The Specificity Critique
The Paradise Post decided to feature one the more ridiculous talking points on offer by anti-equality forces. The “Specificity Critique” is when bigots decry trans equality laws for…
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TransGiving 4: Trans Youth Support Network
For the 4th Day of TransGiving, the TransAdvocate has picked The Trans Youth Support Network (TYSN)! TYSN is a partnership of youth and community members who work together…
Fact Checking: anti-trans “parents of students” speak out at school board meeting
By Cristan Williams @cristanwilliams Charlotte Burrous, a reporter for the Canon City Daily Record asserted that parents of students spoke out at a school board meeting: Parents of…
TransGiving 3: Boston Alliance of GLBT Youth
The Boston Alliance of GLBT Youth (BAGLY) is a youth-led organization that’s worked with trans youth since the 1980s. BAGLY has a queer youth speakers bureau and youth…
TransGiving 2: The Gender Book
This is the second in a series on backing your community. During the month of December, the TransAdvocate will feature 12 AMAZING trans nonprofits/causes that deserve your support.…
TransGiving 1: The Trans Center and Archive
This is the first in a series on backing your community. During the month of December, the TransAdvocate will feature 12 AMAZING trans nonprofits/causes that deserve your support.…
Eavesdrop on a right wing anti-trans training camp: teaching fear mongering and lies
Recently, an equality effort in Florida was defeated by appealing to the ‘trans people = rape’ meme. As it turned out, appealing to this meme was deliberate and…
Interview with Delta county “castration” school board member: turns out she’s linked to anti-LGBT groups
Recently Katherine Svenson, a Delta county School Board member in Colorado, found herself the topic of controversy after remarking that trans kids should be castrated before they use the restroom.…
A Community of the Heart: Intersectional feminist speech from San Antonio TDOR
What follows is an amazing speech given by Graciela Sanchez on realizing liberation through building a “community of the heart.” Sanchez, a self-identified lesbian Latina queer spoke on the intersections…