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Category: Marti Abernathey

Marti Abernathey · Opinion

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Is NGLTF’s Executive Director, Rea Carey, a Trans-Exclusive Radical Feminist?

  • May 3, 2013

Is the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s executive director, Rea Carey, a Trans-Exclusive Radical Feminist?  If I was a Christian and “liked”  Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church on my Facebook page, would[...]

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Marti Abernathey · Politics

2

If you Want to Lobby for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Stay Home

  • April 26, 2013

I recently received an email from Mara Keisling asking me to join the: “National Center for Transgender Equality and the Transgender People of Color Coalition in Washington, DC on June[...]

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34

The Human Rights Campaign Just Needs More Education About Transphobia

  • December 9, 2012

The Human Rights Campaign has a history of making moves that make it seem like it is becoming more and more trans aware/friendly/positive. After all, they hired Allyson Robinson: and[...]

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I Get The Anger, But Hate Isn’t The Answer

  • October 27, 2012

Over the last few days I’ve seen a lot of anger from the trans community over the Roseanne Barr controversy. I do understand the anger. We are often portrayed as[...]

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What Did Roseanne Say That Was So Transphobic?

  • October 27, 2012

I heard that question asked over and over on Twitter last night after Roseanne Barr tweeted: Well the short answer is, “where do I start?” Barr is speaking of is[...]

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Right Wing Throwing Transphobic Hatred at Rachel Maddow?

  • October 1, 2012

What would you say if I told you that right wingers on Facebook were throwing transphobic, misogynistic slurs around like this: “a nasty two cent slut ….h. mmmmmm” “Whoopie should[...]

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32

Radical Lesbian Separatism in LGBT Activism: Hyding in Plain Sight?

  • August 25, 2011

I recently posted “Transphobic Radical Hate Didn’t Start With Brennan: The Sandy Stone-Olivia Records Controversy” to point to the past of anti-trans radical feminist bigotry. Pointing out the past is[...]

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Transphobic Radical Hate Didn’t Start With Brennan: The Sandy Stone-Olivia Records Controversy

  • August 24, 2011

When Cathy Brennan recently published her transphobic missive to the UN at radfem Hub, it reminded me of a similar kind of radical feminist transphobic screeds from the past. In[...]

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11

Reparative Therapy for Trans Youth: Kenneth Zucker is Different from George Rekers How?

  • June 8, 2011

Watching this recent CNN story on reparative therapy and the damage it did to George Reker’s poster child (Kirk Andrew Murphy), I was struck by the similarity of this story[...]

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