19 November 2014

LGBT Rights Around The World

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18 November 2014

R.I.P. Leslie Feinberg

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Sad news:   Leslie Feinberg has died. Of course, she is best known as the author of Stone Butch Blues, the first coming-of-age story abo...
17 November 2014

The Transsexual Person In Your Life

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Even though in some circles, people have become more accepting of--or, at least, more willing to accept-- trans people, parents, siblings, ...
16 November 2014

An Australian Judge Gets It

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In Australia, a child who wishes to undergo the second stage of gender transition--which involves, among other things, taking hormones--has...
15 November 2014

A Towering Napoleon

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For me, this was lunch the other day. The menu at the Olympic Flame Diner called it "Eggplant Napoleon", one of the day's ...
14 November 2014

Prescription Insurance Blues

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My current employer recently changed the way it funds its employee health insurance policies--and its prescription plan. I haven't be...
13 November 2014

Gender-Neutral Sports

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Time was when you couldn't use "gender", let alone "transgender", in the same sentence with "sports".  ...
12 November 2014

Will They Strike Surgery Out Of The Requirements?

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Those of us who live in New York City often decry our state's lawmakers, who tend to be more socially and politically conservative than...
11 November 2014

Transgender Veterans And The Benefits They Can't Use.

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Two months ago, WNYC--a local public radio station--aired this segment about the troubles transgender veterans face in using their benefit...
10 November 2014

Fact Sheet: Gender Nonconforming Youth In Schools

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The Sylvia Rivera Law Project in New York has created an excellent fact sheet about gender non-conforming students:
09 November 2014

What A Day (Date)!

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Today's post won't be about transgender issues--at least, not directly. That's because I was struck by how many historical eve...
08 November 2014

Why We Don't Come Out

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Most people don't realize that, for all of the advances made in attaining equality for LGBT people, we still face suspicion, hostility;...
07 November 2014

A Frontier Of Transphobia In Healthcare

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On the whole, I've been a bit more fortunate than other trans people in my experiences with health care providers.  I was able to find ...
06 November 2014

Why Parental Support For Trans Youth Matters

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For two years, I co- (as a volunteer) a group for LGBT teenagers and young adults.  It was one of the more rewarding--and heartbreaking--th...
05 November 2014

This Elephant Didn't Make It Into The Room

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Contrary to what you've heard, not all Republicans won their elections yesterday. Of course, here in New York, Rob Astorino lost his ...
04 November 2014

Voting While Trans

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Today is Election Day in the US.  Many of us can't vote on what, for us, is the most basic issue of voting:  actually having access to...
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 ...