Trans News/ Issues

1ladyface · 02-29-2012, 05:51 PM

This seems to be focused primarily on trans women but it's exciting news!

http://qpdx.com/2012/02/obama-admini...er-population/

Nadeest · 03-03-2012, 10:20 AM

Yes, the grants are designed to help treat transwomen of color, who tend to face the harshest discrimination of all transpeople, seems like. The Obama administration has done a lot to help the GLBT community, I think. It often gets overlooked because he tends to do things quietly, seems to me. I kinda like that way of doing things. You can get a lot more things done that way, without someone objecting to them, for one reason. :P

DapperButch · 03-03-2012, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Nadeest

Yes, the grants are designed to help treat transwomen of color, who tend to face the harshest discrimination of all transpeople, seems like. The Obama administration has done a lot to help the GLBT community, I think. It often gets overlooked because he tends to do things quietly, seems to me. I kinda like that way of doing things. You can get a lot more things done that way, without someone objecting to them, for one reason. :P

I agree with you. I was disheartened to see the LGBT community be so down on him because he didn't move fast enough for them when it came to equal rights. But, he got us there (military).

Nadeest · 03-03-2012, 09:17 PM

We, as a community, need to think a bit more, and try to be fair with everyone that is helpingus improve our lives. I know that we want it right now, and it is quite understandable, but that isn't how it works. If you look at history, slow improvements in the way that a minority group is treated is generally how it happens.
It isn't that long ago that there were signs saying: "No Irish need apply." on many places. Now that particular bit of bigotry is no longer around.

DapperButch · 03-12-2012, 03:22 PM

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/...trans-meeting/

EnderD_503 · 03-19-2012, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DapperButch

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/...trans-meeting/

I noticed that this apparently happened last spring, yet for some reason I've only been hearing about it here and others telling me about it this spring. So I'm a bit confused, lol.

Looking at some of the articles, it seems odd that there has been no follow up as far as what was achieved by the meeting. All it says is that they were focusing largely on ending job discrimination. But I think that even that agenda is ignoring the struggles of some of the most vulnerable of the trans population, namely trans people of colour, homeless trans people, other low-income trans people and trans sex workers. I guess I just don't like this "one step at a time" approach that always leaves the rights of the most marginalised to come last while the concerns of those with more social privilege typically come first, in the same way trans rights were forever thrown by the wayside by the LG community for decades in order to obtain LG rights. I really would hope that trans rights advocates would learn from that and lobby for everyone's rights, and recognising how desperately something needs to be done to keep some of the most marginalised trans people safe from violent assault and sexual assault.

So does anyone know anything further about what was on the table at this meeting? Nothing seems to have been said in its aftermath. It came as a "symbolic marker" and went without much talk of it, or so it seems.

Nadeest · 03-21-2012, 09:51 PM

I do know that HUD had/has a pilot program here in Houston to help homeless transgendered people. It is in effect right now, and is in it's third year of operation, though I don't know if it is going to be expanded or not, or if it has been.

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Nadeest Member How Do You Identify?: as myself Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Leesburg, FL Posts: 595 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,876 Thanked 2,118 Times in 501 Posts Rep Power: 17077998	Yes, the grants are designed to help treat transwomen of color, who tend to face the harshest discrimination of all transpeople, seems like. The Obama administration has done a lot to help the GLBT community, I think. It often gets overlooked because he tends to do things quietly, seems to me. I kinda like that way of doing things. You can get a lot more things done that way, without someone objecting to them, for one reason. :P

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Nadeest Member How Do You Identify?: as myself Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Leesburg, FL Posts: 595 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,876 Thanked 2,118 Times in 501 Posts Rep Power: 17077998	We, as a community, need to think a bit more, and try to be fair with everyone that is helpingus improve our lives. I know that we want it right now, and it is quite understandable, but that isn't how it works. If you look at history, slow improvements in the way that a minority group is treated is generally how it happens. It isn't that long ago that there were signs saying: "No Irish need apply." on many places. Now that particular bit of bigotry is no longer around.

03-21-2012, 09:51 PM	#7
Nadeest Member How Do You Identify?: as myself Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Leesburg, FL Posts: 595 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,876 Thanked 2,118 Times in 501 Posts Rep Power: 17077998	I do know that HUD had/has a pilot program here in Houston to help homeless transgendered people. It is in effect right now, and is in it's third year of operation, though I don't know if it is going to be expanded or not, or if it has been.