Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies now affiliated with the United Kingdoms Queer Youth Network

Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies a member of the US's Queer Today.com is now affiliated with The Youth Queer Network, UK's National LGBT Youth Organisation.

In a show of solidarity which reaches across the planet two queer organizations from separate continents have joined together to secure a better world for the gender diverse.



In a remarkable set of "coincidences" a GLB organization in the United Kingdom called the "Stonewall" has adopted an agenda identical in results of the United States Gay and Lesbian organization the "Human Rights Campaign."

Both organizations claim full inclusiveness in fundraising while simultaneously engaging in discrimination against and removal of Queer folk from consideration in human rights.

The shock wave that follows exclusionary actions taken by nationally recognized Gay and Lesbian groups results in the increases of horrific murders of young queer folk.

Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies adamantly and LOUDLY OPPOSES ANY agenda from any group who's actions result in the death of queer folk.

By kelli Busey
Nov 6, 2008
planetransgender

email version of steping up

Bishop Robinson Stepping UP/an Invitation

Letters and petition were sent to the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, Bishop, New Hampshire, the only openly gay Bishop in the Anglican communion, asking him to consider how his attendance at certain social organizations fund raiser might affect transgender people. It is the belief of many transgender people that the exclusion from the national human rights movement was inhumane and his attendance would validate a sense that Transgender people were somehow less than Gays and Lesbians.

Our petitions and protests are without constraint from political and religious influence.

The response we received from Bishop Robinson took us completely off guard. Bishop Robinson asked to meet us, anywhere anytime! Well, how dare he? A religious leader of the Anglican communion willingly stepping up and taking this risk to meet? I was astounded and had to rethink how could we best respond to such a offer.
I went back to my roots at the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN), and what I have learned of philosophy and faith. I considered what could be the most important out come of such a meeting?

In response to Bishops Robinson's invitation we formed the Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies from previously friendly but separate people.
We all realized our need to be cohesive yet diverse and to respect each other for our common goal of lifting up the Transgender, Queer, Intersexed, Asexual and Questioning people from the sense of despair, frustration and anger we have found ourselves in since our exclusion from the national Gay and Lesbian human rights movement.

Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies are now extending our hand in friendship and welcome to all. We are everything, from radical to conservative and there are no guarantees. It is a leap of faith.
Come and be part of the Conversation with Bishop Robinson on November 22 in Dallas Texas.

We are so different yet so much the same. This realization of our humanity is due to Bishop Robinson "Stepping Up"

By Kelli Busey
Nov. 3,2008
planetransgender

Petition to End Spiritual Violence
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Endspiritualviolence/

Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire
http://www.nhepiscopal.org/contact.html Rt.

Reconciling Ministries Network
http://www.rmnetwork.org/

Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies
http://dallastaa.ning.com/

Exclusion from the national Gay and Lesbian human rights movement.
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3686/blogs

Conversation with Bishop Robinson
http://planetransgender.blogspot.com/2008/09/press-release-dallas-transgender_30.html

planetransgender Rambling to a Far Lef T/an Invitation
http://planetransgender.blogspot.com/2008/11/rambling-to-far-lef-t-invitation-to.html