Tag: transphobia

DOJ: Businesses Can Discriminate Against Transgender Workers (1) (1)

monstera-truck:

motelmachines:

whyyoustabbedme:

This is fucked up

Incredibly fucked up

also if this happens a lot of trans people may end up homeless and the. the government turns the other eye- proves how much they hate us!!!!!

W o w

DOJ: Businesses Can Discriminate Against Transgender Workers (1) (1)

itsjustabutton:

thepictoblr:

If you’re a young person in Ohio, DON’T tell your therapist you are trans. You may think “oh but my therapist would never tell my parents!” No, you don’t understand, there’s a hellova lot of people who dont give two shits about the morality of their actions, all they care about is being law abiding citizens. If they’ve made it a felony to not tell parents about trans clients, then people are gonna tell parents about trans clients. Confidentiality of you identity doesn’t exist any more. Don’t. Tell. Your. Therapist.

It’s awesome that op is raising awareness about this, but the information is slightly incorrect – probably due to the ambiguous wording of pretty much everyone reporting on House Bill 658 (”Parents Rights Act”).

HB658 is not yet law. So trans youth are relatively safe when it comes to confidentiality…for now. If signed into law, this bill would allow therapists, teachers, etc. to legally break confidentially on topics of transitioning and dysphoria if the minor “has exhibited symptoms of gender dysphoria or otherwise demonstrates a desire to be treated in a manner opposite of the child’s biological sex, to immediately notify the child’s parents, guardian, or custodian” (click link for more details).

Fighting this bill is important, not only for Ohio transgender youth, but for the rest of America. The passing of this bill into law would set a precedent for other states to follow suit.

Here’s how to fight HB658

  • call or write to Ohio House Speaker Ryan Smith
  • (614) 466-1366 (the # given by ohiohouse.gov) or (614) 412-4237 (the # given by Equality Ohio) 
    • “Introduce yourself, say where you live, and that this bill is damaging to transgender kids. Then ask that it not be moved forward.” Wouldn’t hurt to mention that you’re an eligible/future voter either.
    • seriously, a call only takes a few minutes…you could do it during a commercial break
  • educate yourself on the bill and donate to Equality Ohio 

Calling or writing would be the most immediate effective action, but even donating $5 if you don’t have the time would be a big help.

Protect transgender youth by opposing House Bill 658 and supporting LGBT+ rights advocates!

And like OP, please spread the word on social media! Show them that we will not tolerate this abuse.

kawaii-clam:

lesbianchemicalplant:

There’s now a gofundme for Maddie, the 12 year-old trans girl being witchhunted, so her family can move somewhere safer: https://www.gofundme.com/move4maddie

Uhhhhh since OP didn’t add this

TRIGGER WARNING

The details of this GoFundMe contains the content of those transphobic threats of violence and abuse that sparked this! Be careful to scroll past the details if you want to donate but find the story triggering!!!

karnythia:

sleepydumpling:

the-awkward-turt:

theroguefeminist:

pustulus-maximus:

yarking:

micdotcom:

Watch: Viral clip shows a woman in genderless clothing being ejected from a ladies’ bathroom by the police.

I saw this tagged as transphobia and while the laws and atmosphere that surrounds this is very much grounded in transphobia, I think it’s worth mentioning that that’s a cis woman.

So you know.

Fucking thanks, TERFs. Aren’t you glad bathroom laws trying to prevent “men” from entering the ladies room has caused two male police officers to eject cis women from the bathroom already? Since that’s the only women you care about maybe you might actually spend longer than .5 seconds thinking about possible fucking reprocussions of this shit now.

Oh my goooooddddd this shit is ridiculous. Like, this law has always been complete and utter transphobic bullshit, but here’s the god damn proof it will never work the way these idiots want it to. You cannot determine someone’s gender by the clothes they wear. Fuck, I get misgendered and called a man all the time. Do I need to bring my I.D. next time I take a shit? I am so tired of this garbage. Let people use the damn bathroom they want to.

But this is exactly the outcome of laws like this: policing and punishing people who deviate from the gender norm. The direct target is of course trans people (with the brunt of the focus on trans women), but anyone who doesn’t fit with the norms will also be impacted by the law because now there’s a witch hunt against anyone who doesn’t seamlessly blend in.

Isn’t it terribly ironic that this law was intended to prevent men from entering a woman’s bathroom and harassing women (which wasn’t actually happening) and it has directly resulted in male police officers entering the women’s bathroom and harassing a woman?

If you’re horrified at cis women being treated like this, you sure as shit better be horrified at trans women being treated like that too.

There have been at least 3 other incidents of cis men entering women’s bathrooms under the guise of “protecting” them from trans women. These bills literally gave cis men a better excuse for invading the women’s restroom. 

It’s always been about policing gender expression, pure and simple – and the proof is that police are using it as a pretext to harass not only trans women, but also AFAB folks (who, in theory, they want to be using the women’s restroom) who present as masculine. (This has happened to a nonbinary friend of mine more than once.) And since transphobes regard trans women as simply men who flout gender norms by dressing like women (and vice versa), it stands to reason that they would treat cis women who dress “like men” similarly.