Hi Everyone, This one may be short, we’ll see what happens. The other day I was reading someone’s blog (I’m really sorry I forgot where I originally saw this. If anyone knows, please give credit where credit is due.) and was guided to the following link: Intersex Infant surgical abuse. PLEASE watch the video. It [...]
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My friend Michael is one of the organizers of, and the webmaster for, the Central Arizona Gender Alliance. Recently, he asked me to write a profile of myself to be posted as the feature story on the CAGA website for January 2009. Rather than start from scratch, I adapted my “Who I Am and Why [...]
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The discussion on various Yahoo groups that I belong to regarding the impact of the same-sex marriage bans just enacted in Arizona, California and Florida on marriages involving one or more transgender partner continues. I’ve previously posted about those issues here and here. This is my most recent addition to that discussion:
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On the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance 2008 I find myself reading sites on TDOR and it saddens me to no end what hatred can do to someone. I’ve hidden my true feelings most of my life in fear of this ignorance and hate. Fear of losing my family, friends or worse, having a [...]
Filed under: Commentary, Education, Transgender | Tagged: hate, ignorance, non-discrimination, TDOR, transexual, Transgender, Transgender Day of Remembrance, transsexual | 3 Comments »
Tomorrow, November 20, 2008, is the 10th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. I’m not going to attempt to describe all the emotions that this day, and the reason it is needed, raise in me. Suffice it to say that it brings up the most profound sadness and doubt about the future, about whether it will [...]
Filed under: Commentary, Education, News, Transgender, Video | Tagged: Day of Remembrance, Ethan St. Pierre, Gwendolyn Ann Smith, Transgender | 4 Comments »
Hi. Recently I was invited to post on TRANScend GENDER and I thought it made sense to introduce myself first. Firstly I’m a cisgender female, so my perspective is not that of a person experiencing GID or transition. This makes me a little nervous, but I hope I can still make some contribution. There are [...]
Filed under: Introduction, Life Experiences, Education | Tagged: support, religion, allies, riftgirl, cisgender, mormon | 3 Comments »
Australian researchers have identified a significant link between a gene involved in testosterone action and male-to-female transsexualism. DNA analysis from 112 male-to-female transsexual volunteers showed they were more likely to have a longer version of the androgen receptor gene. The genetic difference may cause weaker testosterone signals, the team reported in Biological Psychiatry (abstract available [...]
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The November 2008 issue of The Atlantic magazine contains an article called “A Boy’s Life.” It’s a comprehensive exploration of the topic of transgender children: where it comes from, the struggles that parents and children experience as they strive to find ways to deal with it, and the difficult choices they must make in that [...]
Filed under: Education, Life Experiences, News, Transgender | Tagged: Dr. Norman Spack, hormone blockers, The Atlantic magazine, transexual, Transgender, transgender children, transsexual | 3 Comments »
Jillian Weiss, an attorney and law professor who writes an excellent blog on transgender workplace issues recently posted an excellent article on The Bilerico Project with her thoughts on last week’s decision by the federal district court in Washington, D.C. in Diane Schroer’s sex discrimination lawsuit against the Library of Congress. In a landmark decision, [...]
Filed under: Commentary, Education, Law, News, Transgender | Tagged: ACLU, David Schroer, Diane Schroer, ENDA, gender identity, Jillian Weiss, Library of Congress, sex discrimination, The Bilerico Project, Title VII, transexual, Transgender, transsexual, Zoe Brain | Leave a Comment »
eQualityGiving’s Omnibus Equality Bill Proposal
eQualityGiving is proposing a bill to correct the unequal treatment of LGBT people in all areas of federal law – employment, housing and public accommodations discrimination, the American with Disabilities Act, DOMA, DADT, etc. Read about (and download) it here. Whether or not a comprehensive bill like this is ever introduced or enacted, I think [...]
Filed under: Commentary, Education, equal rights, Law, News | Tagged: ENDA, equal rights, eQualityGiving.org, gay marriage, gender identity, Kathy Padilla, same sex marriage, The Bilerico Project, Transgender | 1 Comment »