08 June 2012

About The Intersex Debate

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Yesterday's post  generated one of the most mean-spirited comments I've received since I started this blog. For the record:  I ha...
07 June 2012

Intersexed People And Faux Fascination

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Recently, Faux (I mean, Fox) and other media outlets made a spectacle about the " man who found out she was a woman ."   For an...
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05 June 2012

Janet Jackson To Produce "Truth"

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Sometimes I feel a little bit sorry for Janet Jackson.  Mention her name, and the first thing that comes to a lot of minds (particularly t...
04 June 2012

Life On A Rainy Day

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Today has been unusually cool for this time of year.  It's also rained on and off throughout the day.  I managed to ride for about hal...
31 May 2012

A Fine Article About Trans Kids And Their Parents

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Jesse Green's S/He , in the most recent issue of New York magazine, is one of the more interesting articles I've read in a while. ...
30 May 2012

SEIU Seeks Transgender-Inclusive Health Insurance

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One good thing about working for the City University of New York is that it offers pretty good health insurance policies.  Mine didn't ...
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28 May 2012

Memorial Day Without DADT: No Difference For Transgenders

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Today, Memorial Day, LGB people have one more right than they had at this time last year:  They can serve openly in the military.  During t...
22 May 2012

She Called Herself Lorena; The Times Called Her "Curvaceous"

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Sometimes people don't understand why words are so important to us.  Actually, they're not any more important to us than they are t...
21 May 2012

Re:Acting Fairly And Accurately

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The political right has its so-called Accuracy In Media. Now, I am happy to say, I've found a site that takes on, not only the transp...
20 May 2012

Miss Congeniality

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Tonight I'm seeing a lot of reports saying that Jenna Talackova "lost" the Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant. First of al...
19 May 2012

Christine Gets Married

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It is most likely, as the Times reported, the highest-profile same-sex marriage to date. Christine Quinn, the Speaker of the City Counci...
18 May 2012

What Motivates Him To Learn?

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One thing I have to say for my students is that they have almost uniformly been good to me. My identity is known, and I think I'm no l...
17 May 2012

The Whole World's IDAHO

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"You learn something new every day."  At least, that's what my mother always says.   At least it was true for me today.  I ...
16 May 2012

What Will The Rest Of Her Life Be Like?

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Last year, a video of the beating of a transwoman in a suburban Baltimore McDonalds went viral.  Chrissy Polis said she wasn't even g...
15 May 2012

Will GENDA Pass This Time?

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Ten years ago, New York City amended its Human Rights Law with language to forbid discrimination in housing, employment and city services o...
13 May 2012

Happy Mother's Day!

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To all of you who are mothers--and those of you who love yours, or someone who was one to you--Happy Mother's Day. My mom is great. ...
12 May 2012

Where Are They Really "Gender Blind"?

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Many people assume that gender equality is more readily found in large cities and institutions than in smaller ones.  It's not hard to u...
11 May 2012

Mitt Bully, I Mean, Romney

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Over the past few days, there have been media stories of how Presidential candidate Mitt Romney bullied classmates--including one who turne...
10 May 2012

Argentina Gets It

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Many, many years ago, I read Jacobo Timerman's wonderful (but disturbing) Prisoner Without A Name, Cell Without A Number .  In it, he r...
09 May 2012

Les Amies de Place Blanche

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Place Blanche in Paris is perhaps best known as the site of Le Moulin Rouge, where the can-can dance is said to have originated, at least ...