History Theft: How Gay and Lesbian Historians Appropriate Trans History
As far back as we have history of transgender people, we have appropriation (a nice word for theft) of our history by gays and lesbians. I wrote a…
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Hiring Teh Trans
Todays guest blogger is Michelle Diane Rose. Michelle is a communications student and the co-author of The Color of Sunlight. She lives in Portland, Oregon and works for…
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.…
Tribeca Film Festival Promotes Exploitation of Transgender People
The Tribeca Film festival has announced it’s 2010 lineup of films and “Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives” is among them. “When a group of transgender women are violently beaten…
Genital Checking, Bad ENDA Language, and NCTE Lobby Days
Recently I did an interview with Ethan St. Pierre of Transfm.org. You can listen to here: We discussed a post at the Bay Area Reporter titled “Leaders: ENDA…
Transphobia? Only On CBS
First they aired a tranphobic episode of The New Adventures Of Old Christine, then CBS News decided to ditch the accepted guidelines of the AP Stylebook to write…
Dr. Jillian T. Weiss Soon To Join Other Transgender Activists In The Wilderness
That’s my opinion on where the good doctor is headed. In a recent post at Bilerico.com she said: “The incredibly unflappable Signorile asked about the failure of Congress…
Gay Mafia Wars: ENDA and the Politics of Personal Destruction
As I write this, I feel as if I’ve been transported back in time to May of 2007. The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC) had just had a…
The White Gay Mafia Wants Marriage, Not ENDA
I read the post by Adam Bink, “Misdirected Anger Over ENDA” and I have to say I’m pretty damn appalled. His first contention: “I reject blame placed upon…