23 January 2013

"Passing" Does Not Mean "Equal"

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As I've mentioned in earlier posts, previous generations of transsexuals tried to go "stealth" as much as they could.  That m...
21 January 2013

MLK And LGBT People

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Sometimes President Obama seems to think he's channeling Martin Luther King Jr. when he doesn't think he's a reincarnation of P...
20 January 2013

When You Can Get Away With Murder

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Kudos to Kelly Busey of Planet Transgender  (one of my "must read" blogs) for posting this story about Fernanda Carrico da Silva...
19 January 2013

The State Of My Commute

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From  Bike Commuters This post is a response to a comment Kiyomi made on " The States of Bicycle Commuting ", a post on my o...
18 January 2013

Over Time: A Transformation

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In researching something on the Web, I came across a time-lapse video of an Australian's transgender's change from male to female: ...
16 January 2013

No More Forced Sterilizations In Sweden

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Almost a year ago, I wrote about the Swedish law requiring transgender people to be sterilized before changing sexes. Well, that forty-y...
15 January 2013

Safer, But Not For Trans People

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Mayor Mike Bloomberg, in seemingly every speech he makes, reminds his listeners that New York is "the safest big city in America....
13 January 2013

Charlie, One Year Later

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Today was mild for this time of year.  Although it didn't rain, or even drizzle, the air felt damp, as it has since the rain we got th...
11 January 2013

A Generation of Elders Who Are Novitiates

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Writing about the Lost Generation of Transgenders , as I did yesterday and in a few earlier posts, got me to thinking about my own situatio...
10 January 2013

Health Care Professionals And Lost Generation Of Transgenders

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In several posts on this blog, I have mentioned some of the difficulties transgender people have in getting appropriate medical and psychia...
09 January 2013

It Took 30 Years, But They Found A Way To Fire Him

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In the winter class I'm teaching, the students are about to read Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis . It seems like an amazing coinci...
06 January 2013

Who Belongs To The "Club"?

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Over the years, there have been many definitions of "transgender" and "transsexual", apart from the ones in the textboo...
05 January 2013

We Won't Come For What They've Built In The Beaver State

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Once again, I've Kelli Busey to thank for the latest news about what's available to trans people. She reports that in order to c...
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04 January 2013

What The Repeal Of DADT Won't Change

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When "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed, I pointed out--on this blog and to people I know--that it wasn't an unmit...
03 January 2013

Palais d'Hiver

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This photo from Let's Go Ride A Bike made me think of something I wrote some years ago:                               Palais d...
02 January 2013

The City Of Ladies

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Here is another excerpt from the work of fiction I've been writing. In this piece, a trans woman who's about to have surgery has to...
01 January 2013

The Price Of Giving Up His Seed In The Sunflower State

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I can just see it now:  Millions of straight men petition their legislators to legalize same-sex marriage. What will bring about such a c...
31 December 2012

Lessons After Three And A Half Years

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I've heard many other people say that they're not sorry to see 2012 go.  On the whole, I agree with them.  I've discussed some ...
30 December 2012

Past, Passing Or Passage?

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I don't know what, if anything, this has to do with gender identity, sexuality, or anything else.  But it's taking up a few of my ...
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29 December 2012

Girls Just Wanna Have...

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I am not being sarcastic at all when I say that Flagler Beach, Florida has its charms.  The beach is great, and the dunes to the north and...