The Post About Transphobic Jokes

So recently Janet Mock went on the Breakfast Club to talk about her book and the whole interview created this wave on social media called #TransFolksArentJokes . Basically, comedian Lil Duval make a joke about killing a transgender woman if he found out she was transgender after he slept with her. I honestly hated the fact that Janet was going to do this interview because I know that Charlamagne is an asshole, but this is just disgusting. The fact that you invited a New York Times best selling author onto your show just to have your guest host misgender her is ridiculous. And then your guest host made this disgusting joke

Okay, I'm just gonna start on how I feel about this. Transphobic jokes lead to anti trans violence and murders. It is beyond time for everyone, whether you are transgender or not, to show up and saym trans folks are not jokes. That is what Raquel Willis said in her Twitter video in response to the Breakfast Club interview. People are also calling advertisers to the Breakfast Club to get them off the air and also people are calling for a boycott. 

We need more folks, whether trans or not, to definitively state where they are when it comes to our humanity. The silence must end and if you're truly invested in liberation show up for trans folks publicly. Transgender people do not deserve to die because you are attracted to them. Men are too scared to let others know that they are attracted to someone who is transgender that they will kill the person to protect their masculinity. Transgender people do not have to reveal to people that they are sleeping with that they are in fact trans. Transgender people face discrimination and marginilization in all communities. Especially the black community. When Lil Duval made that joke and Charlamagne laughed, it legitimizes that thought a cisgender man will have when he meets a transgender woman. Transgender people do die for just living their lives. Recently, a transgender woman by the name of Miss Tee Tee was found murdered today in Atlanta. 

Black transgender woman are dying at an alarming rate. There have been 15 transgender deaths this year. Violent language and rhetoric towards transgender women of color continues to aid and abet the feeling towards them soon leads to their deaths. Condoning these jokes about transgender women of color is sooo wrong. Transgender people already face homelessness,cannot be allowed in public places, a great deal of chances for sexual assault, and often do not receive the appropriate healthcare that they need. And now there are people with huge platforms that are laughing at the thought of literally killing someone!!!!

The Post About Transgender Servicemembers

President Circus Peanut has tweeted out that transgender people are banned from serving in the military. This is reversing an Obama-era policy.

Here's What I Think: I am not going to go too deep into what he said because you can go to another blog for that. But this blog I will write about how I feel. So fuck Number 45. No matter what your sexual orientation or gender identity, you should not be prohibited from the honor and privilege of serving our nation. Even the Pentagon was surprised by what he said, because the orange idiot tweeted it from his bedroom. The idiot didn't even consult any of the generals and military experts. Because apparently this circus peanut knows so much about the military, despite the fact that he didn't even serve because he faked bone spurs. Moreover, the idiot said that transgender people are burdensom or disruptive because they only join the military so that they can receive healthcare. Transgender people don't go through the extremely difficult training process for selfish reasons. They don't because they truly want to serve in the military. 1 in 6 transgender people are currently serving in the military. More transgender people have fought and died for this country than members of the Tr*mp family. Transgender people face abuse just for leaving their homes and then there are brave transgender people who will fight for their country as well. The cost of trans medical care in the military is 2.4 - 8.4 million dollars, however the cost the military spends on boner pills is 84.2 million dollars. Ya'll see the priorities of the military, right? 
I just wanted to say that the care of transgender people is not a distraction. It is a human right. I stand with my transgender family. God bless you guys.

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The Post About Transgender Rights

"Last May, the Obama administration sent what's called a "Dear Colleague" letter to school districts. The letter, from the Justice and Education departments, made clear that the administration was interpreting Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, to include transgender students.

The letter stated that to be in compliance with the law, every K-12 school district, state education association and high school athletic association in the country "must not treat a transgender student differently from the way it treats other students of the same gender identity."

This week the Trump administration officially rescinded that guidance. This does not change the law. What it does is give states and districts more flexibility in their interpretation of Title IX and how they choose to accommodate transgender students."

Here's What I Think: We all saw this coming. Okay? President Cheeto was never going to protect LGBT citizens. I thought that was pretty obvious. This man is against all minorities. Transgender people should be able to use whatever bathroom they choose. There are too many people who are concerned with transgender people using bathrooms. A lot people have threatened to hurt transgender people if they use the bathroom associated with the gender they identify with. Honestly, those people are real assholes. Why can't you let people go where they want? Is that so difficult for you? If you are seriously concerned with people using the bathroom, then you seriously need to reevaluate yourself. 

For all of my transgender readers

Your feelings are valid. @Translifeline is here to help. US (877) 565 - 8860 Canada (877) 330 - 6366

A lot of people are concerned that there are creepers that are pretending to be transgender and are really just men who will go into girls bathrooms and hurt people. Listen, sexual assault is more likely to happen between two people who know each other. If you did some damn reading, you would see that this is more than bathrooms. Allowing transgender people to use what bathroom they want means they are welcome in open space. There are gendered bathrooms everywhere. They are at movie theatres, schools, places of work, places of worship and if you are not allowed to use the bathroom where you are most comfortable then you are saying that you are not allowed in open space.

Here are links to articles and resources for more information:

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/02/218195/

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/02/23/516837258/5-questions-about-the-trump-administrations-new-transgender-student-guidance

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/opinion/janet-mock-young-people-get-trans-rights-its-adults-who-dont.html?action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&module=RelatedCoverage&region=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article

http://www.glaad.org/transgender/resources