A writer, award winning activist, lecturer, speaker, native Houstonian and Texan who transitioned in 1994 and absolutely loves her semi-boring life now.
University Of Pittsburgh Imposes A Transphobic Gendered Facilities Policy
When the 2012-13 school year rolls around, I’ll be joining much of the Big East Conference in hatin’ on the University of Pittsburgh for a different reason other than their…
Toby’s Act Reintroduced For Fourth Time
I’ve been writing posts about NDP MPP Cheri Di Novo’s attempts since 2007 to cover trans people’s human rights in Ontario by adding gender identity and expression to the Ontario…
Thanks Again To All My Sistah Girls
When I first began my transition back in 1994 I was concerned whether I’d be able to be the type of girlfriend I wanted to be and needed to be…
Queerty Racism And Transphobia On Display Again
There’s no love lost between me and Queertyas many of you longtime readers are aware of. I’ve written more than a few times about the failures Queerty regularly gets into…
Justice For CeCe McDonald
There has been a story developing in Minneapolis concerning a young African-American transwoman who is being held in jail and facing second degree murder charges for defending herself against a…
Blake Lively, Stop Using The T-Slur
Blake Lively back in 2009 used the problematic T-word in a 2009 Allure magazine interview in which I wrote a post taking her to task for it at the time.…
I Repeat Gay Media, RuPaul is Not A Trans Expert
Gay media, did I not succinctly make the points in this 2009 post that RuPaul is not a trans person, emphatically said he was a gay man, and if you…
‘Work It’ Ain’t Working For The Puerto Rican Community Either
For those of you who have been keeping up with the latest news and views in the trans community as the 2k12 goes through week one of the 51…
Kansas City Transwoman Killed On Christmas Eve
Well, one of the first names we’ll read for the 2012 Transgender Day of Remembrance has been determined and her death happened on all nights, Christmas Eve.I’ll slam the transphobic reporting of…
WWBT Haterade Spoiling The Holidays
For some reason the holiday season has brought another infestation of WWBTism into trans community comment threads from the usual white sheet wearing suspects. Hmm, maybe they’re upset because people…
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