22 October 2012

The Rabbi Says We're Not Ill

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A British rabbinical student is on a crusade. All right.  You might think I'm getting my medieval history mixed up here.  But I assur...
21 October 2012

What Was Lost In The Lost Generation of Transgenders

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Yesterday, I wrote about the African-American and Latino gay and transgender world of the 1980's that was depicted in Paris Is Burning....
20 October 2012

Paris Is Burning: A Document Of The Lost Generation Of Trans People

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I saw Paris Is Burning not long after it was released in 1990.  I was very deeply in the closet then.  So, perhaps, it wouldn't surpri...
19 October 2012

IFI Wins (For Now)

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The Illinois Family Institute are savoring their victory. Yesterday, I mentioned that the IFI was trying to get the East Aurora School D...
18 October 2012

Infographic On LGBT Legal Protections

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Yesterday, the Center for American Progress posted a very informative infographic about the state of legal protections for LGBT people in t...
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...