McLaurin Apologizes for “Circus Freak” Comment
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 know that words…
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SEIU 500 Issues Statement Concerning McLaurin’s Troubling “Circus Freak” Comment
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 believe to be…
HB235, NCTE, ENDA, and the big Reveal
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 recently posted “3…
SEIU Political Director and Progressive Maryland Board Member Calls Trans People “Circus Freaks”
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 McLaurin spewed this…
Trading Away Public Accommodations in Maryland
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 the history of…
NCTE Supports HB235 IN MARYLAND?
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 Director of Maryland…
Gay Media: Maryland Trans Community, Love The Crumbs We Give You
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: It seems that…