18 February 2013

Why Should A 100-Year-Old Art Show Matter To Transgenders?

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I believe that one reason why so many transgender people are involved with, or at least interested in, the arts is that envisioning and re-...
16 February 2013

It's About The Bathrooms, Again

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When I was in school, I very rarely went to the bathroom.  That wasn't because I ate an unusual diet or had extraordinary self-control....
14 February 2013

Le Beau Marriage: C'est Probable En France

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On Valentine's Day, it's nice to have the kind of news I'm going to relay. The other day, the Assembly, which is the lower ho...
12 February 2013

Dr. Torrey Might Have A Good Idea, But What Does It Mean For LGBT People?

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This morning, I caught a segment of C-Span's Washington Journal   in which Libby Casey interviewed psychiatrist and schizophrenia resea...
10 February 2013

Going Through It Again

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Today I was talking someone who’s related to me but not part of my “nuclear” family.  (I won’t get into the implications of that term!)  H...
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09 February 2013

My Life With Charlies

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About four weeks ago, I wrote about the first anniversary of Charlie 's death. He was sweet, adorable and smart, and accompanied me t...
08 February 2013

Anna Grodzka: World's First Transgender Parlimentarian

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In earlier posts, I've commented on how countries that had been very conservative and Catholic have led the way on LGBT equality.   Exa...
07 February 2013

Brendon Ayanbadejo Gets It--Almost

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Kelli Busey's Planet Transgender has become one of my favorite transgender-related blog.  Actually, it achieved that distinction not lo...
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06 February 2013

Why I Am Not Passing Now

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I am not boasting when I say that it's been a while since I've had to think about "passing".  Any time I meet someone, wh...
03 February 2013

India's Response To The Death Of A Woman Who Was Gang-Raped

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In much of the world--including, at times, my hometown of New York--rape is still treated as "just" a sexual offense rather than t...
02 February 2013

A Thorn In The Side Of The Rose City T-Girls

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One thing any trans person can tell you is that there are some things that even the most trans-friendly communities and the strongest anti-d...
01 February 2013

Words That Are Transphobic And Why

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On Rebloggy , I found this useful infographic (and others):
31 January 2013

A New Harlem Renaissance?

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If you ask almost anyone living in New York City to name a "gay neighborhood", you will probably hear "Chelsea" or ...
30 January 2013

Maryland Bill To Outlaw Trans Discrimination

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New Year's Day was the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. So, it seems appropriate that just over the border from wh...
29 January 2013

Valentina Verbal Runs For Chilean Congress

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Last year, Argentina passed a law that said, in essence, any Argentinian aged 18 or over can be whichever gender he or she chooses.  No su...
28 January 2013

A Date With Jazz

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In case you missed Barbara Walters' latest interview with "Jazz", an 11-year-old transgender girl whose story Ms. Walter has ...
27 January 2013

How Much Is A Transgender Woman's Life Worth?

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If you fire shots into a car with three transgender women, what kind of a sentence you should expect? Depends. If you're a police o...
26 January 2013

Why Is The Catholic Church Fighting Gay Marriage?

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I'm sure you've read--or heard-- Queen Gertrude's observation in Hamlet : "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."...
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25 January 2013

What We Experience

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For a decade, I've been getting my healthcare and referrals from the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center .  At times, they can be madd...
24 January 2013

Passing Into The Lost Generation

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In yesterday's post , I started to describe some of the ways in which spending so much time and effort on "passing" has harme...