Words Mean Things: You’ve Been Transgendered!
When I hear “This is my friend _____ , she’s transgendered”, I cringe. It may seem innocuous, but using the word “transgendered” indicates that being transgender is something you have[...]
Monthly Archive: May 2007
A Week of Direct Advocacy
If nothing else, last week was historic in that the three major transgender advocacy organizations (National Transgender Advocacy Coalition, National Center for Transgender Equality, and the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition)[...]
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The T Isn’t Silent, But HRC Is
It’s coming up on two years ago that I wrote an “Open Letter to Cheryl Jacques.” A month after I posted my open letter, Jacques greeted transgender protesters outside of[...]
Transgender Lobby Week
Off to lobby Congress! I’m not sure how much I’ll blog, but I plan on having audio and video to put up at some point, depending on where I can[...]
The Ghost of Chris Crain: Gayjacking the Hate Crimes Bill
When Chris Crain left his position at Window Media, I thought the voice of “transjack” was dead. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Today the Washington Blade published an op-ed[...]
Carnival of Bent Attractions: May(-ish) Edition
As some of you may have noticed, there was no Carnival of Bent Attractions (COBA) post last month. This was partially due to the move of COBA to Transadvocate.com. So[...]
City of Brotherly Love, Sisterly Hate?
What the hell is the problem with the Philadelphia Police Department? The police covered up the events that led to the murder of Nizah Morris in December of 2002. The[...]
Don’t Let The Door Hit Ya In The @!#*!!
Like a herpes sore, certain arguments pop up continually in the transcommunity and never seem to go away. Recently Gwen Smith wrote the editorial “What’s In a Name?” that discussed[...]
It’s The Post That Never Ends
It’s such an amazing thing, the transformation of Transadvocate.com. Once a blog of my personal opinions and beliefs, TA has become everything I ever envisioned it to be when I[...]
Extremist Christians For Dishonesty, Hate, and Misinformation
That should be the title of Peter LaBarbera’s Americans for Truth (AFT) website. His latest post attacks sports reporter Christine Penner. “I challenge ‘Mike/Christine’ to do a column describing, in[...]
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