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Janet Mock and Laverne Cox Speak Out
DAD OF TRANS DAUGHTER RESPONDS TO RADIO TALK SHOW’S VIOLENT, ANTI-TRANSGENDER LANGUAGE
After a nationally-syndicated radio talk show posted a video denigrating and devaluing the lives of Black transgender women, JR Ford (@MrJRFord), father of a six-year-old transgender daughter and member of HRC’s Parents for Transgender Equality Council, wrote in a blog post for HRC, “[I] am absolutely horrified that hateful rhetoric and bigotry permeates freely in the media, targeting the lives of Black transgender women and girls. Girls like my own daughter.” The vile and violent comments were made after transgender author Janet Mock (@JanetMock) was featured on the show The Breakfast Club to promote her new memoir. Mock also responded, writing in a powerful piece for Allure, “Their fragile masculinity would not allow them to recognize a simple truth: I am an accomplished, beautiful black trans woman. Your willful ignorance will not stop me from being exactly who I am. My sisters and I are here and we exist, and you will not diminish our light and our brilliance.” More from HRC and Allure.
www.hrc.org/blog/this-father-of-a-trans-daughter-responds-to-hateful-breakfast-club-comments
www.allure.com/story/janet-mock-response-the-breakfast-club-trans-women
Transgender actress and trailblazer Laverne Cox (@LaverneCox) tweeted: “Some folks think it’s ok to joke about wanting to kill us. We have free speech but that speech has consequences and trans folks are experiencing the negative consequences with our lives. It hurts my spirit cause this isn’t funny. Our lives matter. Trans murder isn’t a joke.” More from The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/laverne-cox-breakfast-club-for-joke-about-killing-trans-women_us_597e1a82e4b0da64e879c8f6
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS CONTACTED THE PENTAGON ABOUT MOVING ON TRUMP’S ANTI-TRANSGENDER TWEETS: The Hill’s Ellen Mitchell (@EllenMitchell23) reports that the Pentagon has been instructed to draft guidance barring transgender people from serving in the armed forces. Last week, President Donald Trump in a series of dangerous and unpatriotic tweets said that he would reinstate a ban on qualified transgender people serving in the military. This move was met by wide, bipartisan opposition. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters yesterday, “We have conversations back and forth all the time with the White House in a variety of channels and those conversations are starting to happen on the issue.” More from The Hill.
OLYMPIC MUST WATCH: A powerful new video follows transgender volleyball player Chloe Anderson, who recently earned a spot on the women’s team at the University of California Santa Cruz. Last year, the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decided to allow transgender athletes to compete without requiring gender affirming surgery. More from The Olympic Channel.
www.olympicchannel.com/en/playback/identify/identify/this-transgender-volleyball-players-path-leads-to-an-ncaa-womens-team/
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