09 June 2015

The Third Law In The Third World

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In previous posts , I've said that something like a corollary of Newton's Third Law of Motion seems to operate in the realm of tran...
08 June 2015

The AMA Says There's No Reason To Keep Trans People Out Of Uniform

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The American Medical Association isn't usually seen as a paragon of progressivisim, let alone a left-wing hotbed.   So it's parti...
07 June 2015

Bruce To Caitlyn, In Pictures

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Since I don't want to steal Caitlyn Jenner's thunder (as if I could), I won't say much today.  Instead, I'll direct you to ...
06 June 2015

It Isn't Really Rape If Your Son Does It

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Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address warned us ab...
05 June 2015

What Caitlyn Has Clarified

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Caitlyn Jenner's "coming out" has been good for us (trans people) as well as the general public in all sorts of ways.  Not ...
04 June 2015

Defending Wendy Williams, Sort Of

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Today I am going to do something I never imagined I would do:  I am going to defend Wendy Williams.  Sort of. All of the fans of hers I...
03 June 2015

Laughing On His Way To The Dustbin Of History

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In 1975, Minneapolis became the first US jurisdiction to ban discrimination "based on having or projecting a self-image not associate...
02 June 2015

OSHA Lets Us Do Our Business

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I am an optimist.  I have always known that sooner or later, we wouldn't have to worry about where or whether we could go to the bathr...
01 June 2015

Caitlyn Jenner Enters The World

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By now, you’ve heard that celebrity photographer Annie Liebowitz is taking shots of the most famous person currently undergoing a gend...
31 May 2015

R.I.P. "Beau" Biden

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Yesterday we lost one of our champions:  Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III lost his battle with brain cancer. Two years ago, a...
30 May 2015

Gay Marriage In Ireland. Where Next?

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Over the past few days, I’ve been reading and hearing a lot about the gay-marriage votein Ireland .   Several commentators mentioned t...
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...