(For group specifics and mission statement click the ‘about us’ page for instructions to become a contributor)
Invitation to form and participate with TIMEblog.org A Trans identified and led group of advocate journalists from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and United States of American.
I am writing you because of our shared passion that transgender people be treated with dignity.
How many times have we been assailed by gay media with the word ‘tranny’ being used as a pejorative?
How any times have we responded individually hoping for a larger transender community response to back us up on a offenders blog?
How many times have we as a community been gang raped by gay media in articles purportedly desiring goodwill dialogue with trans people that in realty were thinly disguised efforts crafted to antagonize and dehumanize us?
How many times have you felt as I have, powerless, when responding on my blog knowing good and well I was only reaching 1/10th of the audience as the offending gay blog?
How many times have we watched mainstream media pickup on gay media’s predatory practices, parrot the offending gay media’s offensive behaviour therby gaining attention exponentially.
How many times have you shared my sense of disempowerment when the gay organization GLAAD, as admirable an ally as they are, is the only organization to speak for transgender people?
How often have we been frustrated by GLAAD’s unwillingness to confront Gay people and groups who are presently allowed to defame trans people with impunity?
We will confront gay media without hesitation with every tool avaliable.
I have conducted a survey of trans identified people on TransAction ConVergence. The results http://bit.ly/gLVkl4 of this survey provides us with a mandate to speak on behalf of the trans community.
One tenet of TIME will be our vocal objection to ‘tranny’ being used in Cisgender media no matter whether gay or hetero.
We will voice condemnation when religious groups denigrate us. Their misrepresentation and defamation of trans people in religious media is a major factor in for our present position in society.
There will be occasions when issuance of statements and blog posts will be insufficient to bring about change. In these instances we will initiate email campaigns, letters to the editor of local papers and phone calls.
If all else fails, protests are the last option and will be done if possiable.
The group will be called ‘transsexual’ because the survey indicated that moniker is most favored for people who identify under the trans umbrella.
We will further identify ourselves as exactly how we identify in the ‘About page’. I would like to include a contributors (thats you) page. You will be given the option to upload a picture and be as forthcoming as possiable about yourself and where you live. Remember, visibility is one our greatest tools in creating a sense of familiarity with and acceptance from cisgender people.
Also, posting detailed information about yourself will help to silence our detractors of which there will undoubtedly be many and be forewarned, you may be targeted with misinformation and personal attacks, some even comming from own community!
As a organization, banding together transgender bloggers and activists and armed with factual evidence of transgender sensitivities we will dismantle gay misogony and hetero transphobia in media. As never before we will have a voice.
I see a organization run by individual bloggers and activists belonging to Timeblog.org each acting autonomously, Each possessing her/his unique abilities and passions cross posting from their own blogs on Time. Each contributor will be empowered with equal abilities to issue statements on behalf of TIME when necessary, condeming or commending.
A core group of officers led by myself will reserve the authority to censure and/or remove contributors who do not understand the purpose of or abuse TIME.
Our power united we will easily overcome our singular adversaries. Together we can do this.
Hoping you will join this endeavour. We are nothing without you.
We are unstoppable with you.
Love,
kelli Anne Busey
Its about TIME!
December 3, 2010
Categories: Uncategorized . . Author: Kelli Anne Busey . Comments: 5 Comments
Today Scott Lively suffered another defeat in his quest to have the Crimes Against Humanity lawsuit brought against him by Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) dismissed. As we reported here on OBLOGDEE, the Federal Court in Springfield ruled against Lively on August 14th to deny his first Motion To Dismiss, which was heard in court January 2013, and referred the case for pretrial scheduling.
....Transsexual International Media Examiner.... TIME blog 
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