19 January 2015

One Way To Commemorate This Day

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Today, on Martin Luther King Day, I thought it would make sense to share something I learned just recently:  He actually gave his "I...
18 January 2015

Love Sick--Or Sick Of Lovers?

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Sometimes it seems that half of the TV shows and movies in this world are about people falling in love, trying to find love or who can...
17 January 2015

Why Do Trans People Need To Be Protected From "The Vagina Monologues"?

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It's a cliche, but I'll say it anyway:  Sometimes the smartest people do the stupidest things. Now, I realize that stupid people ...
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16 January 2015

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Gotta love it! From:  Color Lines
15 January 2015

Driving Us Out

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Perhaps Vladimir Putin is trying to prove that he's the world's most hateful head of state.  Or, perhaps, simply one of the most re...
11 January 2015

Je Suis Charlie, Nous Sommes Charlie

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For today, I am going to forget what I normally write about on this and my other blog--sort of. In terms of content, this post will not ...
10 January 2015

Myerson Agonistes

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I’ve just learned of the death of Bess Myerson .   In fact,   members of the media didn’t know about it until a couple of days ago, ev...
07 January 2015

It Takes Gendom To Become A Third-Gender Mayor

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The election of Madhu Kinnar as the mayor of Raigarh, in the central Indian state of Chattisgarh, is interesting. As you may know by now...
06 January 2015

Trans Man Opens Up In Response To Leelah

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As you can imagine, Leelah Alcorn's suicide note--which, along with her blog, was deleted by her mother--touched many of us. It inspi...
05 January 2015

Transgender Woman Who Fled Georgia Attacked In San Francisco

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"I'm very sorry for the nice man who was enjoying his McDouble when I ran in bleeding and screaming for the police." It...
04 January 2015

The Truth She Owes Leelah

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On doit des egards aux vivants; on ne doit aux morts que la verite. Voltaire wrote that to the living we owe respect, but to the dead we...
03 January 2015

Give Leelah What She Deserves

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The funeral for Leelah Alcorn was moved because of threats to disrupt it. When I heard about that, I thought that perhaps the Westboro B...
02 January 2015

R.I.P. Mario Cuomo

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"Vote for Cuomo, not the homo!" Posters bearing that message lined Queens Boulevard in the days leading up to the 1977 primary ...
01 January 2015

Petition For Leelah's Law

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So...What are your wishes for the New Year? One of mine is that a "Leelah's Law" is passed to ban "conversion therapy...