02 May 2012

Prophecies Of Hate On The Campus Walls?

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Last night, a friend told me that there has been a rash of "hate" graffiti on the campus where she teaches.  Most of it has been ...
01 May 2012

A Surprise In One Of My Classes

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In one of my classes, students have been reading various essays and articles about gender and sexuality.  I've assigned them a paper ba...
30 April 2012

Appealing For Care

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Transgender health care isn't simply a matter of finding "sensitive" providers, as important as that is.  Rather, it is a mat...
29 April 2012

What Happened To Victoria Carmen White

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It seems that any time a particularly heinous crime or sensational case is reported in the media, there are remarkably similar incidents--o...
27 April 2012

The Spirit Moves Them To Harvard Divinity School

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According to an in-the-know friend of mine, the Harvard Divinity School has more than its share of LGBT faculty members and students, and t...
25 April 2012

Our "Unfair Advantage" In Beauty Pageants

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On to another beauty pageant controversy... Today, courtesy of Kelli Anne Busey (author of the Planet Transgender blog), I learned that ...
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24 April 2012

Outings: From Mike Wallace To Ellen De Generes

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Today, when you mention Ellen De Generes' name, people think of her talk show and Cover Girl commercials.  Some still recall her season...
21 April 2012

Why They Should Say No To ROTC

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A while back, I talked about the campaign to bring a Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program to York College.   Well, it seems tha...
20 April 2012

Too Good To Be True

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Today I had a late lunch-early dinner with a friend of mine who's transitioning from male to female.  I remarked upon some of the chang...
19 April 2012

LGBT Scholarships

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Today one of my students asked about scholarships that might be available to her.  Now, I don't know about very many of them off the top...
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18 April 2012

No "Outing" Today

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Today I rode my bike to work. On the way, I stopped at a diner to use the bathroom. (I shouldn't have had that second cup of tea before ...
17 April 2012

Fake Butts And Real Troubles

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Last week, when I was in Florida, the " Fake Butt Doctor " was in the news. Oneal Ron Morris was accused of injecting patients...
16 April 2012

A Cis Ally And A Trans Panel On MSNBC

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Yesterday, Melissa Harris-Perry presented a panel on MSNBC to discuss transgender issues.  She was motivated to do this--and, in her word...
12 April 2012

A Simple Life?

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Normally, I'm happy to get home from a trip to Florida.  These days, I'm happy to see my parents, in part because I don't k...
10 April 2012

When I Wasn't Thinking About What Could've Been

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Yesterday it was lunch with Mom and her friend. Tonight, after I took a bike ride, it was out to dinner with Mom and Dad.  We went to what i...
09 April 2012

Why I Enjoy Lunch With Them

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Today I went to lunch with Mom and a friend of hers.  The town in which they live is a bit different from my neighborhood, where I have two ...
08 April 2012

A Judge Had To Make UPS Deliver

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In most states--New York included--if you undergo hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgery, you can remain married to the person to w...
06 April 2012

My Thing Is Bigger Than....Well, Never Mind!

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I'm going to break a promise to myself.  I didn't make the promise to anyone else, so I guess it's okay to break.  Kinda sorta m...
05 April 2012

Coko Williams, Murdered In Detroit

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"Her throat was slashed and she was shot." A friend of mine read that sentence to me during our phone conversation.  "If tha...
04 April 2012

Zeke Swim Teaches His Doctors

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I have to say that I've been rather fortunate in my experiences with health-care providers.  I have a doctor and gynecologist treat othe...
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