22 April 2014

How To Be A Trans Ally

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I am a transwoman. And a writer.  And an educator.  Yet I'm still trying to figure out what to say to people who really want to know me...
21 April 2014

Not Again: Mrs. Doubtfire

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In 1992, I came out. I'm not talking about my sexual preferences or gender identity.  What I mean is that after coming about as close...
20 April 2014

Happy Easter!

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Happy Easter! From Backyard Blam!
19 April 2014

How To Protect Yourself In The Workplace

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I have met Professor Jillian Weiss at Transgender Day of Remembrance events as well as on other occasions.  She is a most interesting and e...
18 April 2014

No Apple In The Eye Of Those Who Want Equal Rights

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New York is all but surrounded by states with laws that prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and expression.  Pennsylvania does...
17 April 2014

A Late Spring, But I'll Take It

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Yesterday's ice melted; I got out for a while.  Though still cold for this time of year--and windy--it was a rather lovely day. One ...
16 April 2014

A Third Gender In India

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Quite possibly the most revolutionary piece of legislation regarding gender identity and expression was passed two years ago in Argentina ....
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15 April 2014

Harvey Milk Postage Stamp

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Getting one's image on a postage stamp is, I reckon, a bit like the Nobel Prize.  Whenever I hear about someone being honored with one ...
14 April 2014

What Do We Become? Some Medical Effects Of Our Transitions

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Anyone who has taken hormones can attest to the changes they make in the body and mind.  Our doctors (for those of us who get our hormones ...
13 April 2014

A Message Like No Other

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When you cycle in an urban area, you see more graffiti than the average person.  More important, you see it at closer range than someone ...
12 April 2014

Something That Hasn't Changed (Unfortunately)

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Last night, I stopped by the LGBT Community Center.  I hadn't been there in a while, but early in my transition, I sometimes felt as if...
11 April 2014

Myths About Women And Cycling

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Given my life experiences, it would surprise few people to know that I think about some of the differences between female and male cyclists...
10 April 2014

An Open Letter To A Young Victim Of Homophobia

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For two years, I co-facilitated a weekly group for LGBT teenagers and young adults.  I was a volunteer and had to stop because of changes i...
09 April 2014

Why The Fact That An Adjunct Teaches Your Class Is A Feminist Issue

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Someone passed this very interesting article from the Feminist Daily News   to me: April-02-14 Adjunct Faculty Demand Fair Pay and Be...
08 April 2014

Too Unconventional

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Maspeth is a Queens neigborhood only two miles from my apartment.  I pass through it frequently and even stop once in a while, as one of m...
07 April 2014

Yearning For A New Journey

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I am itching to go to France, to Europe, again.  Actually, I really want to do what I did as recently as 2001, just before 9/11:  Buy the ...
06 April 2014

Where We're Covered

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Right now, laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on gender identity or presentation are in effect for jurisdictions in which 47 ...
05 April 2014

Bad For Our Health

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A recent report shows a dramatic increase in the  number of suicides among City Public School pupils this year. Nearly all researchers--...
04 April 2014

A Year In Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life

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I know it's Spring.  And it's time to ride and be joyful. But I think there's something else that bears mentioning. On this da...
03 April 2014

One Way To Explain The Difference

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Here's an answer to a question just about all trans (and more than a few cisgender) people are asked: