Bayard Rustin
"Our job is not to get those people who dislike us to love us"
bell hooks
“I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance”
A Frank Coming of Age Story
I guess being screwed over is a rite of passage as a transgender activist/advocate. Becky Juro’s written an excellent summary of the history of dangled carrots and broken promises. Vanessa…
ENDA Three Card Draw
With passage of The Matthew Shepard Act in the Senate on Thursday, it should have been a time for celebration. But on the heels of the victory came the news…
Déjà Vu All Over Again!?! Do We Hafta???
“So I get on my knees and pray … we won’t get fooled again!” — the Who Fresh on the heels of Southern Comfort Conference (SCC), many of the transgender…
It’s Put Up Or Shut Up Time
According to the Washington Blade: “House Democratic leaders are strongly considering dropping anti-discrimination protections for transgender persons from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, after an internal Democratic head count…
Last Ditch Effort: The Right Wing Whopper Lies
Unbelievably, I woke up to find this in a google alert:”Bringing back Hitler and the SS” From the get go, it’s filled with lies: “Right now we have a bill…
New feature:TA Tidbits
I’m stealing a way of posting from Autumn and Stephanie over at Abnormal Heights. With TA tidbits, I’m going to post multiple trans stories I find with just a bit…
With “Defenders” Like This…
Alice Dreger Destroys Academic Freedom in Order to Save It It is an old adage that “crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.” This appears to be the…
Freak Of The Week: The Tabloid Media
Give ‘em an act with lots of flash in it And the reaction will be passionate Give ‘em the old hocus pocus …. Give ‘em the old three ring circus”…
Chris, I’ll Say It Again: You’re Wrong
With a vote coming soon on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, I’d like to revisit something Chris Crain said a while back in his post “A trans activist tees off on…
Nothing Says Patriot Like Hiding… Your Children
That ever popular bastion of Jesus freedom, WorldNetDaily, is hiding a Transgender Partriot! In their “Letter of the Week” they showcase the anonymous patriot. She starts out by saying “First,…
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{ "Therefore, I am a full-throated supporter of marriage equality in NJ." This is what pisses me off about the civil rights carcinomas such as... } – Feb 03, 1:40 PM
{ PS I as a transgender woman have tried to enter a men's room and been directed to the ladies'room. What's a girl to do. } – Feb 03, 1:04 PM
{ I can totally relate. It was especially difficult in early transition, when I started getting an intense desire to cry, but couldn't. It was frustrating... } – Feb 03, 11:31 AM