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Broken Rainbow

By Janice Covington

 

Most of you at one time or another has experienced or endured hostility and humility from bigoted people because you were gay, lesbian or transgender. Some of you have been physically assaulted, raped and called names during your young years by so called friends and classmates. Many of us have been in situations where survival was a priority regardless of personal safety. This has been the way of life for our community since the Stone Age. For many years we have been persecuted by heterosexuals because we did not conform to society’s rules as they interpreted them.

 

The Mathew Shepard Act has been implemented by our government to help prevent hate crimes against us. Here in North Carolina along with many states we now have an Anti-School Violence law that guarantees an education for our children regardless if a child is gay, lesbian or transgender. They now are able to attend a place of learning without harassment and having their milk money...

Moving In the Right Direction

By Janice Covington

I’m confused aren’t you?  When LGBT organizations claim that you are a part of their organization by saying it’s your center, this to me implies that you are a member. Many of these organizations solicit money by saying we need you as a sustainer as meaning,  to keep in existence and maintain. It would be great if I could find a sustainer to support  my business ,then I wouldn’t  have to work.



An organization that includes you as a member gives you the right to vote during the process of electing board of directors along with having input in other pertinent business. Also membership organizations has annual meetings where they provide each member with financial audits that reflect full accountability. All I see with many LGBT organizations is closed door meetings that keep you OUT. In my opinion I think they should be inclusive by permitting membership. I just don’t understand how they can call it your  community center when it really...

Moving In the Right Direction

By Janice Covington

I’m confused aren’t you?  When LGBT organizations claim that you are a part of their organization by saying it’s your center, this to me implies that you are a member. Many of these organizations solicit money by saying we need you as a sustainer as meaning,  to keep in existence and maintain. It would be great if I could find a sustainer to support  my business ,then I wouldn’t  have to work.



An organization that includes you as a member gives you the right to vote during the process of electing board of directors along with having input in other pertinent business. Also membership organizations has annual meetings where they provide each member with financial audits that reflect full accountability. All I see with many LGBT organizations is closed door meetings that keep you OUT. In my opinion I think they should be inclusive by permitting membership. I just don’t understand how they can call it your  community center when it really...

Priority issues

Impending Doom.

By Janice Covington

How many in our community feel depression at times? [Not because of not having a job or enough money to live comfortable.] But from the feeling of loneliness from not having any family, do to coming out.  We pride ourselves to be open and free with our feelings; sometimes maybe it’s better to be stealth. I guess it depends on how much you’re willing to sacrifice.

Some Family members can be cruel; they can range from grandparents to your own children. The few in our society that has no problem with complete acceptance are very fortunate. But I would dare say that the majority of you can understand where I’m going. Sometimes even though I have thousands of friends across this wonderful nation I have a feeling of impending doom.

With the holidays approaching these feelings get stronger. The memories of my childhood with my family coming together to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas are strong. I think of them and then also I think of my 13 year old daughter Christy who was murdered at the age of 13 in 1983 and my wife Dale a supporter of Gay bingo in Charlotte whom I loved, shot and killed herself in March of 2009. I have only one child left in this world a daughter by the name of April who lives in Charlotte that I have not seen for 3 years because she says I dress like a girl.

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The Back of the Bus.  ILLEAGLE

It just frustrates me to see my family the LGBT accepting bread crumbs when they can have it all.  I can see the light of freedom glaring in my face. Why can’t they?  It’s just a reach away and it’s so simple to grab. I see young and old, man and woman struggling for just a glimmer of hope. All we have to do is stand up and say NO MORE.

The Employment Non Discrimination Act is a joke. It’s a carrot on a string. We follow it like we are donkeys tied to a pole with a rope. We can’t marry and be happy like the so called normal world. what kind of shit is that. The Mathew Shepard act is a joke. Many law enforcement agencies haven’t even trained there people about it. The only test is for some one to kill me to find out. That’s great huh? In our school systems hate and bulling flourishes. Oh yea it was a big deal 3 months ago when our young people were jumping off bridges. Now it’s all forgotten until the next time, its back to business for now.

I just had a friend...

 

We are Transgender

By Janice Covington

 

Since I came out in 1969, I have experienced about everything a Transgender can experience, but this is not about me.  Most transgenders can remember back to childhood when they first experienced the urge to be the opposite gender. They remember they were different from other children their own age. Some experimented based on these feelings. They wore mom’s heels or nylons, or played dress up with a sister or a friend. Many female-to-male transgenders remember being interested in and wanting to be involved with boy games and activities like contact sports. Some expressed feeling out of place wearing famine attire.

 

Many in our society can remember the other children would taunt them when attending school, because they did not fit in. Many transgender, bisexual, lesbian and gay children can remember being ostracized and assaulted. They watched with hurt in their eyes while teachers would turn their backs, not wanting to get involved,...

Transgender Coalition Protest HRC on February 21st 2009.

 

 By Janice Covington

 

In the weeks leading up to the Demonstration, I requested a meeting with Joe Solmonese so that I could see first hand what kind of individual I was up against.  I had assured my contacts inside the Human Rights Campaign that my intent was not to badger Joe and that I wanted to have a casual conversation. I wanted Joe to know that we as transgenders can are a civil and intelligent people, and that we do know how to sit down and have an open dialog. My intent was to deliver a message of humanity for the transgender community with the hope that it would change HRC's tactics concerning ENDA.

 

At first I was refused, because Joe had a committee meeting, and as a result, would not have time to meet with me. I could not take that as a final answer, so I expressed my displeasure with the HRC rep. Lets just say I was upset.

 

On my way to the Westin Hotel, I received a phone call from Maddy Goss, an HRC committee representative, telling me that Joe would be able to meet with me at 1pm. I then requested that there not be any cameras, because I did not want this meeting to be used as an HRC photo op.

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Press Release.

Subject Protest.

On February the 21st The Human Rights Campaign will be having its 14th Gala in the Carolinas. The location for this event will be the Westin Hotel and the Charlotte Convention Center located in Charlotte NC. 

TransCarolina who is a transgender support group with membership from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia.  Will be holding a Picket Protest at the same location of the HRC Gala. TransCarolina will be protesting HRC for its discriminatory practices against transgender people.  Since the fall of 2007 HRC has displayed practices not consistent with their mission statement.

HRC in representing the GBLT communities during the Employment Non Decimation Act hearings with a Congressional Committee led by the transphobic Congressman Barney Frank, HRC agreed to eliminate the Transgender community from this bill. As a result the transgender community will not be afforded...

My Take On Hate Crimes