As you may have noticed, I think that civil rights for trans people are very important. Apparently I am not alone. A Rethuglican candidate for Secretary of State in Michigan thinks that they are so important that he has put in his manifesto a promise to ensure that no disgusting pervos get any civil rights in the state should he get to run it. Monica Roberts has more.

To a certain extent you can count having come to the attention of the enemy as a success. In this particular case, however, I think what is more interesting is the tactics. Few things make the Rethuglicans happier than seeing various minority groups fighting viciously between themselves for a seat at the table that they are never going to get. This, I am fairly sure, is a deliberate attempt to sow discord, both of the racial sort that we saw over Prop. 8, and between members of the LGBT community.

By the way, if anyone was interested in the questions raised by my gender in sport post, you might like to check out this post (and the interestingly named Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies) and this one from Andrea James at Boing!Boing!