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McLaurin Apologizes for “Circus Freak” Comment

  • Marti Abernathey
  • April 20, 2011
  • 4

I received this from Mark  McLaurin this morning: “As an advocate and activist with a fifteen year history of working for equality in the LGBT community, I […]

  • Politics

SEIU 500 Issues Statement Concerning McLaurin’s Troubling “Circus Freak” Comment

  • Marti Abernathey
  • April 19, 2011
  • 3

From SEIU Local 500 Executive Director David Rodich: “It has come to our attention that SEIU Local 500 Political Director Mark McLaurin made what we […]

  • Politics

HB235, NCTE, ENDA, and the big Reveal

  • Marti Abernathey
  • April 18, 2011
  • 5

When Mara Keisling of NCTE publically came out in support of Maryland’s gender identity anti-discrimination bill, I wondered what her angle on it was. Bilerico […]

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SEIU Political Director and Progressive Maryland Board Member Calls Trans People “Circus Freaks”

  • Marti Abernathey
  • April 15, 2011
  • 50

I’ve seen vitriol spewed in my decade or so of transactivism, but it’s usually spewed most venomously by the right wing. SEIU Political Director Mark […]

  • Opinion

Trading Away Public Accommodations in Maryland

  • Marti Abernathey
  • April 9, 2011
  • 3

There’s bickering over at Pam’s House Blend about a statement made by Jenna Fischetti in her public testimony to the Senate in Maryland. She said “Never in […]

  • Opinion

NCTE Supports HB235 IN MARYLAND?

  • Marti Abernathey
  • March 15, 2011
  • 11

It would seem so.  Though they’ve been silent publicly, one only need look as far as NCTE Executive Director’s Facebook wall: Now if the Executive […]

  • Best of TA

Gay Media: Maryland Trans Community, Love The Crumbs We Give You

  • Marti Abernathey
  • March 4, 2011
  • 3

As much as trans people seem to want to believe it, gay (GayINC) media is not their friend/advocate/ally. Tom Lang, of Know Thy Neighbor said: […]

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