SEIU Political Director and Progressive Maryland Board Member Calls Trans People “Circus Freaks”

[Ian David]

SEIU Political Director and Progressive Maryland Board Member Calls Trans People “Circus Freaks”

I’ve seen vitriol spewed in my decade or so of transactivism, but it’s usually spewed most venomously by the right wing. SEIU Political Director Mark McLaurin spewed this vitriolic chain of transphobic/mysogynistic/hateful comments on Dana Beyer’s Facebook page concerning TransMaryland/TransUnited/Out of state supporters of fixing or killing HB235.

“Ohhhhh so it wasn’t spineless lawmakers who killed the bill but rather your uncannily strategic merry band of out of state circus freaks who, heretofore havent been able to organize anything more complex than a Sunday brunch at the local Denny’s ????? Now THAT is funny !!!!! Looooooooool !!!!!”

and

“How dare you take credit for killing a bill many of us poured our blood, sweat and tears into- the trash u smell is coming out of your mouth, Einstein !!!”

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Barbara Siperstein said it perfectly:

“I’m glad to see that you all work together and play nice! It’s a key to success!… Pardon my sarcasm, but no-one has any reason to celebrate until you pass fully inclusive legislation and that means working together.”

More:
http://www.transadvocate.com/seiu-political-director-hate-speech.htm

[ZombieHorde]

1. I would rather be a circus freak than a pathetic, ignorant asshole. nt

[RetiredTrotskyite]

2. Fuck Him AND the Horse He Rode In On!

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Gays also have historically tossed the T*s under the bus

saying that they will get their rights soon after the gays get theirs

[Creideiki]

5. A little broad brushed

Not all hold that position, and quite a few who used to hold that position have probably become Human.

Meanwhile, the completely ineffectual Human Rights Campaign and its child organizations are generally (but not universally) as useless on trans issues as they are on everything else (aside from raising money and getting large groups together for dinner and drinks.)

[yardwork]

9. Don't forget the designer suits.

[yardwork]

10. It's a very sad habit of people in general. "I've got mine, Jack."

[Creideiki]

4. Can we just say that no one who calls trans people "circus freaks" can be progressive?

[Kurovski]

6. Yes.

There's no reason for anyone to be so ill-informed on the matter in this day and age.

[Meeker Morgan]

8. Back in the 1930s there were racial segregationist New Dealers

They liked the New Deal, but not for blacks. They did not get their way.

There were also 'whites only' labor unions in the AFL though not in the CIO.

It's an old story.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. He sounds like that gay du'er who got ts'd...very transphobic

What was his name again?