When I heard yesterday that the jury in the trial of Allen Andrade, the man charged with murdering Angie Zapata, had reached a verdict in less than two hours, I was hopeful, since a quick verdict usually means that the prosecution’s evidence was so overwhelming that the jury saw no need for extended discussion. As [...]
Filed under: Hate Crime, Law, News | Tagged: Allen Andrade, Angie Zapata, Hate Crime, Transgender | Leave a Comment »
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 be [...]
Filed under: equal rights, Law, Transgender | Tagged: Diane Schroer, Jillian Weiss, Library of Congress, same sex marriage, sex discrimination, The Bilerico Project, Title VII, transexual, Transgender, transsexual | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Blogging, Education, Health, Transgender, Video | Tagged: Alice Dreger, intersex, J. Michael Bailey, Transgender | 1 Comment »
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 missed. [...]
Filed under: Commentary, Transgender, Video | Tagged: law & order, nbc, review, special victims unit, svu, television, Transgender, transgender children, tv | 4 Comments »
I thought this video was worth posting here, it really speaks to the subject of being authentic. Well worth watching!
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Lately I have been doing more thinking about the issue of health care coverage for trans people. My original post on this topic can be found here. This topic seems to be one that comes up repeatedly, and I think that it is one that deserves more attention and more analysis. Over the next few weeks [...]
Filed under: Health | Tagged: health insurance, medical insurance, transexual, Transgender, transgender healthcare, transsexual | 3 Comments »
Cross-posted from my personal blog: I know I haven’t written in a while. Life seems to have gotten really busy as of late. It’s not that I haven’t had anything to say, in fact I imagine the next week or so will probably result in a flurry of posts as I get out thoughts on [...]
Filed under: Blogging | Tagged: homeless, Jennifer Gale, Transgender | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Blogging, Health, News, Transgender | Tagged: "Provider Conscience" rule, Family and Medical Leave Act, National Center for Transgender Equality, NCTE, Transgender | 2 Comments »
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 »