17 October 2012

IFI: Their Hate Is All About The Family

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Why do so many hate groups have the word "family" in their names? One example is the Illinois Family Institute.  In response to...
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16 October 2012

A Double-Bind For Transgenders In Malaysia

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In some predominantly-Muslim countries, such as Malaysia, there are, in essence, two sets of laws.  Sharia is Islamic law, which applies to...
15 October 2012

Transgender Bird?

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Bellbirds live in New Zealand.  They're about the size of a sparrow, dark olive-green with red eyes.  (They're kinda cute, if you a...
14 October 2012

Surgery Not Required In Ontario

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In the Canadian province of Ontario, it is now possible for a person to change the gender as well as the name on his or her birth certifica...
13 October 2012

A Lifespan Of 30 To 32 Years, And A Lost Generation

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Two decades ago, a widely-circulated report caused a lot of shock and disbelief. Among its findings was this:  Black males aged 15 to 29 ...
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11 October 2012

National Coming Out Day

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Today is the 25th National Coming Out Day . When the first such day was held, "coming out", even for white lesbians and gay men...
08 October 2012

Turned Away By An LGBT Organization

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Every time I think the world has become  a more hospitable, or at least a  less hostile, place for trans people, something happens to shake...
06 October 2012

Post #1000. Thanks For Reading

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Four years and three months, almost to the day, after my first post on this blog, here we are, at post #1000. The day I started this blog...
05 October 2012

Trans People Of Color: An Endangered Species?

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The other day I commemorated the tenth anniversary of Gwen Araujo's brutal murder. During the four years I've kept this blog, I...
04 October 2012

Potty Mouth In Calgary

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It's always about the bathrooms. At least, it is whenever someone wants to oppose equal rights for transgender people. That's e...
03 October 2012

A Sad Anniversary: My Grandmother and Gwen Araujo

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This date, 3 October, has been a sad one for many years, at least for me. On this date in 1981, my maternal grandmother died.  As weakene...
02 October 2012

Rape Victim Charged With Indecency

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What do you do if you are assaulted and your attacker files charges against you? Apparently, that is just what happened to a woman in Tun...
01 October 2012

Fundraising Party For Trans-Inclusive Women's Cycling Group

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If you're here in New York next Wednesday, you'll want to trek over to  The Grand Victory  in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. There, at...
30 September 2012

A "Fraudulent" Request

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According to Bill Graves, I made a fraudulent request on 18 June 2003.   Thankfully (for me, anyway), he is a District Judge in Oklahom...
29 September 2012

Homophobia, "If It Really Existed"

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I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Conservapedia exists.  After all, there are people who will accuse you of being brainwashed by t...
28 September 2012

Tracking Homophobia On Twitter

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In July, the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services (iSMSS) at the University of Alberta launched www.nohomophobes.com  to trac...
27 September 2012

Proof That We're Not Just XX Or XY?

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I'll admit:  It's been a long time since I've studied biology.  So, my knowledge is probably rusty, to put it mildly. So I ...
26 September 2012

From Angel To Working Girl

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Even if you're not my age, you've heard the song at least 500 times on the radio.  You might have even heard it that many times if ...
25 September 2012

Arrest In Slashing At McDonald's

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Yesterday, 44-year-old Keith Patron was arrested for the slashing of a gay man who defended his transgendered girlfriend at a McDonald...
24 September 2012

PFLAG On LGBT Students

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In the month of September, we hear and read much about education and young people. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PF...