17 February 2015

Stonewall To Campaign For Transgender Rights

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Well, I guess I shouldn't be too hard on the Human Rights Campaign.  Turns out, they're not the only gay-headed organization that...
16 February 2015

Bri Golec: Murdered By Her Father, Misidentified By Him And Local News Media

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People have told me that I'm a good storyteller. Whatever may narrative skills may be, I don't think they account for the tears som...
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15 February 2015

Murdered Trans Women Of Color Remembered On Valentine's Day

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Depending on which sources you trust, a transgender person is anywhere from 10 to 116 times as likely to be murdered as a typical person in...
14 February 2015

All Hearts Day Cards

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For some of us, today, Valentine's Day, can be as depressing as other holidays that are centered around heterosexual love and famil...
13 February 2015

Hormone Treatments Approved For Chelsea Manning

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You've probably heard the old joke:  An example of an oxymoron is "military intelligence". Or this:  "There are three...
12 February 2015

A Paralell Universe?

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From Diana , I learned that Roman Catholic Bishop Christopher Coyne of the Burlington (VT) diocese has affirming words for transgender...
11 February 2015

"Coming Out" Opens The Door To Better Health

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I often wish that I could have "come out" as trans earlier in my life--say, in my adolescence or even early adulthood.  I think o...
10 February 2015

I Will Be There In Spirit...Really

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I know I haven't mentioned "two-spirited" people much on this blog.  I have avoided that because although I wouldn't nec...
09 February 2015

Speaking Out Against Domestic Abuse

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I don't watch awards shows.  Well, all right, I don't watch TV these days.  But even when I was tied to the tube, I didn't pa...
08 February 2015

Taja DeJesus Murdered In SF: If We're Not Safe There, Where Are We?

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A Jewish man whose parents survived the Holocaust once told me that the only time he ever felt safe was when he was in Israel. I mention ...
07 February 2015

Denying Access--To Whom? For What Purpose?

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Let's see...The most common crimes in Florida are drug offenses, theft, assault, driving under the influence and aggravated assault. ...
06 February 2015

Mary Lambert's Wish

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You heard her on "Same Love", that powerful song about gay marriage that became a surprise number one hit for the hip-hop duo ...
05 February 2015

I Hope It Doesn't Take This To Make You A Man (Or A Woman)!

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In other posts, I have described how I, and other trans people, were motivated to transition by moments or incidents in which we realiz...
04 February 2015

What Money Couldn't Do

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If I ever hear anyone say, "Gender is learned" or "Gender is performative" again, I'll scream.  Trust me, you don...
03 February 2015

She Chased O.J.

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She chased O.J. Simpson. No, I'm not talking about a Buffalo Bills cheerleader during the 1970s, or some Hollywood starlet. I'm...
02 February 2015

By The Numbers, Again

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This is for anyone who thinks that our pleas for equality are demands for "special treatment":
01 February 2015

Same Shit, Different Coast: Trans Woman Michelle Vash Payne Murdered In L.A.

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If I were more jaded, I'd say it's the same old story. But since a life was ended in a horrible, brutal way, I won't be so bla...
31 January 2015

We're Not "Confused"

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I have often been asked whether I "always felt that way", The answer is, of course, yes.  Actually, I have to qualify that:  I ...
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30 January 2015

Faith And Hope In The Face Of Rejection

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Some people believe they can overcome anything with their faith.  Perhaps that's true; I have no doubt that belief in God (or whatever ...
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29 January 2015

Maybe He's A Cop In Ohio

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Dominick used to talk about becoming a cop.   He was about as suited for that work as I am to be an accountant.  I always suspected that hi...