What it is #TERFweek is a week of education, raising awareness and openly talking about the abuse our communities have endured at the hands of the Trans Exclusionary […]
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Houston trans-inclusive equity ordinance survives
Houston Mayor Annise Parker and City Attorney David Feldman announced that the effort to overturn equality failed to collect enough valid petition signatures to put minority rights up […]
Houston, know thy bigots: outing the haters
The Houston Area Pastors Council (HPAC), an organization led by men who sexually harassed women (and who tried to misrepresent the sexual abuse to the public), has […]
Anti-LGBT bigot caught engaging in election fraud in Texas
Engaging in fraud in order to overturn LGBT and especially trans equality in cities throughout the nation is nothing new for anti-equality bigots. In the […]
Pastor who warned of “transgender predators” sexually harasses and assaults women
Houston recently passed a nondiscrimination ordinance protecting the following 15 classes: Sex, Race, Color, Ethnicity, National Origin, Age, Familial Status, Marital Status, Military Status, Religion, Disability, Sexual […]
The Playbook: Equality comes to Houston, the fringe freaks out, threatens to kill Mayor [UPDATED]
On Wednesday, May 28, 2014, the Houston City Council approved a sweeping non-discrimination ordinance barring discrimination against 15 protected classes, including an explicit protection against discrimination […]
Bees love tees: or how a bisexual street activist became a strong ally for his trans* brothers and sisters
[su_waltertop] I have a confession, I wasn’t always such a strong advocate for my brothers and sisters in the trans* community. It’s not that I […]
Monica Jones, AZ Transgender Woman convicted of Walking While Trans
[su_kellibusey2] This law is a vague statute which enables officers to arrest woman for no other reason than asking if they are police. The law […]
The Third Wave Fund: empowering communities to fight for gender, racial, and economic justice
The Third Wave Fund (TWF) is a feminist, activist foundation that works nationally to support the vision and voices of young women, transgender and gender nonconforming […]