It’s Like North Carolina’s HB2 all Over Again

TMPlanet Today, April 3rd, voters in Anchorage, Alaska will weigh in on Proposition 1, a ballot initiative to ban transgender people from using bathrooms and other facilities. 40 percent of the state’s population lives in the metro area of Anchorage so the stakes are high for Alaska’s queer community. Proposition 1 would write into law […]

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Bathroom Insanity as Trans Man Forced to Show his Privates

By The TMPlanet   A Hudson County, New Jersey, transgender man says he was forced  to show his prosthetic penis to a security officer at a New Jersey store after he was accused of shoplifting earlier this year, a lawsuit claims. “I need to see what’s in your pants,” the security officer said during the […]

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The Inner Madness of Cookies and Milk: Learning from Baiting at Charlottesville

By Lynnea Urania Stuart   There’s a silly but useful rhyme I think you’d enjoy.  It’s easy to learn:   Eanie Meanie Slimy Schmo, Catch a Nazi in his crow. If he hollers, make him grow; Eanie Meanie Slimy Schmo,   I want you to learn this rhyme because I know you can’t say it […]

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South Carolina’s Gubernatorial Race Just Got Troublesome for State’s Transgender

By Sabrina Samone If you live in the blue county of Charleston, in the red state of South Carolina, you may feel like a deer staring in the head lights of an 18 wheeler that’s about to push you out into the ocean, full speed ahead. Though we’re a predominant Republican state, there has been […]

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Two Teens Admit to Targeting Trans Activist in a Recent Attack in Texas

A second suspect in an attack on a transgender woman last week admitted to Austin police that he targeted the victim because of her gender identity, according to court papers filed Monday. Rayshad Deloach, 17, and his brother, Raymond, have both been accused of carjacking and mugging Stephanie Martinez¹, an Austin transgender activist.  Both face aggravated kidnapping […]

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