06 May 2013

Georgina Beyer Gravely Ill

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In 1999, Georgina Beyer became the first openly transgender member of any parliament in the world.  She won election in a normally conserva...
04 May 2013

Ladies, It's Your War, Too!

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I have said that it takes balls to be a woman.  One of the things I've learned is that as a woman--especially one who lived as a man and...
03 May 2013

Cherry Blossoms Bloom; I Exhale

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Very few things in this world make me as happy as I am when I see cherry blossoms in bloom. This year, they seem especially full and vibra...
02 May 2013

Wrapped In Lavender Paper

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"He's not our President. He's not a Black President." So said an African-American student of mine.  He believes that Ob...
01 May 2013

Murder, Then Character Assassination

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Have standards at journalism schools declined even more than I'd imagined? I'm asking that question after seeing the way a major m...
27 April 2013

Same-Sex Marriage And The Lost Generation Of Transgenders

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In previous posts, I've said that I am glad that same-sex marriage has been legalized in New York and other states, and hope that it wil...
25 April 2013

Nos Marriages Sont Legaux. J'espere Qui Nous Rend Egaux!

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It seems that attacks against members of any group of people become the most violent, and most virulent, when that group is gaining (however...
18 April 2013

Curled Up With Candice

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While being somewhat incapacitated by a relapse of a respiratory infection I had during the winter, I looked through some discs.  In one of...
17 April 2013

No Irish Transgenders Need Apply--In Ireland

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I'm going to tell you one of my dim, dark secrets, in case I haven't revealed it elsewhere on this blog:  I was born in Georgia.  ...
13 April 2013

Batgirl's Transgender Roommate

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I am old enough to remember when, for the first time (at least here in the US), a television drama featured a black actor in a lead role. ...
11 April 2013

This Letter Will Save Lives

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If you were to ask most people to name a state that has progressive policies when it comes to transgender health care, many would mention C...
10 April 2013

Petitioning Smith College To End Anti-Transgender Discrimination

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A few posts ago, I talked about the plight of Calliope Wong . She is a high-school senior who has been living as female for two years and ha...
09 April 2013

Six Years With Max

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Six years ago today, I took Max into my home. A few months earlier, my friend Millie rescued him from a street that divides a s...
08 April 2013

The End Of A Day At The Beginning Of A Season

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During my ride home, I stopped at the Long Island City piers just in time for this: And, in one sign that Spring is finally springing ...
03 April 2013

A Double Bind For "The Pregnant Man."

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What if Franz Kafka wrote about transgender people and same-sex marriage? One possible answer to that question is not a work of fiction....
02 April 2013

David Brooks Homophobia--And Racism And Classism

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Sure, let gays get married.  Let them suffer like the rest of us. I don't know who said it first.  But, even as a trans woman who was ...
30 March 2013

An Old Riding Partner--Or Racing Rival?

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"Mind if I ride your wheel?" "No, not at all!" He didn't realize it's the best--or, at least my favorite--que...
29 March 2013

On Abortion And Same-Sex Marriage

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As the Supreme Court hearings on same-sex marriage are taking place, I've read and heard more than a few comparisons between that issue...
28 March 2013

A Growing Boy

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Marley has been in my life for a bit more than a year.  When he first came into my life at the end of February of last year, he was still a...
27 March 2013

Why I Didn't Give Up Cycling

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I have been cycling, in one way or another, for more than four decades.  Now I do not pedal nearly as many miles (or kilometres) as I did...