09 November 2012

The Yankees Get It

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Disclaimer:  In spite of its title, this post has nothing to do with baseball.   (By the way, I'm a Mets fan!) I am referring to nati...
07 November 2012

A New Sundance Series And The Lost Generation Of Trans Men

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The Sundance Channel has just list of original scripted series for the 2013-14 television season.  Among those new shows is one about a tr...
04 November 2012

Light At The End Of The Storm

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I don't mind cloudy days.  Actually, I like them, especially for cycling, particularly along a seacoast. However, during the past few ...
03 November 2012

What Would Donald Trump Say To This?

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I hope that the winner of Brazil 's transgender beauty pageant was crowned quickly enough so that she could make it to Thailand. Ther...
02 November 2012

The Catholic Connection

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A former co-worker once accused me of being a "self-hating Catholic."  She--who was attending a seminary while she worked with me...
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01 November 2012

Brazil's Transgender Beauty Pageant

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A few days ago, I wrote about the murder of a Brazilian transgender woman who went by the name Madona , and how it is just one example of t...
31 October 2012

The Greenwich Village Halloween Parade

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Well, as you might have heard by now, this year's Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village is being postponed . In its four-decade histo...
30 October 2012

A Transgender Storm?

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Well, so far, it looks like I've weathered Hurricane Sandy.  The lights flickered a couple of times but never went out.  In my neighbor...
29 October 2012

Eden Lane Didn't Broadcast Her Transition

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Until today, I knew of one transgender broadcast journalist.  I met her when I was about to begin my own transition.  Then, Andrea Sears ha...
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28 October 2012

Anticipating The Storm

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Max is a real New Yorker.   We've been warned that Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy will be "catastrophic" and " a storm...
27 October 2012

Two Members Of The Lost Generation Do Lunch

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Yesterday I had a late lunch/early dinner with a friend who's just passed a significant milestone in her transition.   She is a few ye...
26 October 2012

Why Was A Trans Woman Stoned To Death In Brazil?

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In Brazil, same-sex marriages are allowed, although the notaries are not required to perform them.  Furthermore, same-sex couples enjoy mos...
25 October 2012

She Knows Why It Wasn't Enough To Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

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Obama's repeal of " Don't Ask, Don't Tell " hasn't been as complete a victory as some LGBT activists and their al...
24 October 2012

Why They Think About Killing Themselves

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Sometimes a study will confirm what any five-year-old could tell you.  Still, it's good to have them, if only to use as evidence that t...
23 October 2012

Corporations That Support Homophobia

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You no doubt recall the controversy over Chick Fil A' s donations to anti-gay organizations .  It probably doesn't surprise you tha...
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...