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Monthly Archive: January 2008

Opinion

184

On The Rebecca Juro Show: HBS

  • January 31, 2008

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Opinion

3

Walking Through the Valley of Shadows

  • January 31, 2008

(As I’d mentioned, it’s time to move on from the previous discussion. I admit, I probably wouldn’t have reacted as badly if the debate hadn’t touched on something that was[...]

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Opinion

2

YouTube Transextravaganza

  • January 31, 2008

My Trans Monster SpeakOUT – Transgender Issues OUt for the Holidays Ryka Aoki de la Cruz

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Opinion

0

From Pride At Work

  • January 31, 2008

From the wonderful folks at Pride At Work: Poll after poll show working families view health care as one of the most important issues facing our country today. But we[...]

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Opinion

6

The (lack of) space between homophobia and transphobia

  • January 30, 2008

I asked to cross post this post from Bilerico. It  was written by Alex Blaze Through an unlikely chain of blog posts, Waymon’s entry about a gender identity inclusive anti-discrimination[...]

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115

Gender Fundamentalists

  • January 30, 2008

Many of us in the LGBT community are painfully aware of the religious fundamentalists who have such a wonderful time coming up with lies and fear tactics to throw out[...]

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6

Welcome!

  • January 30, 2008

I want to welcome new Transadvocate contributors Monica Helms of Trans Universe and Mercedes Allen of Dented Blue Mercedes! Please take a minute to show them some TA love.

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Opinion

16

Communities of Ones

  • January 30, 2008

Like some others in the discussion, I do feel a need to say a few final words on the Old Guard (HBS) versus deconstructionist battle in the transgender community, and[...]

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493

Radical Feminists on the Transgender v. HBS Controversy

  • January 29, 2008

I found a pretty intriguing comment over at Womens Spaces/The Margins concerning a post written by Harry Benjamin Syndrome apologist, Cathy Platine, at Pam’s House Blend. That whole thread over[...]

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Opinion

114

Confessions of a Middle-aged Transinista

  • January 25, 2008

Somewhere along the line, I became a Transinista. I don’t know how it happened — there was no recruitment drive — I just found myself looking at a photo of[...]

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