26 June 2012

The Supreme Court, Immigration And LGBT people

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Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's immigration policy got me to thinking about someone in a weekly support group I atte...
24 June 2012

WE Bike And Me

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What's gotten into me?  I mean, what's this with me and volunteering? It's not as if I haven't volunteered before....
21 June 2012

Keelin Godsey: Competing As A Woman, Living As A Man?

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Keelin Godsey wants to make the US Olympic team in the hammer throw, and compete in the Olympics in London this summer. Normally, that wo...
18 June 2012

Kylar Broadus Testifies Before The Senate

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An activist once told me, "It's all about visibility." In this country, it's hard to beat testifying before the Senate ...
15 June 2012

Thapelo Makutle: Transgender Pageant Winner Murdered In South Africa

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I am glad to see countries that had repressive regimes not so long ago are making progress when it comes to LGBT right.  As examples, I thi...
13 June 2012

13 Myths And Misconceptions About Trans Women

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In light (!) of yesterday's post, I am linking " 13 Myths And Misconceptions  About Trans Women ."  I just came across it tod...
12 June 2012

Why Do You Want To Go To The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival?

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You know it's summer when....you start hearing about the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. Thinking about it--to the degree that I...
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11 June 2012

How Low Will Cathy Brennan Go--And For What?

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In spite of the evil I've witnessed, I still have had hope for this world.  That hope was based on, among other things, that folks like...
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10 June 2012

Because He Can

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So...A few weeks ago, Barack announced that he's in favor of gay marriage--after Joe Biden's announcement of same basically pressur...
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...