03 November 2014

What We Say

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We've been called names and heard mean, hateful comments.  There's really not that much we can do about those unless we can stop ...
02 November 2014

Day Of The Dead

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In Mexico, today is celebrated as  el Dia de Muertos , or the day of the dead.  The holiday originated with indigenous people, and current ...
01 November 2014

Can Someone Explain?

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For all of my libertarian leanings, I never could understand Log Cabin Republicans.  All right, I take that back:  If the ones I've met...
31 October 2014

The Wrong Way To Go About It

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None of us likes to hear ignorant, hateful comments, especially when they're directed at us--or, at least, some notion that the person ...
30 October 2014

What's It Like To Be A Trans Girl?

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Sometimes I'm asked "What's it like?" to be transgendered or, more specifically, a trans woman.  The best answer I can gi...
29 October 2014

Don't Tell, Don't Transition--Not Yet, Anyway

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Even after the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," transgender people who live--and want to serve--in the gender of their ...
28 October 2014

E-Mail Error Exposes Identites of Transgender Patients

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You've been going to the clinic for a while.  Hopefully, you have--or are developing--a rapport with your doctor and therapist.  Perhap...
27 October 2014

Church Reinstates Minister Defrocked For Helping His Son

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When I was researching gender-reassignment surgeons, I read about Dr. Stanley Biber, whose practice my surgeon, Dr. Marci Bowers, continued...
26 October 2014

Now They're Blaming This On Gays

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Here I was, worrying that a President who's even worse on civil liberties than George the Younger would use the Ebola outbreak as an e...
25 October 2014

Where We (Don't) Live

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Ever wonder what young LGBT people are up against?  Here's an infographic that gives at least one part of the story:  
24 October 2014

A Book About Jazz: Music To My Ears

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Lately, I've thought about writing a transgender children's book, or one for young adults. If I do, I won't be the first:  Ja...
23 October 2014

Maybe Justice Will Prevail Now

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Good news:  Joseph Scott Pemberton , the US Marine accused of killing trans woman Jennifer Laude Sueselbeck, has been turned over to local...
22 October 2014

A Prison Within A Prison

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A 16-year-old is imprisoned as a form of therapy . Sounds good so far, right?  Well, it gets even better. The teenager in question has ...
21 October 2014

Speaking Of Allies...

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Speaking of allies :  Caryn Kunkle is certainly one. Two of her friends were brutally attacked by a group of fifteen (!) boys and girls...
20 October 2014

From The Homeless Hub: How To Be An Ally To The Trans Community

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I found this in " The Homeless Hub ": How To Be An Ally To The Transgender Community Certainly Do... get to know me! ...
19 October 2014

A Real Homecoming Peach

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Is she a Georgia Peach?  A Southern Belle? Whatever you want to call her, she's Sage Lovell.  But she's not just any 16-year-old...
18 October 2014

How Do You Say "NIMBY" In Latin?

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How do you say “Oops!” in Latin?    It seems now that the Vatican, in spite of Pope Francis’ pronouncements, is backing off on a...
17 October 2014

Forgotten--Or Incognito?

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Today I’m going to write about something that was, perhaps, inevitable. About a month ago, I bumped into someone I hadn’t seen i...
16 October 2014

October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. The issue has received a lot of publicity because of Ray Rice.  The running back's cont...