Hey Transphobes at HRC. We’re gonna need an apology.

So… it seems that some HRC peeps decided to tell some transgender individuals to take down their trans* flags at the Supreme Court Rally for Marriage Equality… WTF?

Saying something along the lines of “marriage equality is not a transgender issue”. Again… wtf?

The hell it fucking isn’t… first off, it’s an ‘Everyone’ issue. Secondly, marriage equality would greatly benefit the transgender community, then we, like you, could marry whoever we wanted too ,but I guess maybe you don’t actually care about marriage equality, just the gay agenda, or your image, or paychecks, or something. You obviously had a reason for asking it to be removed other than what was heard… or did you? Thirdly, even though you’re obviously lying, your slogan everywhere is 'Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Equal Rights’… or did I miss something in the fine print somewhere? Fourthly, I hope all of you at HRC aren’t fucking transphobes. And Fifthly, we the transgender population are gonna need an apology over that. I know you are nearing your goals for the gays, and lesbians, and all that. But um… ya know. We’re not.



Blogs:

http://foxski.tumblr.com/post/46448474721/one-of-my-friends-was-outside-the-supreme-court

http://transliberalprism.blogspot.com/2013/03/disenfranchisement-is-marriage-equality.html

https://www.facebook.com/autumns.green.leaf/posts/10200403915253856

PS - If the message wasn’t clear enough to you readers. Spread this shit. Don’t let a group like HRC get away with not wanting representation from a quarter of those it says it’s working for. We’ve written them, and are spreading the word. If you care, you should too.

*images from glaad.org*

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***UPDATES 4/2/13 - We followed this up with several posts.***

First: Additional witnesses and such, and a statement from HRC denying it: http://transitiontransmission.tumblr.com/post/46519107813/hrc-denies-any-wrongdoing-in-transgender-flag-incident

Then: Some Apologies from two groups: http://transitiontransmission.tumblr.com/post/46625185882/getequal-and-united-for-marriage-both-acknowledge

Then: Info and apology on the subject direct from the HRC blog itself: http://transitiontransmission.tumblr.com/post/46904132956/hrc-apologizes-for-mistreating-trans-and-immigrant