Proposition
5 will be put to vote on April 3, 2012 in Anchorage, Alaska. However, the
proposition will provide exemption for religious groups.
Prop. 5 will
add sexual orientation and transgender identity to the existing decree that
prohibits discrimination in employment and housing on the grounds of
"race, color, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, age or
disability." Prop. 5 defined sexual orientation as "an individual's
heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality," but gave no definition
for transgender identity.
Opponents
of the proposition have released a cartoon ad called "Daycare." In
the ad, a daycare owner is forced to hire a transvestite, who looks like an
unshaved man wearing a tight pink dress and broad shoulders, while parents
watch frantically. The ad's narrator said the daycare owner could lose business
if she hires the "transvestite," but can be fined or imprisoned if
she does not hire the "transvestite." The ad has created an uproar
from LGBT groups, who claim it to be transphobic and dehumanizing.
"The
ads opposing Proposition 5 depict unacceptably offensive and intentionally
stigmatizing and distorted cartoons of gay and transgender individuals,"
said former Gov. Tony Knowles. "Such dehumanizing stereotypes do not
represent the values we share as a community."
Good job kristen on addressing an important topic that is affecting many in Alaska. however your blog is making mine look childish and unprofessional. Great job and keep on reporting on important topics.
ReplyDeleteI really like this blog or the first post but anyways, this was a great thing to do your blog on. There are so many people that are "different" and get treated wrongly for that when in reality every one deserves the same rights as every one else. And your post just shows that people have a certain image in their mind of what transgender people look like and are just putting that off on other people. Which isn't right .
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