29 May 2015

He's The Best Tennis Player In The State--And A Fine Swimmer, Too!

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Some of us in the LGBT--especially the T--community have complicated relationships with sports. In my day, one stereotype of gay boys--an...
28 May 2015

Protest Against Treatment of LGBT Undocumented Immigrants In California

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Contrary to how some would spin the story, transgender inmates aren't looking for "special treatment". I don't think an...
27 May 2015

The Wound Nobody Could Heal

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For most of my life, I have withdrawn from people when I felt they were getting close--or, more precisely, too close for my comfort. And...
26 May 2015

A Ride For Sally

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When we're young, it's difficult and even hurtful to learn that people we admired--whether celebrities or family members, teachers ...
25 May 2015

What "Other Than Honorable" Means

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Today is Memorial Day here in the US. Last night, I listened to a radio program in which the host brought up a little-discusse...
24 May 2015

The Irish Vote For Gay Marriage

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Having grown up Catholic enough to be an altar boy (and having gotten some of my education in a Catholic school), I am as fascinated a...
23 May 2015

How To Ride Like A Lady

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Historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich  has written, "Well-behaved women seldom make history". She, of course, is correct.  However, ...
22 May 2015

A Real Expert

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The more I hear about the Girl Scouts' policy about transgender girls, the more I like the Girl Scouts.  Here is what Andrea Bastiani A...
21 May 2015

Re-Named In The Church Of England?

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"It's a girl!" I sent a "birth" announcement beginning with that line after I woke from my gender-reassignment su...
20 May 2015

Transgender Girl Scouts!

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They're letting boys become Girl Scouts!  No.... No, it's not happening.  But that's what all those hate "socially cons...
19 May 2015

I Heard About This Rumour...

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There's a Rumour in the NBA... No, that's not something a British sports journalist wrote about American professional basketball...
18 May 2015

Can't Escape From Hate, Even In Death

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On Thursday the 14th, Rachel Bryk 's body was recovered.  She was found floating in the Hudson River, near the spot where she jumped fr...
17 May 2015

He Crashed The Train Because He's Gay

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A few weeks ago, Time magazine's cover trumpeted a "transgender tipping point".  Indeed, more and more people are starting to...
16 May 2015

Robert Rayford: The First AIDS Victim In North America?

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On 5 June 1981, the US Centers for Disease Control published its now-famous report describing rare lung infections in five previously-heal...