Homophobic and Transphobic quotes 78

“African-Americans did not say, Hey, let’s put forth a bill to protect all the light-skinned blacks—those who can pass and are less threatening to whites—and we’ll come back to the blackest of the black later. And make no mistake: the trannies are the queerest of the queer; they are the ones who need protections more than anyone else.”

COLUMNIST AND RADIO HOST MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE. (WINDY CITY TIMES 03-10-07) THIS IS ACTUALLY A RESPONSE IN A BLOG ABOUT ENDA; AN ACT PROPOSED IN THE US SENATE TO OUTLAW GLBT DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE. SOME ARE REASONING THAT THE ACT IS MORE LIKELY TO PASS – AND DUBYA IS MORE LIKELY TO SIGN IT – IF THEY DROP THE T AND LEAVE THE TRANS PEOPLE BEHIND

“According to the US State Department, Ssempa's Makerere Community Church received US funding as a 2004 sub-partner of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This $15 billion program, heavily promoted by the Bush administration, earmarks one-third of spending on prevention of sexual transmission of HIV for "abstinence and fidelity programs," some of which are based on so-called abstinence-only curricula developed in the United States. In a March 2005 report, Human Rights Watch documented how abstinence-only programs in Uganda suppress lifesaving information about condoms and safer sex, and convey that LGBT people's sexualities are immoral and that there is no "safer" way for them to have sex.”

IN OTHER WORDS, DUBYA SPENDS AMERICAN TAX-PAYERS’ MONEY TO SPREAD AIDS IN AFRICA (ALLAFRICA.COM 11-10-07)