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When I was 16, I had a fake I.D. and decided to go to a gay bar by myself because some friends bailed on me. While there, an older gentleman bought me a drink. He wasn’t a creeper, and he definitely wasn’t unattractive. I accepted the drink and began talking to him. No big deal. As the hour progressed, I felt myself feeling strange. I mentioned that I felt like I had a headache, and this guy helped guide me out of the bar. As we were walking down the street, the thought of, ‘Oh god, he’s drugged me, I’m going to die’ came to my head. I tried to get away, but I was so drugged up that I could barely walk, let alone speak. It also didn’t help that I had really large ‘goth’ platform shoes because I was going through a phase. Anyway, this guy brought me to his suv and began undressing me. As a final act of defiance, I hit him over the head with my platform shoe. He then punched me, and I remember thinking, ‘Why don’t they ever give workshops to gay guys about being victims of rape too?’ While I was as careful as possible, I never saw the guy slip something in the drink. I even watched the bar tender make the drink. Anyway, I lied there completely paralyzed while this pervert was lubing up. I locked eyes with his for a moment, and that’s when it happened. A very large and angry drag queen opened the door of the vehicle and beat the shit out of my attempted rapist. She and her other drag friends helped dress and care for me while the police arrived. I was saved by a group of guardian drag queens. They were basically the modern day ‘angels from heaven.’

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God bless drag queens.

I will always reblog this

Whenever drag queens are present, you best believe they will save the fuckin day.

Oh fuck yes.

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If this isn’t on your blog I’m judging you.

Every time a bell rings, a drag queen gets his wings.

I recall a group of Army guys once came into the local gay bar and proceeded to start calling people “faggots” and “dykes” and starting trouble. Well, a group of drag queens got in their faces and said, “Oh no bitch, you’re not going to come into our bar and start talking that trash.” Those queens took them boys outside and whooped their asses clear across the railroad tracks. You could tell them Army boys were caught off guard and not expecting an ass whooping in a gay bar. Do not fuck with drag queens. They may wear dresses but they’re still men and many have learned to fight after a lifetime of being teased or harassed. I love me some queens. Respect.

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TransEnough: Looking for a New Job? How about one that offers Benefits for Trans* individuals?

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You can look up the list on HRC’s website.

This is a PDF that explains the Healthcare Benefits and Companies

Article: http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/corporate-equality-index-list-of-businesses-with-transgender-inclusive-heal

The following companies offer Insurance…

(TW: transmisogyny, cissexism) ESPN Radio Hosts Suspended for Mocking Transgender Basketball Player

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BY MICHELLE GARCIA

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Steve Czaban and Andy Pollin

Transgender woman Gabrielle Ludwig, a Desert Storm veteran, got to fulfill her life-long wishes by going back to college and playing for Contra Costa Community College’s basketball team at age 50.

But that didn’t stop ESPN radio hosts Steve Czaban and Andy Pollin from brutally degrading her experience and mocking her appearance and calling her “he/she” and “it.”

According to Outsports, the radio hosts also say transgender people should not play sports, and conveyed disgusted reactions regarding her appearance. Helen Carroll, an advocate for LGBT people in athletics said the language used in the broadcast is “inexcusable.” The duo issued a 10-second apology, according to the report, for calling Ludwig an “it.” A request for comment from the ESPN radio station in Washington, D.C., which airs the show, has not yet been returned.

UPDATE: ESPN980 has suspended sports talk show hosts Steve Czaban and Andy Pollin for their segment last week.

In a statement sent out Tuesday, the station wrote: “We strongly believe two of our employees crossed the line when discussing a transsexual person on their program last Thursday. Such intolerance and insensitivity will never be tolerated by this company. Due to the nature of this conversation, the pair have been temporarily removed from ESPN980’s Sports Reporters program.”

MUMC: We will fly the Transgender Flag on Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20th

I’m not thrilled with their apology, which sounds condescending and passive aggressive to me. I certainly don’t get any warm fuzzy feelings from it. They should apologize to and thank Veronika Fimbres for her work and for making this happen. I’m glad they (were forced to) changed their minds but they should’ve done the right thing in the first place and approved the flying of the flag. They could’ve easily worked out the other details. The members of the MUMC deserve all the harrassment they got. And like other posters mentioned, they only changed their minds when white, CIS gay men complained about it. I’m glad that many gay men are allies of the transgender community; I’m not complaingng about gay men, but the MUMC completed dissed Veronika as a black trans woman, from her initial application to their “apology” which completely excluded her. I’m still pissed.

