Tag: Transphobia

Smoke from the Manzanita wildfire (image courtesy Dan Everett, available under a Creative Commons-BY license)

RWNJ Pastor Wonders If CA Wildfires Are ‘Deserved Judgment’ (VIDEO)

Lately, whenever a natural disaster occurs, you can almost take it to the bank that some unhinged pastor is going to suggest that it...
J.K. Rowling with Malala in 2014 (image from Rowling's Facebook)

J.K. Rowling Waved Her Magic Stylus At A Trumpkin, And The...

Whenever you peruse the Twitter feed of a Donald Trump diehard, more often than not that you're going to find something stupid, ignorant, or just plain...
Texas state house speaker Joe Straus on the campaign trail (image from Straus' Facebook)

TX House Speaker Doesn’t Want ‘The Suicide Of A Single Texan...

In early June, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced he was calling the legislature into special session in mid-July. The primary purpose will be to...
Pat McCrory in 2014 (image courtesy North Carolina Department of Transportation, available under a Creative Commons-BY license)

Watch Pat McCrory Take Advantage Of A Sexual Assault Victim

We in North Carolina have known for some time that Governor Pat McCrory's moderate image is a mirage. He proved that beyond any doubt...
Pat McCrory in 2014 (image courtesy North Carolina Department of Transportation, available under a Creative Commons-BY license)

Pat McCrory Spits On NC’s Transgenders, Says Trans People Don’t Exist...

We've seen some pretty outrageous legal briefs filed in defense of anti-LGBT laws. But last week, my state of North Carolina may have made one of...
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NC’s Homophobic Bathroom Bill Costs Charlotte NBA All-Star Game (WITH VIDEOS)

Ever since North Carolina passed a blatantly discriminatory law--popularly known as House Bill 2--which banned transgender people from using the bathroom aligned with their...
Joseph Backholm, director of the Family Policy Institute of Washington (image from FPIW Website)

This Wingnut Wants To Harass Women In Bathroom To Derail Transgender...

A coalition of fundie groups in Washington state is trying really hard to derail the Evergreen State's protections for transgender people. How hard? Well,...

WATCH: Fanatical Transphobic Street Preacher Harasses Teens, Police Intervene

Transphobic Angela Cummings, who seems obsessed about bathrooms, made news twice in the past several days. This street preacher is filled with so much...
Curt Schilling in 2011 (image from Schilling's Facebook)

Curt Schilling Axed By ESPN For Transphobic Meme

Earlier today, we told you that Curt Schilling is catching well-deserved flak for passing on a particularly hateful meme attacking transgender people. Well, late Wednesday...
NC State Representative Billy Richardson (image from his campaign Facebook)

NC State Rep Admits He Screwed Up Supporting HB2, Calls For...

Two weeks ago, the Republican-dominated North Carolina General Assembly rammed through a monstrous and blatantly unconstitutional law that requires transgender people to use the public...
Nikki Haley with former lieutenant governor Yancey McGill in 2015 (image courtesy Haley's Flickr feed, part of public domain)

Nikki Haley Slams The Door On Planned SC Bathroom Bill (WITH...

You may recall that on Wednesday, a Republican state senator in South Carolina introduced a bill that is a carbon copy of the monstrosity...
Franklin Graham at a Decision America rally (image from Graham fils' Facebook)

Franklin Graham To Atlanta Crowd: Take Over The Cities To Stop...

It's been no secret in recent years that Franklin Graham has been using the goodwill built up by his father, Billy Graham, to become...
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Depraved Va. Right-Wingers Potentially Reach Child Abuse Level In War On...

The whole GOP brouhaha over transgender students and bathrooms is bad enough on its own. The bigotry is quite obvious, even though it is...

Caitlyn Jenner Shows Her Transphobia… Again

You may have done a double-take in reading this article's title: "Caitlyn Jenner-- transphobia?" She is a transgender woman, for crying out loud! How...

Florida Pastor Fights LGBT Rights In The Most Idiotic Way Possible

So here's a major facepalm for your mid-week: a Florida pastor has taken anti-LGBT rights ignorance to the next level by wearing long wigs in public...

Huckabee SHOCKER: Confesses He’d Like To Be Transgender To ‘Shower With...

Disgusting conservative bigot and former governor, Mike Hucakbee, is causing extreme amounts of controversy yet again over a "joke" he has made about schools,...

College Cancels ‘Vagina Monologues’ To Avoid Excluding Women Who Don’t Have...

The Vagina Monologues?is an annual tradition production at Mount Holyoke College. The school is all-women, so the play makes sense ? until now. When Eve...

“Glee” Star Responds To Bill O’Reilly’s Anti Transgender Remarks

  Alex Newell, who stars on Fox TV's hit show Glee?as the first transgender teen character on TV, Wade "Unique" Adams, addressed the transphopic remarks...