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The Human Rights Campaign Just Needs More Education About Transphobia

December 9, 2012 · Marti Abernathey

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 they gave Lana Wachowski the HRC Visibility Award:

So they’re on our team, right? They’re our allies?

Apparently team trans hasn’t “educated” HRC’s e-mail Communications Coordinator, David Salisbury. Salisbury apparently thinks this is appropriate behavior for an HRC employee:

Can you say institutionalized transphobia? Or maybe the Human Rights Campaign just needs more education….

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