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”
Best Line of the Day
Best line of the day goes to D’Anne Witkowski over at PrideSource Blog: Fuller alleges, if voters had known Bruce was a tranny, they’d never have voted for her. In…
Turning Lemons Into Jalapenos
I was amused and quite glad to find out that the Logo Network and Calpernia Addams have decided to take the Fox’s “Something About Miriam” dissaster format and turn it…
You Don’t Know Me
I tend to expect that Heart over at Women’s Spaces/The Margins to come unhinged by the transgender community. Her recent diatribe about transgender people: My gut, experience, knowledge tell me…
Whither Now NCTE?
By Vanessa Edwards Foster “I don’t like defining myself. I just am.” — Britney Spears Beyond dealing with my own issues this month (family crap, work insanity and a computer…
Still Here
Just wanted to let everyone know I’m still here. I know I haven’t posted recently, for the following reasons: 1. I got a nasty virus that infected everything PC wise…both…
The Gendercator on WFHB
I was recently on WFHB’s GLBT program, BloomingOUT. There show is only an hour, so I only spoke for about 10-15 minutes. I wanted to do this podcast to expand…
Worst YouTube Video Ever
If it was offensive and funny, it might have some value… too bad it isn’t.…
Veterans Day Thoughts, 2007
by Vanessa Edwards Foster “Throughout America’s adventure in free government, such basic purposes have been to keep the peace; to foster progress in human achievement, and to enhance liberty, dignity…
Duplicity By Any Other Name Would Smell As Foul
Crossposted from Transpolitical My oh my, you sure know how to arrange things. You set it up so well, so carefully. Ain’t it funny how your new life didn’t change…
What Next?
Last night I wrote a friend a rant that was full of expletives and frustration. Most of my disgruntlement was from the Wednesday’s passage in the House of Representatives of…
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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