A Line In The Sand
by Caillean McMahon Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Alliance This well may be the least popular editorial that I have ever written. Having said that, having warned the “gentle reader” that I am about to drop…
Category: Opinion
“Pat, The Whole LGBTQI Spectrum of People Are Important In Society!”
Transgender people ain’t necessarily homosexual people By Autumn Sandeen Today I read an article in the Argus (A California bay area newspaper) entitled “Homosexuals Important In Society,” by PFLAG’s Pat Skillen. As a transgender person,…
Bait and Switch
The “Focus on the Family” website recently published a “news story” concerning the recent HRC report that discusses the increasing number of major corporations adding gender identity and expression into workplace non-discrimination policies. This supposed…
Letter To The Editor
The following is a response to the article “Some won’t ‘get over’ Daniels, gays meeting” published in the Indianapolis Star on September 19, 2004. Micah Clark’s recent comments concerning the Daniels campaign meeting with Indiana…
Transphobic Washington Blade Op-Ed
In response to the Op-Ed that ran in the Washington Blade I sent the following response: Chris, have you ever heard of transphobia? Transphobia is defined as a “fear or loathing of transgender/transsexual people and…
Open Letter To Cheryl Jacques
Dear President Cheryl Jacques, Irony is the only word I can use to describe the recent release from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) titled “New HRC Guide Helps Employer’s Create Fair Policies For Transgender Staff.”…