Showing posts with label prejudice against transgender people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prejudice against transgender people. Show all posts
23 June 2015

When Will Trans People Live Cisgender Lives?

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I was rather pleasantly surprised by this article in the New York Post . Its author, Eric Hegedus, seems pleased that more trans actors are...
11 December 2014

Transphobia Is Hazardous To Our Health

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When some people are bulied, harassed or otherwise intimidated, they become more determined to fight, to move toward their goals, to do wha...
14 July 2014

I Always Thought They Were Better Than This

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Even when I wanted nothing to do with religion and was denying my spirituality, I had respect for the Quakers.  For one thing, they played ...
06 July 2014

A Failed Attempt To Disguise Hate As Comedy

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Looking back, I’m not surprised that Joan Rivers attained the peak of her popularity during the 1980’s.   After all, it was a time whe...
03 July 2014

Disinformation In The Service Of Hate

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One of the easiest ways to make an inaccurate case against--or simply to slander someone or something--is to use outmoded or discredited in...
31 May 2014

How Many Stereotypes Can You Maintain With $200,000?

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Sometimes you can tell that someone just had to get a grant--whether to secure tenure or some other kind of promotion, justify his or her (...
07 May 2014

Charges Dropped, But Is Anything Resolved?

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The good news:  Battery charges against her were dropped. The bad news:  She had to complete a conflict-resolution course. I'm refe...
06 April 2014

Where We're Covered

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Right now, laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on gender identity or presentation are in effect for jurisdictions in which 47 ...
05 February 2014

Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Trannie Kills Baby!

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The death of a small child is, of course, a tragedy.  It's all the worse when the child died in some brutal, painful way--particularly ...
09 November 2013

Kincannon Uber Alles

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As Horace Boothroyd III so aptly put it, Todd Kincannon wasn't talking about places where kids sit around campfires toasting marshmallo...