11/23/13

Florence High School Board upholds Superintendent's Ruling: Transgender student will continue to use the girls room

Pacific Injustice Institute losses, again. In an ill advised publicity stunt the lawyers at the California P(in)JI failed to force a Colorado transgender girl to use the boys room.

After losing the California Marriage equality battle the P(in)JI needed another cash cow to milk. So these lawyers singled out a lone Colorado transgender high school student to sensationalize their currentfight against California transgender student equality legislation. Why all the way to Colorado? Because there were no instances of transgender students acting improperly in all of the California school districts that previously enacted trans specific equality rules.

And now we also know there have been no instances of Colorado transgender students acting inappropriately. On behalf of all minorities I would like to make it known that our existence is not criminal regardless of how "uncomfortable" we make some people feel.

Source Pueblo Chieftain (trigger warning): "The board voted unanimously to uphold a report issued by Superintendent Rhonda Vendetti following less than one hour in executive session Thursday evening."

"Vendetti was asked to look into the issue by an attorney representing the families of three girls. The girls reported harassment from a male student who identifies as a female."

"Florence police investigated the alleged harassment, however the detective assigned to the case was unable to substantiate any criminal charges when the girls declined to be interviewed." - Pueblo Chieftain.

From the Paific (in) Justice web site:::



Cristan Williams at the TransAdvocate called the school and talked to Superintendent Rhonda Vendetti:::




11/22/13

Top Russian Transgender human Rights Lawyer Stripes on the TDOR protesting Gov't Oppression

Transgender woman Masha Bast the lead lawyer for Association of Russian Lawyers for human rights striped in protest of the governments draconian oppression and posted this on her facebook profile yesterday.

From Day of Remembrance to the Day of Defense !

"In the Transgender Day of Remembrance , I decided to make – a performance " From Day of Remembrance" to the "Day of Defense",  which aims to draw attention to the problem of transphobic crimes in Russia and bringing transgender people to suicide, as well as to encourage transgender abandon the position of the victim and begin to defense consistently the rights and freedom."
For the creative act I chose my nudity - my body , symbolizing both the vulnerability of transgender people are more likely to experience violence , and the need for an open fight for the rights. The letters "FSB" on my body - a protest against the silencing of statistics of killings based on transphobia, as official statistics of these crimes are not covered up in Russia and are not reflected in the media.
I recall the first Transgender Day of Remembrance was held November 20, 1999 in San Francisco , a year after the murder of MtF- transsexual Rita Hester .

There's a reason that there are no reported trans murders in Russia. It would be inconceivable to assume its because no transgender people living there. There are as many Russian visitors to planetransgender as there are from Canada, for example.

От Дня Памяти ко Дню Защиты! From Day of Remembrance to the Day of Defense !
В День Памяти Трансгендеров я решила сделать акцию-перфоманс «От дня памяти - ко дню защиты», цель которой привлечь внимание к проблеме трансфобных преступлений в России и доведению трансгендерных людей до самоубийства, а также призвать трансгендеров отказаться от позиции жертвы и последовательно и открыто защищать свои права и свободы. Для творческого акта я выбрала свою обнаженную натуру – собственное тело, символизирующее одновременно уязвимость трансгендеров, чаще других подвергающихся насилию, и необходимость открытой борьбы за свои права. Буквы «ФСБ» на моем - протест против замалчивания статистики убийств на почве трансфобии, так как официальная статистика в России не ведется, совершаемые преступления замалчиваются и не находят своего отражения в СМИ. Напомним, впервые День Памяти Трансгендеров состоялся 20 ноября 1999 года в Сан-Франциско, через год после убийства MtF-транссексуалки Риты Хестер.

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