“We need a revolution for the people – for the poor, for who have nothing! The politicians and the rich, they’ve already got it all! What do they need?” — Stonewall veteran, Sylvia Rivera at the 2001 NTAC…
I had someone IM me off of OkCupid and ask me about my profile. They liked my writing style and asked me a lot of questions about profile writing. It wasn’t a relationship, connection kinda IM, but one…
For those that are working on a political campaign, the day after the election feels like a balloon that suddenly loses all it’s air. Win or lose, the day after is always a time to rest and take…
On June 20th, the Associated Press released an article entitled “New transgender policy at New York juvenile jails“. The article details New York State’s decision to allow transgender youth in juvenile detention facilities to be treated as members…
As many readers may be aware, the American Family Association (sponsor of conservative Christian news site OneNewsNow) has organized a boycott of McDonald’s. (At various times during the past decade AFA has also boycotted Ford, Target, and Disney.)…
Last week I received an email from the Human Rights Campaign informing me that Joe Biden will be speaking at the the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner on October 4th, 2008. Since that time I’ve expected to hear…
Recently the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) announced their effort to collect data on “discrimination against transgender people in housing, employment, public accommodation, health care, education, family life…
Running for office in 2003, Althea Garrison said that a: “most compelling reason why someone should vote for me is that I am different and unique from the other candidates, when candidates run and loose elections most of…
There’s a recurrent story that is going through the gossip circles during the Christmas season in trannyland. It goes like this: Barney Frank and the Human Rights Campaign really got their clocks cleaned by the United ENDA controversy,…
Marriage equality and transgender people Thoughts On The Equality Summit’s Transgender Breakout Session Children’s book about transgenderism. 10,000 Dresses celebrates transgender children How to address transgender people The name game Intolerant Jesus love Pepsi ads, $$$, employee “training”…