Transgender making history

Kye Allums made history by being the first openly transgender to play in a basketball game. Kye Allums born a girl and was named Kay-Kay Allums....first stated that she was just a lesbian but when Kay-Kay and her mom was texting each other and her mom said that she was " a young lady", Kay-Kay then realized that she was a guy born in a female body. So she changed her name to Kye. Kye Allums was offered a scholarship from the women's basketball team and plays on the team as a boy. Kye cann't start taking testosterone or get the surgery done if she wants to continue playing basketball and keeping her scholarship. So Kye is waiting to get all that done after college. The coaches, his family, his teammates, and the NCAA all support Kye. Kye also attends George Washington University. The NCAA rules permit athletes who are biologically female but identify as men to compete on women's teams as long as they haven't undergone hormone procedures. Testosterone helps transgender people make the transition from female to male, but it's also a common performance-enhancing drug, and it is banned by the NCAA and other sports organizations.


This issue has to do with the Privacy rights...which states that an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively. Also has to do with the Don't Ask, Don't Tell..which basically states that don't ask a person about their sexuality and if they are homosexual or transgender that they don't tell anyone. But since Kye Allums came out..he still has his rights about him being transgender.

I believe that Kye should be supported by all the people that matter to him. I'm glad that he came out about him being transgender cause now he is maken a difference for the people that are transgender. If he wants to be private about his sexuality then he has his rights. Also, people should question him about why he did this or he is wrong for doing this. People should just support him or leave him alone. Whats your thought or opinion upon this situatin?




http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/dave_zirin/11/16/kye.allums/index.html?hpt=C2

Don't Ask, Don't Tell.....

Do we keep "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" or do we let it go...that is the question that has been going around for a while. The Don't Ask, Don't Tell is a policy that has to do with homosexual people that are in the military. The policy came to surface when former President Bill Clinton passed the policy in 1993. Ever since then the policy has up and downs upon what all the policy should say.The "Don’t Ask" provision mandates that military or appointed officials will not ask about or require members to reveal their sexual orientation. The "Don’t Tell" states that a member may be discharged for claiming to be a homosexual or bisexual or making a statement indicating a tendency towards or intent to engage in homosexual activities.



Since then their has been many people who supported the Dont't Ask, Don't Tell policy... the main group that has done alot for the policy is the Log Cabin Republicians. The Log Cabin Republicians mainly support Republicians and homosexual people. The Log Cabin Republicians want the policy to be suspended due to openly gay or lesbian people being kicked out of the military. The LCR has filed a lawsuit against the US and in the lawsuit a federal district judge declared the policy to be unconstitutional.Obama officials want the policy repealed, but oppose a court ruling to end it. During the wait for the Supreme Court to decide the policy on gays in the military remains in effect until the appeals process is complete.


I believe that the policy should stay in the military and that the Supreme Court should add a couple different and more things to the policy like if a person entering the military is open about their sexuality, that they still can be drafted. Regardless to if the person is gay, lesbian, transgenger, open about it or closed..... Everybody is equal and should have the same rights as a straight person. Our laws need to be more specific when it comes to things like this also our amendments need to have more information about LGBT rights. This is just my opinion....what is yours when it comes to the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy and LGBT ?????

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/12/scotus.gays.military/index.html?iref=allsearch

Does Obama stand a chance in 2012??

{Reflection Project}
From the mid-term election,the Democracts lost it's control in the House of Representatives, state governorships, and in the majority of state legislatures. They still kept hold of the Senate but everybody is still questioning what's going to happen to President Obama in 2012.... Will he continue into his second term or will someone else take control of our country?? Just from the mid-term election the Republicans gained alot. They took control in the House of Representatives, the state governorships, the state legislatures, and one chamber in five states. But they couldn't take over in the Senate. In order for President Obama to have a chance in the 2012 election, he is going to have to make a come back like former President Clinton did. President Obama is going to have to sell the liberal wing of the Democratic Party if he wants to get reelected in 2012. He also going to have to become a solo operator and step out of the box and reintroduce himself to the American public. President Obama also going to have to keep the Democracts on the same page as himself also. Another big task President Obama is going to have to do is step to the Republican Party and try to get their support which will be hard. To most conservative activists, their views upon working with President Obama is unacceptable and the moment you start working with the Democracts you're at risk of a primary challenge, which is a real threat to them.

When it comes to who else will be running against President Obama in 2012, the political elites are Mitt Romney( former Massachusetts governor), Sarah Palin( former Alaska governor), Mike Huckabee( former Arkansas governor),and Newt Gingrich( former House Speaker) for the Republicians. President Obama, Alvub Greene( former U.S. Senate), and Jimmy McMillan( Political Activist) fot the Democratics. For the political cleavages it was a definding moment for the democratics due to the women coming out to vote but the Africian Americans didn't coming out to vote as they did in 2008. The men came out and voted for the republican during the midterm elections in 2010. For the political socialization if you are liberal you should listen to huffington press(powerful online newspaper). If you are conservative you should listen to the Fox News and when you want to be moderate then go to News Hour on PBS. For moderate, most people in New England they support both(moderate) but they just elected a Republician governor so they are going to be dealing with alot. The Public's Opinion on Presidnet Obama is that President Obama is not doing a great job in his presidency. His ranking in the polls has continuously gone down in the lasst year. I feel President Obama should be left alone to continue to learn hoe to be an effective president! The politicial ideology of conservative and liberal are very different and you can see this threw my idea of the upcoming election in 2012.In the polls, it states that President Obama job approval is at 47% and has went up a little bit from the weeks earlier.








http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2030744,00.html

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/16/colin.powell/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/09/democrats.look.ahead/index.html?hpt=Sbin

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/18/start.treaty/index.html?hpt=Sbin