I Am Forever Queird: Hey everyone! Today is the Statewide GENDA Call in Day! Basically what you do, is go to the link I'm posting, find which...

foreverqueird:

I just called Senator Steve Saland & spoke to one of his staff.  Please..if you believe that transgender and gender non-conforming people deserve to have their rights protected like everyone else..PLEASE..I urge you to call your senator & urge them to pass this legislation!

http://www.nysenate.gov/senators

Make sure that you call it the Gender Expression Non Discrimination Act. It is Bill No. S.6349. 

Helpful talking points:

  • All hardworking New Yorkers, including people who are transgender, should have the chance to earn a living and provide for themselves and their families.
  • 16 states and the District of Columbia have already passed similar protections.
  • Earlier this spring, the New York State Assembly passed GENDA for the fifth time.
  • Polling indicated that nearly 80% of New Yorkers agree that civil rights must include their transgender friends and neighbors.
  • Almost 60% of New Yorkers are already covered with such protections through non-discrimination ordinances at the county and city level. What we need now is a statewide bill.

PLEASE TUMBLR!  BOOST THIS SIGNAL LIKE CRAZY!!

transensation: Why Trans People Should Not Question Cis Gay and Lesbian People

weaklemondrink:

My girlfriend was poking around that cisnormativity site that the “Maybe You Should Never Transition” and found this lovely article that explains in great detail why, exactly, I am studying the schism between (for lack of a better dividing term) masculine-centric and…