Posted on April 16, 2009 by Abby
On July 17, 2008, Angie Zapata, a happy and beautiful transgender woman who was only 18 and living on her own for the first time, was brutally murdered in Greeley, Colorado by Allen Andrade because she was trans. Her murderer, of course, claims that he beat her head in with a fire extinguisher until [...]
Filed under: Hate Crime, Law, News, Transgender | Tagged: Allen Andrade, Angie Zapata, Greeley CO, Hate Crime, Kelli Anne Busey, trans panic | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 22, 2009 by Abby
Attorney and law professor Jillian Weiss has posted another interesting article over on Bilerico. This one concerns the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2003 decision in Lawrence v. Texas, which held that laws making sex between consenting adults of the same sex a crime (aka “sodomy” laws) are unconstitutional, and whether and how that decision can [...]
Filed under: Law, Transgender, equal rights | Tagged: Diane Schroer, Jillian Weiss, Library of Congress, same sex marriage, sex discrimination, The Bilerico Project, Title VII, transexual, Transgender, transsexual | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 19, 2009 by michelleny914
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 is a [...]
Filed under: Blogging, Education, Health, Transgender, Video | Tagged: Alice Dreger, intersex, J. Michael Bailey, Transgender | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 25, 2008 by michelleny914
Hi Everyone,
I have a few very important things (I feel they are at least) to discuss. I would like to bring to your attention of a few new regulations that have been put forth that could have some very disturbing realities for transgender people (Heck, the whole LGBT community for that matter). I’m on the [...]
Filed under: Blogging, Health, News, Transgender | Tagged: "Provider Conscience" rule, Family and Medical Leave Act, National Center for Transgender Equality, NCTE, Transgender | 2 Comments »
Review: Law and Order SVU: Transgender Teen
Over on her “A T Revival” blog, Lori posted a review of last night’s episode of Law and Order: Special Victim’s Unit. As I was in a very drowsy state as I tried to stay awake to watch it, I’m grateful that she wrote down her summary and opinions, filling in the parts I [...]
Filed under: Commentary, Transgender, Video | Tagged: law & order, nbc, review, special victims unit, svu, television, Transgender, transgender children, tv | Leave a Comment »