Are Partners of Trans Necessarily LGBT(Q)?

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Khyri

Over at Helen Boyd’s blog, the question comes up of whether partners of transpeople identify as being under the LGBT umbrella – Helen herself says “I’m the Q that gets left off a lot,” which makes sense to me. I wanted to leave a comment but I’ve never been able to successfully register on Helen’s [...]

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Soulforce, Willow Creek, and Me – by Julie Nemecek

Posted on June 10, 2008 by loriannetucson

Evangelical Christians have to be one of the mainline groups in America who frequently show their disapproval of any lifestyle or marriage other than that of being between one man and one woman.  I happened to read an article yesterday about a group of Gay and Trans Christians who are trying to build bridges into [...]

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“Tragic End for Lesbians” news report

Posted on May 24, 2008 by loriannetucson

To some people, they may find it strange that I, being born “biologically male” means that my attraction to women would be considered heterosexual.  However, I have always identified internally as a lesbian, and this has created a problem between my spouse and me.  Working this out logically through reason is really not as easy [...]

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Educating the World – Person to Person

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Khyri

I had a rather cool experience recently which showed me how small the world is – and how the right approach can cause people to be accepting even when you don’t expect it. My friend Abby suggested I share it with you all. It all started one day at work – I was at lunch [...]

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Advocate won’t examine own responsibility for “pregnant man” story

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Kynn

My friend Peter points to a piece in the Advocate which asks: As the media world buzzed about the “pregnant man,” trans activists stayed relatively mum. Now we’re asking: Has Thomas Beatie’s public exposure hurt the transgender movement? When Oregon trans man Thomas Beatie first told the world that he was pregnant in The Advocate [...]

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News concerning the DSM – V. (a.k.a. “uh-oh.”)

Posted on May 5, 2008 by loriannetucson

The following was posted on Transadvocate.com website. I’m reposting it because like Mercedes, I see this as a very consequential and momentous event in the psychological and medical treatment of transgendered people. — Lori Davis >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (crossposted in several places, and people are welcome to forward this on freely to others in the transgender and [...]

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