01 March 2015

Snowbound

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According to the National Weather Service, we’ve just had the coldest February since 1934 .   I haven’t spent much time on my bike dur...
28 February 2015

The Bravest Among Us

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Now that listings for poetry readings, concerts and apartments for rent are available online, I rarely pick up a copy of the Village V...
27 February 2015

Signs That It Gets Better

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For a young LGBT person, the road ahead can seem long, winding and arduous.  We are always looking for signs that things will indeed get be...
26 February 2015

Perhaps Senator Plett Should Move To Florida

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I have long thought that Canadians are more sensible people than we (well, some of us, anyway) are in the US.  They legalized same-sex marr...
25 February 2015

Her Family Behind Her

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Some commentators are calling this the "transgender moment" of history.  Bruce Jenner is transitioning, and TV shows and movies h...
24 February 2015

New State Department Envoy for LGBT Rights

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Normally, I am skeptical when the government--or, for that matter, any other organization--creates a new post with an impressive-sounding t...
23 February 2015

What They Can't Tell You

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From Fairy JerBear's Queer World News
22 February 2015

Trans Lives Matter

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The other day, MTV news ran a story, written by Katie Speller entitled, 6 Transgender Women Have Been Murdered in 2015 And No One Is Talkin...
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...