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Update: Facebook Ban and Lost Corporation Status of “Ticked-Off Trannies” Film

I recently tried to post an update on Facebook to the story ran on Transadvocate on Monday (March 22, 2010) titled:
Tribeca Film Festival Promotes Exploitation of Transgender People and got the following:

I then was auto-logged out and when I logged back in it said my login had been disabled. Since when is posting about GLAAD’s petition of the movie a violation of Facebook’s TOS? What exactly was reported as abusive? I can’t figure out if the petition itself has been reported as abusive, or the fact that someone *cough* *cough* might have been a tad pissed that my blog post mentioned the producer’s part time escort gig?

A recent search of the Texas Secretary of State website shows that LaLuna Entertainment, the company that produced the film, actually no longer exists as a corporation in the state of Texas. It’s status is listed as “Forfeited Existence” which means that Laluna Entertainment “failed to file its franchise tax return or to pay the tax due thereunder. Status is changed by secretary of state when certification of the delinquency is received from the comptroller of public accounts.”

Another reason Tribeca Film Festival should yank this film. I hope they didn’t sign any binding contracts with the “company”….

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— Marti Abernathey

Marti Abernathey is the founder and former managing editor of The Transdvocate. She's been a part of various internet radio ventures such as TSR Live!, The T-Party, and The Radical Trannies, to name a few. As an advocate she's previously been involved with the Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance, Rock Indiana Campaign for Equality, and the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition. She's taken vital roles as a grass roots community organizer in The Indianapolis Tax Day Protest (2003), The Indy Pride HRC Protest (2004), Transgender Day of Remembrance (2004), Indiana's Witch Hunt (2005), and the Rally At The Statehouse (the largest ever GLBT protest in Indiana - 3/2005). She was a delegate from Indiana to the Democratic National Convention and a member of Barack Obama's LGBT Steering and Policy Committee.

37 Comments

  1. willam says:
    July 25, 2010 at 6:39 am

    sorry the whole get-the-movie-kicked-outta-Tribeca thing didn't work out. TOTWK will be getting released theatrically this fall so plenty of time to pick out some snazzy protest outfits for your local showings.

  2. mzmartipants says:
    June 27, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    I disagree. I'm with both Carlin:

    There's a different group to get pissed off at you in this country for everything your not supposed to say. Can't say Nigger, Boogie, Jig, Jigaboo, Skinhead, Moolimoolinyon, Schvatzit, Junglebunny. Greaser, Greaseball, Dago, Guinea, Whop, Ginzo, Kike, Zebe, Heed, Yid, Mocky, Himie, Mick, Donkey, Turkey, Limey, Frog. Zip, Zipperhead, Squarehead, Crout, Hiney, Jerry, Hun, Slope, Slopehead, Chink, Gook. There is absolutely nothing wrong with any of those words in and of themselves. They're only words. It's the context that counts. It's the user. It's the intention behind the words that makes them good or bad. The words are completely neutral. The words are innocent. I get tired of people talking about bad words and bad language. Bullshit! It's the context that makes them good or bad. The context. That makes them good or bad. For instance, you take the word “Nigger.” There is absolutely nothing wrong with the word “Nigger” in and of itself. It's the racist asshole who's using it that you ought to be concerned about. We don't mind when Richard Pryor or Eddie Murphy say it. Why? Because we know they're not racist. They're niggers! Context. Context. We don't mind their context because we know they're black. Hey, I know I'm whitey, the blue-eyed devil, paddy-o, fay gray boy, honkey, mother-fucker myself. Don't bother my ass. They're only words. You can't be afraid of words that speak the truth, even if it's an unpleasant truth, like the fact that there's a bigot and a racist in every living room on every street corner in this country.

    and Tim Wise:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmLXZ6_PW9A

    Because thy're both essentially saying the same thing, that context is key. That the race of the speaker (or in our case the gender class) is what defines what is offensive. “Politically correct is just a buzz word for people who want to be inconsiderate/insensitive/hateful fuckheads. It's an excuse. You have freedom of speech, you don't have the freedom to be not be held socially accountable for your own speech. There's no public sensor, so people are allowed to say “nigger” or “faggot” in the public square without any legal retribution. But…. there's an incredible amount of social retribution in saying (especially the word nigger).

    Tranny is a word, like “nigger” and “faggot” that has no other purpose (in contest of a cis-gender person saying it) other than to dehumanize, assign (generally a lower) class and show disdain and separation from the user. Especially in the context of the greater LGBT community, we have a duty to let others know this word isn't acceptable. To do otherwise is to heap hatred and division on top your own head.

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