TransAdvocate Metrics for February 2013
We at the TransAdvocate are beginning a new tradition. Each month we’re going to give you information about what we’ve been talking about here on the TransAdvocate, how…
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Cristan Williams
Interview With an Actual Stonewall Riot Veteran: The Ciswashing of Stonewall Must End!
The POTUS noted Stonewall in his 2013 inaugural address: We the people declare today that the most evident of truth that all of us are created equal — is…
Take the Trans “Sense of Community” Survey!
Take the survey here For some time, I’ve seen and heard subjective assertions like: I love the trans community! I hate the trans community! There is no such…
Federal Updates: New VA Trans Directive & ENDA via Executive Order?
ENDA via Executive Order On social policy, Obama is reconsidering whether to issue an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or…
Fox News vs Trans Health Care Needs
The real story: Long-standing medical and psychiatric literature demonstrates clear benefits of medical and surgical interventions to assist gender variant individuals seeking transition. However, transgender and gender variant…
Candidate for Bangkok Governor Releases Ad Targeting GLB and Especially T Voters
Pongsapat Pongcharoen is a US-educated Thai police general who running for the office of Bangkok’s governor. Our modern world increasingly accepts varied genders… Bangkok must be a city…
Patriarchy, Petitions & Possums: The Simple Process of Getting a Name and Gender Change in Texas
The Omen Damn! 4:30 a.m. I fumbled with the off switch on the alarm clock, knocking over the glass of water I kept on my bedside table. I…
Trans Rapper Murdered: The Official Story vs. The Friend’s Story
Multiple news outlets have reported on the recent torture, murder, and mutilation of a mid-western trans rapper. The rapper, Evon Young went missing January 2. The official story is that 5…
“So, what was Stonewall?”
In the wake of the President Obama’s historic speech referencing Stonewall, NPR ran a piece asking and purporting to answer the question, “So, what was Stonewall?” The article calls upon Martin Duberman, now 82,…
