04 March 2011

Tyra Trent And The Violence of Poverty

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I know it's the dead of winter and everyone's sick of it.  And some want to be cheered up. Well, this post isn't going to do ...
02 March 2011

Transgender Orthodox Rabbis?

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Yesterday another prof in my secondary job told me about an interesting article she read in the Jewish Forward.   Given that the Socialist P...
01 March 2011

The Look

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I can tell them from a mile away.  They're the ones who want to take you aside to talk to you.  They think they're doing something w...
28 February 2011

Carved In Granite?

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Two years ago, New Hampshire became the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Now state Representatives David Bates and Leo Pepino are...
27 February 2011

Not Moving After All--Not Yet, Anyway

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A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I was thinking of moving in with a woman I know.  Well, at least I thought I knew her.  Or, more pre...
26 February 2011

Subduing Corruption and Vice

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We never get a break, do we? First we're blamed for leading men into perdition, or simply making things complicated.    That's ho...
25 February 2011

Where Is Kye Allums?

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It occurs to me just now that I haven't heard anything about Kye Allums in a while.   Perhaps you haven't heard anything about h...
24 February 2011

No Move, At Least Not Now

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I've decided that I'm not moving in with her after all.  She did a couple of things that confirmed a couple of things I'd suspe...
23 February 2011

DOMA: Defense of What?

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Imagine this: According to the laws of your state, you are married.  But, according to the Federal government, you're not. For anyone c...
22 February 2011

A Day For Celebrating Our Real Beauty

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The college in which I've been moonlighting is going to have an event called "Beauty Day," in conjunction with Women's His...
21 February 2011

A Victim Or An Accuser?

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When is a victim an accuser? She is when the crime against her is rape, stalking or domestic violence. At least,  that will be the case  ...
20 February 2011

On Current Events

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I've been holding off on saying anything about the developments in Egypt, Bahrain and Wisconsin. There are more issues involved than the...
19 February 2011

This Doesn't Change: Conflicting Advice

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It almost goes without saying that a gender "transition" involves changes as great in number and degree as most people are likely ...
17 February 2011

Finding Out About Lola

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Today I heard the Kinks' Lola on the radio.  That, in itself, is not so unusual:  "oldies" and "classic rock" statio...
16 February 2011

The Art Of Gender And Prestige

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Writing about newsboys and news carriers (Carriers?  I thought they had to do with diseases!) got me to thinking about what happens to jobs ...
14 February 2011

Carriers Of News

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Today I was drifting aimlessly in cyberspace when I really should have been doing other things.  And, somehow, I came upon this: Someone...
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13 February 2011

Another Disappearing Tranny?

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My relationship to my past is changing.  I've been thinking of moving in with someone who's not a lover or relative.  And I notice m...
12 February 2011

Walking With Our Heads Up

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After reading Diana's post today, I checked out one of the links she provided. That there is discrimination against transgender peo...
11 February 2011

Turning Sepia or Chiaroscuro

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"Sophia" had an interesting response to my post " Giving Up What I Never Had ." On her blog, she describes " A Li...
10 February 2011

What Do I Do Now?

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Yesterday I was actually starting to like the idea of moving.  Well, I wasn't thinking so much of moving as I was of being in an apartme...