{"id":5606,"date":"2018-07-19T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2018-07-17T22:48:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T02:48:15","slug":"the-massachusetts-pirate-party-votes-yes-on-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/19\/the-massachusetts-pirate-party-votes-yes-on-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Massachusetts Pirate Party Votes Yes on 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">THE MASSACHUSETTS PIRATE PARTY SUPPORTS ANTIDISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS FOR TRANS, INTERSEX, AND NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">We<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">stand in<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>solidarity with the Freedom for All Massachusetts campaign, and urge our members and supporters to<span>\u00a0vote Yes on 3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">\u00a0in November\u2019s election<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">W<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">e recognize that gender expression is an inseperable part of self-expression. The<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">gender binary is a harmful idea based on highly political interpretations of faulty science, and has no place acting as the basis of any law<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">. Gender is as varied and multifaceted as life itself, and humanity should be free to express it however that human deems best.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">However, we live in a society that is cruel and prejudicial, and openly hostile to trans and nonbinary individuals. A disproportionate number of homeless youth are gender non-conforming, and the reduced life expectancy of trans individuals continues to be a point of national shame.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">At least 28 transgender people were killed last year, and 8 more have died so far this year. We cannot allow that to continue<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">. We fully support Freedom Massachusett&#8217;s drive to defend the protected status of trans individuals, and urge our members and supporters to vote to continue defending trans folk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo ajU\">\n<div id=\":3ul\" class=\"ajR\" role=\"button\" data-tooltip=\"Show trimmed content\" aria-label=\"Show trimmed content\" tabindex=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ajT\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.gstatic.com\/ui\/v1\/icons\/mail\/images\/cleardot.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE MASSACHUSETTS PIRATE PARTY SUPPORTS ANTIDISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS FOR TRANS, INTERSEX, AND NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS. 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