Threats to “Women’s Rights” Step on Trans Toes
The recent legislative and funding threats to abortion rights, sexual assault, and sexual health (aka Planned Parenthood) have been described as an attack on women's health. I do not agree with this......
View ArticleRIP: Julie Anne Johnson
For those of you in the Chicago area, especially those who helped put together the Be-All, my condolences on the loss of activist Julie Anne Johnson. She was a cool lady & liked trains more than I...
View ArticleThe Rebecca Juro Show Is Live Tonight At 7pm Eastern With Guest HRC Press...
On this week’s Rebecca Juro Show we welcome Human Rights Campaign Press Secretary Michael Cole-Schwartz. We’ll talk with Michael about HRC’s advocacy of LGBT rights, where they are now and where...
View ArticleENDA
ENDA has been re-introduced in the House as of today, according to NCTE and TLDEF. More updates as they come through.
View ArticleDiscrimination Suit: Man Enough
A man whose job it was to make sure men in recovery don't switch their urine for someone else's got fired because he wasn't born with a penis.TLDEF brought the case, which has now been reported in The...
View ArticleAs Goes Maine, so goes---?
Here's a cross post from my blog, www.jenniferboylan.netYesterday, I spoke to the Maine legislature’s Judiciary committee. A bill has been proposed to “exempt” transgender people from protections under...
View ArticleWest Michigan Trans
There are plans afoot for an educational/outreach conference for West Michigan. Here is their call for organizers:Call For Organizers: Transgender Education Collaboration of West Michigan (2011-2012)A...
View ArticleSurvey:: By & For
There's a new cool survey out for - and more importantly, by - trans people. Non trans people can take it too: it examines attitudes about self, gender, & relationships. The researcher explains:My...
View ArticleTX Trans Marriage Bill
Monica Roberts has been covering a proposed bill call SB 723; her most recent update is here. It's in the Senate, & what it will do is make it illegal to use a court order about name/gender change...
View ArticleAlmost a Transgender Role Model
Here's a cross post from my blog, www.ninaherenorthere.comI really wanted Chaz Bono to be a transgender hero. By sharing his transition in his film, “Becoming Chaz,” and in his memoir, “Transition: The...
View ArticleTenured radical on Chaz
Claire Potter at Tenured Radical on Chaz Bono and Transitionhttp://tenured-radical.blogspot.com/Famous people live in bubbles; the children of famous people also live in bubbles, and benefit much less...
View ArticleThe closet corrodes your soul
Cross-posted from my personal trans blog.I’ve talked before about the value of being out of the closet – the global political value. But being out can be valuable in a more direct, immediate way. It...
View ArticleA critical opportunity in transgender research
By Angus "Andrea" Grieve-SmithThe Department of Health and Human Services has just made a big announcement: they will begin collecting data on LGBT issues, including transgender issues. The goal is to...
View ArticleDC Trans Coalition Findings
from the DC Trans Coalition:Washington, DC – The DC Trans Coalition today released summary findings from the first phase of its ongoing Needs Assessment Project, which found that transgender,...
View ArticleJust Stop, OUT!Wear
Ugh. An LGBT clothing retailer is selling WBW t-shirts, which stands for "women born women" which is a policy used by spaces that exclude trans women, such as Michigan Women's Festival.Ugh. How awful....
View ArticleThe consequences of sampling bias
By Angus "Andrea" Grieve-SmithI wanted to go into a bit more detail about something I've mentioned before: that the use of non-representative samples can cause problems down the line. To illustrate...
View ArticleThe curious incident of the healthy transwoman
by Angus "Andrea" Grieve-SmithI've noticed that transgender health researchers tend to focus on people with health problems, and that makes sense. Consequently, I've often felt a bit guilty talking...
View ArticleDon't Ask, Don't Tell, and Don't be Trans
History is being made today for the lesbian, gay, bi, and respective non-heterosexual communities the US Military policy Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) officially is repealed. Everyone is celebrating,...
View ArticleWhy HRC, GLAAD and TLC’s advocacy hurts the transgender community
Today I got an email from the Human Rights Campaign saying, "Tell ABC: Your new comedy is no laughing matter." It's about this new television show called "Work It." HRC says,As part of their winter...
View ArticleTrans United for Obama Launches Nationwide Volunteer Effort
WASHINGTON, June 8 — Trans United for Obama, a national volunteer effort, has launched a campaign to rally transgender people, their allies, families, and supporters in the re-election campaign of...
View ArticleWhat is transphobia?
You've all heard the Trans 101 definition: "irrational or persistent fears or non-acceptance towards people whose gender identity or expression differs from the gender they were assigned at birth....
View ArticleThe curious incident of the trans feelings
There's an ugly bit of misinformation going around the Internet, that feelings of gender discomfort always get worse with age. I discovered it the other day in the comments to a New York Tines...
View ArticleKate Bornstein Needs Your Help
Kate Bornstein is fighting cancer. Help her kick its ass by donating something to help her pay her bills and for her treatment. I can say for one thing: I don't know that I'd be around without her....
View ArticleThe big tent and the Day of Rembembrance
In my family, when we celebrate Passover we often have non-Jewish friends join us for dinner. Enjoying their company in an overtly Jewish context helps to defuse potential prejudice, and the specific...
View ArticleThe essential conflict between transitioners and non-transitioners
I've written before that I believe most transgender people share the same basic feelings: gender dysphoria, transgender desire and gender fog. Whether you are transsexual, transvestite, drag queen,...
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