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Jan 18 2010
Muse in the Morning
Jan 16 2010
Friday Philosophy: GLB…and sometimes T
I’ve been “watching” the trial in the 9th Circuit. You know, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, though Perry is only one of the plaintiffs and Ahnold is not, apparently, one of the defendants. More precisely, it might be labeled Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals v. Homophobes.
A keen observer might notice that I omitted Transgender there. Such an observer might ask why. The reason is that transgender people have been made invisible in this trial and the reporting thereof.
It was not unexpected.
Jan 15 2010
Muse in the Morning
Jan 14 2010
Muse in the Morning
Jan 13 2010
Muse in the Morning
Jan 12 2010
Muse in the Morning
Jan 11 2010
Muse in the Morning
Jan 08 2010
The People on the Fringe
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The other day there was a Kossack who told me that Worker’s Rights were what it (presumably the Democratic Party) all should be about:
My point is that we have taken our focus off the core purpose of the Democratic party by elevating fringe interests above the major problems.
Fringe interests? Aren’t the people on the fringe also workers? Although numbers about the “least of us” are often difficult to uncover, one source lists the unemployment rate for transgender people at 35% and claims that 60% of us earn less that $16K per year. Another source “more generously” claims rather that 40% of us earn less than $20K.
Both are appalling, if you ask me.
Anyway, the truth is that I would much rather be working on issues more central to the human condition, but someone has to stand firm for the people on the fringe.
If not me, who? If not now, when?
There is a simple way to satisfy those of us who are on the fringe. Give us equal rights. Then we can work wholeheartedly on those “more important issues.”
Jan 08 2010
Muse in the Morning
Jan 07 2010
Muse in the Morning
Jan 06 2010
Muse in the Morning
Jan 05 2010
