MUST-READ: Arcadia: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/federal-officials-protect-transgender-student-against-discri?utm_term=.hk1NdR1yEv#.ol95RA2W0z … EEOC: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/army-discriminated-against-transgender-civilian-worker-feder … Grimm: https://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/teen-sues-school-district-in-potentially-key-federal-case-fo … Houston:https://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/why-is-the-lgbt-movement-struggling-to-uphold-a-simple-law-i …
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
And these are just the FACTUAL issues that I have with this story. Here's
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The whole framing of the NYT story is missing the entire point of what's been going on here. Why focus on a student in Illinois?
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And, to be clear, the point of discussing Arcadia is that is an Ed/DOJ starting point. They continued from there:https://www.buzzfeed.com/tonymerevick/education-department-federal-law-protects-transgender-studen?utm_term=.bxwKb1ZGeV#.krkeVR7My2 …
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This is from Education's Office for Civil Rights two years ago: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tonymerevick/education-department-federal-law-protects-transgender-studen?utm_term=.bxwKb1ZGeV#.krkeVR7My2 …pic.twitter.com/cQeF6zGldC
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This is from DOJ & Education this past October: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/obama-administration-supports-transgender-student-in-federal …pic.twitter.com/y1KkWN7h8R
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Seriously, if you care to understand what's going on here, read that whole section of the amicus, pages 9-14: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2490122/grimm-4th-circuit-doj.pdf …
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I've been reporting on this since that Macy decision discussed on p.12, so, 4+ years later, it's frustrating to read a story like today's.
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Here's that story — of Mia Macy's case — if you really want to dig into the time capsule:http://www.metroweekly.com/2012/04/transgender-breakthrough/ …
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Imagine how frustrated I get as a trans person reading that crap
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I literally cannot imagine.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
It's the same anger i feel when I see stories about African-Americans that traffic in debunked tropes and stereotypes.
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