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”
True, All-Person Experience
My Brownie uniform “True, all-girl experience,” those were the words of the teen named Taylor who is part of a group trying to get people to boycott Girl Scout cookies…
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…
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…“Sometimes, We Just Have to Pay Full Price.”
My partner is a nut about sales. If it isn’t on sale, it doesn’t get purchased. So sometimes, when we run out of a breakfast staple and such, I have…
Can You Ever Leave Behind the Evil Twin?
Don’t you just love that phrase, “used to be a man?” GARRICK Jacobson was in custody at Sydney’s Surry Hills police station when he apparently discovered his girlfriend used to…
Enron Activism
Todays guest post is from Monica Helms. Monica is a long time activist and is currently the President of the Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) After ten years as an…
Being Hypocritical About Hypocrisy
“Facta Non Verba”, Latin phrase translated to “Deeds Not Words” A good friend of mine, longtime national trans activist Courtney Sharp sent me something amusing she got in her Email…
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…
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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
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