04 December 2012

What The DSM-V Won't, And Can't, Address

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Yesterday I discussed , briefly, the possible implications and effects of removing "transgender" from the list of mental disorder...
03 December 2012

How Much Of A Victory Will The DSM-V Be For Transgenders?

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If you're not LGBT, or not a medical or psychiatric professional, or an actuary, you've probably never looked at the Diagnostic And ...
01 December 2012

Reagan, Wall Street And The Lost Generation of Transgender People

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In previous posts , I've talked a bit about the Lost Generation of Transgender People.  I've mentioned a few of the possible reason...
30 November 2012

Andy Marra: Moving Ahead With Two Families

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For so many of us, the stories of our "coming out" and gender transition are inextricably woven with our families.  A few of us ar...
29 November 2012

Lighting The Way Home

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Well, it's that time of year again. Whatever route I take home from work, I pass through a couple of residential neighborhoods in eas...
28 November 2012

Stacie Laughton Resigns

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A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the election of Stacie Laughton, New Hampshire's first transgender legislator. Now she has resigned...
26 November 2012

Healthcare And The Transgender Lost Generation

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How many people would take advice from someone who was deemed mentally ill? And, what would you do if you suffered some sort of disease b...
25 November 2012

Cycling After The Tide

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This sign should have given me some idea of what I was getting myself into: From 91st Street in Howard Beach--where I saw the inverte...
24 November 2012

Fox News Celebrates Transgender Day Of Remembrance

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Perhaps I should pay more attention to Faux, I mean Fox, News than I do.  After all, in its own way, it's brilliant:  It whips up resen...
22 November 2012

Sixteen Months And $18,000 Later

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In New York City, it costs $160.  In Oklahoma, it costs $18,000. You read that right.  Oh, but it gets even better.  The thing I'm ta...
19 November 2012

First Transgender Representative Elected in Cuba.

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Her own father reported her to the Cuban authorities.  During the 1980's, she spent two years in prison for her "dangerousness....
17 November 2012

For Lou Rispoli, RIP

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Far too many people are killed simply for being at the wrong place at the wrong time, for crossing paths with the wrong person or people.  ...
15 November 2012

Trans Woman Tasered In Her Groin

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I used to think some of the most ignorant stuff I'd heard and read was published and broadcast as "news" in the New York Post...
14 November 2012

What I Missed: Gender Clinics

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Sometimes I think about the things I missed out on as a result of transitioning after the turn of the century rather than, say, in the 1980...
13 November 2012

How A Misguded Moral Crusade Victimizes Trans People

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I am glad that attention has been paid to the discrimination and violence transgender people too often face. There is a related issue th...
12 November 2012

DD 214: An ID Problem For Transgender Veterans

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During the Presidential campaign, I wrote about how Voter ID laws were a hindrance to transgender people.  This is particularly true for t...
11 November 2012

Transgender Veterans

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Today is the real Veterans' (Armistice) Day.  So I thought it would be interesting to share something I found on You Tube. Monica F. ...
10 November 2012

Fate And Hunger

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Here is another part of the work of fiction I am writing.  (Some other parts have been posted; they are in italics. ) Foregone conclusio...
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...