04 June 2014

Doctor Of Hate

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It's amazing how much hate you can get away with spreading if you have a "Dr." in front of your name or "Ph.D." aft...
03 June 2014

"It's Only Words." Sure.

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From Amy Dentata
02 June 2014

In The Garden

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Yesterday, after riding to church, I took a ride with my friend Lakythia.  Before I embarked on that ride, I stopped in the church's ga...
01 June 2014

Naked In The City Of Rosebuds

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OK, I admit it:  I've never been to Portland.  Now you might be asking yourself, "What kind of cyclist is she, anyway?" And...
31 May 2014

How Many Stereotypes Can You Maintain With $200,000?

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Sometimes you can tell that someone just had to get a grant--whether to secure tenure or some other kind of promotion, justify his or her (...
30 May 2014

Medicare Will Accept Applications For GRS Coverage

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A US Department of Health and Human Services board has just ruled that Medicare recipients can no longer automatically be denied coverage ...
29 May 2014

A Spring Night On Grove Street

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Is it true that in the Spring, a young bike's fancies turn to romance?  How does that saying go? As the young would say... whatev...
28 May 2014

Prejudice, To The Letter

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Last night, I was having dinner with two friends and a friend of theirs—who, as it turns out, is a neighbor of mine.   We’re all artis...
27 May 2014

Have I Crossed The Mason-Dixon Line Without Realizing It?

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Yesterday I pedaled out to Somerville (NJ) , in part to see the bike races.   I also wanted to just spend a day away from any obligati...
26 May 2014

How We Can Truly Serve Our Country--And World

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I have written about Chuck Hagel's declaration that the ban against transgenders in the military should be "reviewed" and th...
25 May 2014

Tona Brown To Perform At Carnegie Hall

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So...You want to see the first transgender African-American to perform at Carnegie Hall.  Well, you'll have your chance next month--ass...
24 May 2014

Scraping The Sky, Or Brushed By Fog

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Late yesterday morning and the afternoons were just interludes between rainstorms.  Or so it seemed.  And it rained even harder, from what ...
23 May 2014

R.I.P John

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Today I'm going to detour a bit, for a very personal reason. In other posts, I've mentioned Millie.  I met her the day I moved to ...
22 May 2014

Transphobes Tossed Off The Airwaves--For Now, Anyway

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Rochester, NY was one of the very first jurisdictions in the US to protect gender identity and expression in its human rights laws.  In fac...
21 May 2014

Walk In Our Shoes

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 From Visual.ly 
20 May 2014

Coming Together While Going In Opposite Directions

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Boy meets girl... All right....Before anyone accuses me of not getting the story "straight", I'm going to tell you what hap...
19 May 2014

Banning The Ban In The Beaver State

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As a general rule, I guard against complacency.  Still, it's hard to greet one piece of news as if it's becoming almost routine. ...
18 May 2014

Transgender Culture: What Is It? Or Is It?

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The moment you talk about a "culture", you're not part of it. Perhaps it's trite to say that. But, like so many other s...
17 May 2014

Younger And More Brutally Attacked

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Today is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia .  Normally, I don't care much for days dedicated to one thing or another...