Dear Dr. Zucker, We Are Not an Experiment

After finally hearing Dr. Zucker’s comments on the CBC Radio show I participated in that aired this past Monday, I had to sit and reflect. Dr. Zucker referred to us (parents of gender diverse children…

‘Mom, I Just Can’t Take the Crying’

When my nephew was about four or five, his best friend was a little girl of the same age. My sister and the girl’s mother were friends, so the two kids grew up together. My…

Not A Feminist By Birth Or Biology

I’ve been over at Feministing all day, writing responses to “You learn something new every day.” The post is a response to The BBC’s recent coverage of a debate with Julie Bindel. Julie believes that…

Extremist Christians For Dishonesty, Hate, and Misinformation

That should be the title of Peter LaBarbera’s Americans for Truth (AFT) website. His latest post attacks sports reporter Christine Penner. “I challenge ‘Mike/Christine’ to do a column describing, in detail, ‘sex-reassignment surgery’ – whereby…

GLAAD About Hate Speech

In my March 26th post “Just Wondering…“, I asked where the outrage was concerning Michael Savage’s recent tirade against transgender people. I checked the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) website to see if…