14 May 2013

She Knows What's Best For Your Kids

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Dear Reader,  I'm very, very sorry for making your little Johnny think he's Jane.  It never, ever was my intention.   From now...
12 May 2013

Happy Mother's Day

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Here in the US, today is Mother's Day. A very happy day to all of you who are mothers--whether you have birthed children, raised them ...
11 May 2013

Misgendering, Misogyny And Murder

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A week and a half ago, I wrote about the way Cleveland Plain-Dealer reporter John Canigilia maligned murdered transwoman Ci Ci Dove, and h...
10 May 2013

Hijras: From Scorn To Running For Office

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The first thing I read--a long time ago--about hijras made it seem as if they were accepted, or at least tolerated, in their native South As...
09 May 2013

I'm Married To A Woman, But Only One Of Us Is A Lesbian...

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Don't worry:  I'm still single.  Jennifer Finney Boylan (who else?) uttered the title of this post. She did a great job of expla...
08 May 2013

What If I Were A Black Trans Woman?

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I do not believe that I am boasting or exaggerating when I say that I encounter more black men than most white women of my age and level of...
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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 ...