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”
Want Responsible Journalism? JoeMyGod Tells Transadvocate, “Fuck Off”
Joe Jervis recently took to Twitter to argue against my entry debunking the lie that trans activists were responsible for the third Dan Savage glittering. He writes, “They are self-described…
Neil Patrick Harris Sounds Like A Transphobe
I was alerted to a transphobic statement from Neil Patrick Harris. Trans Femmergy posted Neil Patrick Harris: “I’ve never sounded more like a tranny in my life.” She said: Nope.…
Don Lemon’s Transphobia Targets a Child and CNN-GLAAD-NCTE-NGLTF-HRC-GayInc Is Still Silent
Back in 2007 Susan Stanton was the toast of the town. Both the Human Rights Campaign and the National Center for Transgender Equality crowned her the next big trans token…
When Ticked Off Gay Men Attack: Misogyny As A Knife
Last week when I posted Tribeca Film Festival Promotes Exploitation of Transgender People, I never thought that the call to action would cause controversy within the GLBT community. As gudbuytjane…
Seeking Justice When The Empire (State) Strikes Black (Trans)
“Just waking up in the morning, gotta thank God. I don’t know but today just seems kinda odd…. Plus nobody I know got killed in South Central L.A. … Today…
KRXQ Morning Show Apologizes
GLAAD recently put out a “Call to Action” against KRXQ’s “Rob, Arnie, and Dawn” show after they went on a nasty verbal tirade against transgender children. Since the outburst, show…
The Transadvocate Video Podcast – GLAAD’s Big Mistake
Today we discussed the lies forwarded by Christian Conservatives, gender marker changes in Massachusetts, the ALCU suing Illinois for not changing documentation of people who had SRS outside of…
GLAAD:New York Post Headline Dehumanizes Transgender People
This is from the folks over at GLAAD: February 7, 2008 Just one week after GLAAD issued an alert encouraging our community to respond to a sensational New York Post…
GLAAD ACTION ALERT: Transadvocate.com Is Worse than Randi Rhodes and Michael Savage Combined!
I’m waiting for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to put out an action alert calling for a ban on Transadvocate.com. Why? Because I’ve asked them to advocate…
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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
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