tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13297025.post4402258121453638191..comments2023-10-07T02:00:48.078-07:00Comments on Trans Group Blog: It Was The Best Of Times...helen boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979008474375552946noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13297025.post-15606149709063807822008-11-07T16:08:00.000-08:002008-11-07T16:08:00.000-08:00I'm a white queer trans woman who also voted for O...I'm a white queer trans woman who also voted for Obama, and I'm also saddened by the prop 8 vote, as well as the passage of prop 2 in Florida and a number of other anti-gay props in the US. My initial reaction was similar to yours - to blame it all on black and hispanic people. Then I did some reading around the blogosphere, including the writing of black women, including black queer women.<BR/GallingGallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241627397789129041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13297025.post-46768892779866995972008-11-07T14:52:00.000-08:002008-11-07T14:52:00.000-08:00The irony is immobilizing: The inspiration and hop...<I>The irony is immobilizing: The inspiration and hope that drove so many minorities (and majorities) to the polls to vote for Barack Obama also (temporarily) doomed existing marriage equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Californians.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes but the sad reality is that Obama <A HREF="http://jadedhippy.blogspot.com/2008/11/just-stop.html" REL="nofollow">ran a much better whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15731411057968563416noreply@blogger.com