Revealing Family Secrets
“Children should be seen and not heard.” How many times did I hear this when I was little? After a while I didn’t need it whispered into my ear anymore,[...]
Monthly Archive: November 2011
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Kelly Osbourne: I Support the Transgender Community
Editor’s note: The following guest post is from Kelly Osbourne. Osbourne is a television personality and musician. Osbourne and I discussed on Twitter about her use of the phrase “chick[...]
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Standing in the Light
“Oh,” was my mother’s response when I explained why we aren’t coming to Thanksgiving dinner at her house. “No one else will be here. Everyone else is going to another[...]
Olympic Gender Drama -The Press Sisters
Since we are a few months from the start of the 2012 London Olympic Games, thought I do a few posts about the gender controversies that have cropped up in[...]
I Can’t Get Over Being Told to ‘Get Over It’
It’s amazing what’s expected of us as trans people. We’re supposed to watch our trans sisters succumb to unspeakable brutality on a constant basis. We’re supposed to ignore the fact[...]
Where Will You Be for the Transgender Day of Remembrance?
In the past I’ve held a quiet, personal vigil at home on November 20th for the Transgender Day of Remembrance instead of attending any of the memorial events hosted in[...]
The Best President Ever On Trans Issues
In certain vanilla scented sectors of the rainbow community they are still throwing hissy fits because President Obama not only beat Hillary in the 2008 Democratic primary, but that he[...]
Kelly Osbourne Gets Called On Her Anti Trans Rant
Kelly Osbourne recently opened up in a Glamour UK interview about being cheated on by her ex-fiancé Luke Worrall and let loose some transphobic commentary while doing so. “Having to[...]
Boom! Dan Savage Gets Glitterbombed
There has been no love lost between Dan Savage and anyone in the rainbow community who is not a white gay male, TransGriot included. He is loved by them, but[...]
We Black Trans People Need To Know Our Black Trans History
And I’m not just talking about our Black history, world history, or American history (although we need to be cognizant of that as well) but our Black trans history. One[...]
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