MUMC refuses to fly Transgender flag on 20 Nov., Transgender Day of Remembrance

For those who have not read it yet, this is the letter regarding the refusal to raise the trans pride flag sent by the MUMC. It is a matter of public record btw. They say it’s a physical safety issue. I personally don’t by it. You ne the judge.

Ms. Veronika Fimbres,

Thank you again for contacting MUMC with a request regarding the Rainbow Flag maintained by MUMC at Harvey Milk Plaza, Castro at Market Streets in San Francisco. Our previous email correspondence is copied below.
The MUMC Board has thoroughly reviewed, discussed and considered the request, and we appreciate your patience while that was done.

The request is not approved and there will be no change in the Rainbow Flag display on November 20.

We again urge you to review MUMC’s publicly-posted Rainbow Flag policy on MUMC’s website – the direct link is http://castromerchants.com/castro-merchants-flag-po… We especially call your attention to the Policy’s 4th and 5th paragraphs. They strictly limit replacement or modified displays of the Rainbow Flag. The display you request does not fall within the established policy.

We also have recently reviewed the Rainbow Flag policy regarding flag display at lowered or half-mast. We have determined that to do so would jeopardize public safety for pedestrians and passing vehicles, due in part to nearby overhead electric and other utility and transit service wires and to other conditions at the site. We are preparing and soon will publish at the website page, a clarification of MUMC’s published Rainbow Flag policy on this issue.

Nothing in this response to your request should be interpreted as any disrespect for the Transgender Flag, the November 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance, or similar issues. We hope that consistently administering MUMC’s Rainbow Flag policy, in fact, re-enforces the strength, pride and unity of all parts of our community.
MUMC’s Rainbow Flag policy and this decision in no way prevent any group from gathering at Harvey Milk Plaza (subject to City and County of San Francisco and any other applicable rules and regulations) for commemorations and other purposes.

Please also note that we have allowed you to attend the past two monthly MUMC Member Meetings (September 6 and October 4), although you did not make advance arrangements to do so, and your attending did not conform with our policies.
MUMC is a private business and merchants organization. MUMC Meetings are private and open only to current Members and other pre-arranged guests. Our policy regarding Meeting attendance always is published with each monthly Meeting Agenda on the home page of MUMC’s website at www.CastroMerchants.com.
Please note also that issues regarding the Rainbow Flag generally are handled by MUMC’s Board, not at Member Meetings.
We respectfully ask that you do not attend future private MUMC Meetings (unless requested and mutually agreed in advance), and that you and colleagues follow and respect our attendance policy published with Agendas.

We wish you and your colleagues the very best for the Transgender Day of Remembrance, and thank you for understanding, respecting and supporting MUMC’s Rainbow Flag and other policies.

Terry Asten Bennett, President
Merchants of Upper Market & Castro – MUMC
584 Castro Street #333; San Francisco CA 94114-2512
MUMC-SF@earthlink.net
www.CastroMerchahts.com

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Boycott Cliff’s Variety and other Castro Street Merchants until they right this wrong and fly the Transgender flag on 20 November for the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Transgender men & women and gender variant people have fought alongside, the gay community for equal civil rights since the Stonewall Riots. Many of us Transgender people were or are gay and had our beginnings in the gay community. Why doesn’t the Gay community support the Transgender community? Our blood is more likely to be spilled in anti-LGBT violence than “straight looking” and “straight acting” homosexuals. I’m sick to death of Gay men lumping all FtM MEN in with the lesbians and not treating us like real men. Just because I wasn’t born with a huge cock doesn’t make me less of a man. And just because a transexual woman has a penis, she is not less than any other woman.

BOYCOTT CASTRO STREET MERCHANTS & CLIFF’S VARIETY NOW! HIT ‘EM WHERE IT HURTS. IF THEY WON’T FLY THE FLAG IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE TRANS COMMUNITY, THEN THEY DAMN WELL DON’T DESERVE OUR MONEY! FLY THE TRANSGENDER FLAG ON 20 NOV 2012!!

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