Tag Archives: Houston

POLL: Houston Voters Would Reject LGBT Rights Ordinance Even Without “Bathroom” Issue

Houston Public Media reports: Experts agreed that HERO lost on Nov. 3 because voters were convinced by the opponents’ message that it would lead to men dressed as women going into women’s bathrooms. The ordinance protected 15 different characteristics from discrimination, including gender identity. A reasonable conclusion then could be that the ordinance would have passed if you only take …

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Houston Haters: Little Girls Will Get Raped In Restrooms If Pro-LGBT Politicians Are Reelected

Houston’s haters have launched yet another anti-trans ad in which they warn that men will rape little girls in public restrooms if pro-LGBT City Council members are reelected in next month’s runoff. Watch below.

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SNL Mocks Houston’s Anti-Trans Vote [VIDEO]

Last night SNL’s Weekend Update segment took on the haters in Houston. Best line: “So the theory is that guys, in their relentless quest to watch women go to the bathroom, are going through years of hormones surgery, changing their names, their wardrobe, coming out to their families, all for that big payoff of peeing in a room without urinals. …

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HOUSTON: “No Men In Ladies Room” Hater Defends Man Sued For Photographing Women In Bathroom

Thank the Lord Almighty Himself that Houston does not allow men in the same bathroom as women! Oh, wait. The Houston Press reports: Jared Woodfill, the former Harris County Republican Party leader who successfully championed the fight against the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance by proclaiming “no men in women’s restrooms,” is representing a man in court who has admitted to …

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HYPOCRISY EXPLOSION: Mat Staver Says Houston Mayor Should Do Her Elected Duties Or Resign [AUDIO]

Hate group leader Mat Staver claims Houston Mayor Annise Parker is calling on companies to boycott her own city. Which is contrary to her elected duties so she should just resign. Seriously. Right Wing Watch reports: “That is like a CEO of a company who says you need to boycott our company,” Staver said, “stop buying products from our company …

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Frank Bruni: Sex, Lies, & Houston

“I USED to be a child molester. Not in actuality. In the popular imagination. In public debate. That’s how gay men were once portrayed — not just as sexual deviants but as sexual prowlers, sexual predators, their eyes lecherously trained on the young, the vulnerable, the recruitable. Hatemongers spread this slander to argue that we mustn’t be teachers, shouldn’t be …

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Ben Carson: Create Trans-Only Bathrooms [VIDEO]

Yesterday Ben Carson told reporter Jorge Ramos that trans people “make everybody uncomfortable” so they should be forced to use trans-only bathrooms. Via Fusion: Questioned about Houston voters’ rejection of a law banning LGBT discrimination this week, Carson said: “How about we have a transgender bathroom?” “It is not fair for them to make everybody else uncomfortable,” Carson said of …

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Seth Meyers Rips Houston’s Lying Haters [VIDEO]

Carlos Maza at Media Matters: “Imagine if LGBT groups talked about the ‘bathroom predator’ myth the same way Seth Myers did.” Exactly. Watch this.

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New York Times: Houston’s Bigots Will Lose In The End

From the editorial board of the New York Times: There are no documented cases of peeping Toms or rapists taking advantage of anti-discrimination ordinances that have extended legal protections to transgender Americans in recent years. San Antonio passed a similar ordinance in 2013 that expanded civil rights without driving up criminal assaults. And of course, no one expects that Houston …

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Dan Savage: Houston’s Haters Won By Convincing Voters That Straight People Suck

“The haters insist trans women aren’t women. They’re men. Men who fake being women because they wanna enter women’s restrooms to ogle women and girls. So they’re saying trans women are actually straight men. Straight men who pretend to be women specifically to enter women’s restrooms to ogle (or worse) women and girls because opportunities to ogle women and girls …

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Human Rights Campaign Requests “Emergency Meeting” With NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell

The Human Rights Campaign has requested an “emergency meeting” with the NFL. From the letter sent to Commissioner Roger Goodell from HRC head Chad Griffin: With Houston slated to host Super Bowl LI in 2017, we are writing to request an emergency meeting about the urgent need for a nondiscrimination ordinance in this city that will ensure the thousands of …

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NOM Asks For “Celebratory” Donation Because Houston

“NOM was a major financial contributor to the Campaign for Houston, the grassroots group that spearheaded the referendum, and we worked hard to organize our supporters all over the country to contribute directly to the campaign, and to get out to vote against the ordinance. The results give us a tremendous sense of pride and encouragement to redouble our efforts …

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NFL: We Won’t Be Moving The Super Bowl

The NFL was quick today to head off any demands that Super Bowl 2017 be moved from Houston in the wake of yesterday’s victory by anti-gay hate groups. Their statement: “This will not affect our plans for Super Bowl LI in 2017. We will work closely with the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee to make sure all fans feel welcomed …

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CALIFORNIA: Haters Hail Houston In Renewed Push To Repeal Transgender Rights

Emboldened by yesterday’s result in Houston, California’s haters today rushed out a press release urging support for their campaign to place a repeal of transgender rights on the 2016 statewide ballot. They write: The people of Houston have spoken and defeated that City’s proposed bathroom ordinance. But it almost did not happen. The voters were almost denied the right to …

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Michelangelo Signorile: What Went Wrong In Houston

“Political strategists warned LGBT activists in the days ahead of the vote: There was little Spanish-language outreach, no big ad buy in Spanish-language media — in a city that is 44% Hispanic — countering the lies of the opposition, who’d certainly been doing their own outreach. Monica Roberts, a long-time African-American transgender activist, warned of little outreach in the black …

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Breitbart Headline Of The Day

“This is a national game changer. Today’s vote is a massive victory for common sense, safety, and religious freedom, not just in Houston, but for all of Texas. The eyes of the nation were on Houston, and the people sent a clear message and soundly rejected this intentionally deceptive and dangerous ordinance. Millions of dollars pouring in from national LGBT …

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Tony Perkins Takes Credit For Houston

KKK-affiliated pedophile-employing hate group leader Tony Perkins has rushed out a late night celebratory press release in which he claims credit for tonight repeal of Houston’s LGBT rights ordinance. He writes: A digital ad campaign by FRC Action’s Super PAC, the Faith Family Freedom Fund, was seen by nearly 300,000 Houston residents in recent weeks. Last year, Family Research Council …

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HOUSTON: Associated Press Calls It For The Haters, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Celebrates

The Associated Press has called it for the haters as Houston’s LGBT rights law goes down to defeat by, at this writing, a significant margin. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who paid for his own anti-gay ad campaign, has issued a celebratory press release. Also applauding is virulently anti-gay Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. See both messages below.

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LIVE THREAD: Houston LGBT Rights Vote Result

The polls have just closed in Houston and as you can see activists kept the pressure on until the very last minute. The Houston Chronicle and local television are both running live vote tabulations. Hit the links and follow along with us. The first precincts should be reporting shortly and early voting tabulations are already coming in.  

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Hillary Clinton Hits Back At Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: Equality IS One Of My Values, Vote YES In Houston

This afternoon Hillary Clinton hit back at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who yesterday rallied his haters to vote against retaining Houston’s LGBT rights ordinance. Early voter turnout was heavy and the polls close at 7PM local time. I’ll be reporting the returns tonight until we get a final result.

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