21 February 2015

50 Years After Malcolm X

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On this date fifty years ago, Malcolm X was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom.   Today the site of the Audubon, in the Washington H...
20 February 2015

Love Is Love Is Love

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Sometimes I have to explain, even to  people who are or consider themselves to be accepting of LGBT people, that gender identity and sexual...
19 February 2015

Riding Again At Sunset

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I'm so happy to be back on my bike again.  Late the other day, I took a ride that wasn't a commute for the first time in weeks.  I ...
18 February 2015

Seeing With Bette Davis Eyes

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Bette Davis got it right:
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. ...