Thoughts On Chelsea Manning’s Coming Out
I have some thoughts on how Pvt. Chelsea Manning’s gender dysphoria was rolled out. Let me begin by saying I’m going to give, and I’m going to advocate…
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Dear Jennifer Usher, Please Do Keep Your Focus On Me
[alert type=”info”]Jennifer Usher posted up on her blog a post entitled Slacktivists? ROTFLLMAO!!!!! as a response to my recent Transadvocate post Transsexual Separatist Slacktivism Doesn’t Win Legislatively. I…
Transsexual Separatist Slacktivism Doesn’t Win Legislatively
Call them classic transsexuals or women of operative history; call them true transsexuals or transsexual separatists — whatever you call them, you can also call them ineffectual slacktivists.…
Progressive Talking Heads Not Talking About California School Success And Opportunity Act
It’s kind of sad, really. Progressive talking heads on cable television aren’t talking about Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA) signing AB 1266, the School Success and Opportunity Act. (The…
Not Against Stealth But For Being Out
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series on “stealth.” The goal of this series to examine the nuanced ways trans opinion leaders conceptualize stealth and how they…
Appalling Silence From Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival Performers
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence…
A Bathroom Story That Doesn’t Involve The “Bathroom Bill” Meme
There’s an interesting, but sad story found on the Army Times website entitled West Point sergeant charged with filming naked female cadets. From the article: A sergeant first…
Changing My Recorded Gender With The Department Of Defense
fter my surgery and later issuance of a new birth certificate last November, I wanted to apply to the Department of the Navy (DON) to change my recorded…
Seven Goals Of Trans Activism
There are whys to transgender activism, but beyond the whys of transgender activism there are the whats: there are the goals of transgender activism. Here are seven goals…