25 September 2009

Submission To A Small World

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Today I met with the Director of Community Services of SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders). Seeing Tom didn't make me woozy wi...
23 September 2009

More Giddy-Up; Where Did The Anger Go?

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So fall has just begun and what did we get? Summer weather, of course! It was warm and humid, though at least it stayed sunny through much...
21 September 2009

Changing Seasons

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Summer's about to end, at least officially. I've seen it coming: The days are getting shorter. However, the weather has been sunnier...
20 September 2009

The Power of Privilege

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Today was another one of those gorgeous days that I wouldn't mind, oh, about 300 times a year. It was on the high end of mild, almost w...
19 September 2009

The Cold--Already?

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I couldn't believe how cold it was last night. I woke up to shut one window, then another. Finally, my place was hermetically sealed. ...
18 September 2009

A New Writing Process?

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I've been writing a poem. I know it's dangerous to talk about a work in progress; sometimes you can talk it away. But I feel that ...
17 September 2009

I Can Be Healed; I Wish I Could Heal Them

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Today I saw Dr. Jennifer again. Every woman should have a gynecologist like her. And I really hope that some day she teaches somewhere: She ...
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16 September 2009

What's With Kanye?

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Dorothy Parker once said something to the effect that the problem with democracy is that in it, a practical joke can be elected. I wonde...
15 September 2009

Twenty-Five Years Ago in Soho

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Today I had lunch with Bruce. He works in Soho and we went to a very Soho-like restaurant that featured high ceilings with lots of wood and...
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14 September 2009

La Beaute Quotidienne et L'Esperance: Edwidge Danticat

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Today I had a very long day, which included some exasperation but ended with joy. It was like being a kid who was forced to eat some food h...
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13 September 2009

I Thought I Was The Only Transgendered Libertarian!

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Ed McGon asked me to post an essay Lew Rockwell rejected because he thought it might be "too advanced" for some readers. The onl...
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12 September 2009

What Are They Seeing?

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More rain today. Still, I took two long walks. The first took me to Roosevelt Island, where there's a post office that's open unt...
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11 September 2009

Post-Op Hair Growth

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Last night, I got home late. And I went to bed late. This meant, of course, that I woke up late. On top of that, stiff winds drove hard rain...
09 September 2009

A Language of Necessity

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Today, in a research writing class I teach, the students were discussing James Baldwin's essay If Black English Isn't A Language, T...
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07 September 2009

Two Months: This Moment

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Two months--already! That's how long it's been since my surgery. I wonder whether time goes faster for women after they give birth....
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06 September 2009

Justifying the Ways of Trannies to...

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If I remember correctly, in the introduction to Book I, John Milton says that his purpose in writing Paradise Lost was to "justify the ...
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