I am always on high alert this time of year for the appearance of anger and bigotry. All the days around April 19th make me a bit nervous. Maybe this is because I’ve lived a life which has seen the David Koresh debacle, the tragic Oklahoma City bombing, and the horrific scenes of Columbine. I [...]
Capitol T: Growing a Movement for Transgender Equality, the 5th Annual Transgender Leadership Summit
This is reposted from the website of the Transgender Law Center.
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For the past five years, hundreds of transgender and allied leaders have gathered in California to develop organizational, professional and personal leadership skills to [...]
It’s that time of the year, time to celebrate the second-ever International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, 2010. Originating in Michigan last year, Rachel Crandall of Transgender Michigan started a movement by posting the idea on Facebook. Since then, events have happened all over the world. According to Crandall, she wanted to show [...]
The following was shared by Robbi Cohn, as I read the story it touched me in several ways. First how the experiences are so cruel and dehumanizing, and how it would never happen to someone who fit our cultures norms. The question becomes why, why, why, we care so damn much? Can you afford to [...]
News release from Latino Equality Alliance:
Latino LGBT and civil rights organizations hold community forum
for “hard to count” community to discuss importance of being included
in the 2010 Census.
Los Angeles, CA – The Latino Equality Alliance (LEA) – an alliance
of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community based groups -
MALDEF and the Census Bureau held a community forum [...]
On January 20th, 2010, the International Olympic Committee officials told the Associated Press that it was recommending the creation of special medical centers that would handle sex-verification cases for Olympic athletes. They also called for the establishment of guidelines to determine gender eligibility on a case-by-case basis, according to an article in the Los Angeles [...]
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HELLO, CRUEL WORLD LITE : BETA 1.0.1
AN OUTLAW’S MINI-GUIDE TO SURVIVAL BASICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY BY KATE BORNSTEIN (BASED ON MY SHINY NEW BOOK! )
FEEL FREE TO COPY THIS FOR WHOEVER YOU THINK COULD [...]
President Obama surprised the nation by announcing the appointment of Amanda Simpson, a transwoman with a stellar resume designed for the job, as Senior Technical Advisor in the Commerce Department. Reactions were not surprising, with GLBT groups praising the appointment, with conservative groups panicking, and comedians finding fodder for quips. (David Letterman is in big [...]
