04 August 2013

Still Here

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I know that in the history of this blog, I’ve rarely gone more than a few days without posting.   Today I realized it’s been a week si...
28 July 2013

Without Women On Wheels

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Yesterday marked 60 years since the end of the Korean War . The South commemorates it in a rather somber way.  The North--the so-called P...
27 July 2013

Getting And Keeping What We Need

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Here is an infographic that shows some of the dilemmas faced by transgenders in the work force:
26 July 2013

What Young Love Might Have Been Like

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I began my gender transition in my 40's and had my surgery three days after I turned 51.  While I am glad for the time I've had--an...
25 July 2013

Upon This Rock Was The Movement Founded

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Although people became ill and died from it long before then, the first documented cases of what would come to be known as HIV/AIDS were re...
24 July 2013

A Band Of (Trans) Brothers--And Sisters

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While the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has been applauded, mostly for the right reasons, transgenders are still not ...
23 July 2013

Taking A Shoe Thrown At Her And Putting It In Her Mouth.

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Back in the good ol' days, the crazy elements of the American political right trotted out women like Phyllis Schlafly to help reinforce...
22 July 2013

Conviction Set Aside In Killing Of Transgender Woman In New York State

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Four years ago, Dwight DeLee became the second person convicted in the US for a hate crime in the killing of a transgender person.  His Au...
21 July 2013

Coming Out With God

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When people ask how I came to be the person I am, I tell them that the process of my gender transition was as much a spiritual as a physica...
20 July 2013

Reality=Porgography?

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I found this great infographic that expresses some of the stark realities of transgender life: However, when I tried to access the s...
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19 July 2013

Melting Away

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This week, we’ve had the hottest weather we’ve had all year.  (Yesterday the temperature reached 100F or 38C.)  The weather, and hearing f...
18 July 2013

A Re-Enactor Of Gettysburg

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A few days ago, after I cariactured Tammy Fay Baker, someone suggested that I try my hand at acting. The thought had never before occured...
17 July 2013

Malaysian Politician Appoints Transgender Secretary

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Even with all of the discrimination we face,  those of us who live in North America or western European countries can easily forget how muc...
16 July 2013

Telling Our Stories

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A few weeks ago, I thought about ending this blog. I wouldn't have taken it down; I just thought I'd post only sporadically.  After...
15 July 2013

The George Zimmerman Verdict

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Being a trans woman, I know what it's like to be presumed guilty simply for being who and what you are.  And i have had people--includi...
14 July 2013

Marriage De Meme N'est Pas DIsponible Pour Tous

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Aujourd'hui, c'est la fete nationale francaise:  le jour de la prise de la Bastille. If any Francophones or Francophiles are readi...
13 July 2013

Escalation

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It was one thing to impugn my gender identity and to say that Dr. Marci Bowers had created a "Frankenstein" right after the surge...
12 July 2013

How I Fell Into It

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Someone, I forget who, once said that you are truly in prison when you get used to it.  I could say something like that about being in an ...
11 July 2013

What's Being Trans Got To Do With It?

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At first glance, it looks like just another soap opera involving super-rich New Yorkers. An agoraphobic heiress falls behind in her maint...
10 July 2013

A Self-Hater Smears Tyler Clementi With A Stereotype

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Robert Oscar Lopez may well have the courage of his convictions.  But, it seems that he doesn't have a whole lot of logic to back them ...
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