“I was sitting in my basement. I just rolled myself a taste Of something green and gold and glorious To get me through the day.” — I Got Stoned And I Missed It, Shel Silverstein “”I have always…
I recently recieved an email alert from NCTE about a fully inclusive ENDA. Mara Keisling said: Dear Friends, I have no doubt we can pass a transgender-inclusive ENDA next year if we all do the work now to…
Today I’m starting a new feature to the site, it’s a video podcast of the The Transadvocate. I’m testing this out, but tentatively I’ll be doing it live at 1pm Eastern/12pm Central every Tuesday through Friday. Below is…
Coming up on the two year anniversary of the Human Right Campaign’s (HRC) support of Barney Frank dropping gender identity from the 2007 Employment Non-discrimination Act (ENDA), the irony of HRC’s current position on DOMA couldn’t be scripted…
From the Gainesville Sun: The CVS Pharmacy manager who allegedly admitted Friday to filming women in his store’s bathroom was an active participant in the 2008 charter amendment to “keep men out of women’s restrooms.” Jonathan Matheny, 27,…
As I write this, I feel as if I’ve been transported back in time to May of 2007. The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC) had just had a successful lobby days event and I reported back that the…
Recently I did an interview with Ethan St. Pierre of Transfm.org. You can listen to here: We discussed a post at the Bay Area Reporter titled “Leaders: ENDA will get House vote this month”, specifically comments from the…
In a recent interview with Karen Ocamb, Barney Frank said: “I’m hoping to get a vote on it in committee . I’m doing a lot of work on it quietly, to get the issues involving transgender access to…
Todays guest blogger is Michelle Diane Rose. Michelle is a communications student and the co-author of The Color of Sunlight. She lives in Portland, Oregon and works for a non-profit. (I dunno why I’ve taken to using “teh”…
Kathleen, a transwoman and commenter on Pam’s House Blend (PHB), asked a very compelling question: “It’s hard to justify pushing for national orgs to focus all their resources on marriage & no such push for basic employment rights…