Trans In Politics: Mia Mason; MD US House of Representative Candidate

Mason said her biggest priorities coming into the federal government would be to push through the Equal Rights Amendment, which has hung in limbo for decades and establish “Medicare for All.” But before those, Mason said she would work to provide financial relief for the people in her district who are struggling with the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., Passive Transphobia, and the Purpose of Comedy

In stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special entitled Sticks and Stones, the comedy master left no stone unturned regarding subjects to commentate on. As has always been true with Chappelle’s particular brand of comedy, he went to some very controversial places with his jokes, some of them once again dipping into the waters of […]

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Yes, Faux-Skeptics: Your Transphobic Memes Can Harm People – TheTMPlanet

A couple of months ago, as of this writing, a viral video surfaced online of an early-in-transition trans woman trashing an Albuquerque, NM GameStop and cursing out the on-duty employee there for accidentally misgendering her. While the sense of pain and struggle that can be brought up by being misgendered is very real, and the […]

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