, 11 Anti-Trans UN Letter: A MUST Read!

Posted by in Accommodation, Civil Rights

Views: 928If you read my blog, you will already know that I’ve condemned the Brennan-Hungerford anti-trans UN letter in, what is for me, the strongest way possible. I noted how closely their claims match the well-worn unsupported anti-trans claims made by hate groups and right-wing zealots. I also had some things to say about...

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Transgender People Should be Barred from Restrooms

Aug 07, 11 Transgender People Should be Barred from Restrooms

Posted by in Accommodation, Civil Rights, Derp

Views: 9704I was recently made aware of a disgusting revival of some of the same Raymondiod fallacies that has been used against trans people since the 1970s. This time the TS Separatist, Dana Lane Taylor has, in a stunning display sycophantic credulity, hopped onto the Raymondism bandwagon saying: The sooner the transgender...

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A Covenant House Win!

Views: 1147Over the past week, I’ve struggled with the best way to recount the long and sometimes painful story of how Houston’s Covenant House youth shelter began supporting Houston’s homeless transgender youth population. My own history as an advocate within the transgender community is directly tied to Covenant...

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Dr Ruth Jacobs

Views: 863I recently said that I thought the the fundamentalist wackos would be coming out of the woodwork soon since they can see the righting on the wall: GLBT people will be afforded the same rights and responsibilities as other citizens in the near future. Some of you might remember Ruth Jacobs from her public smack-down in DC....

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