TransAdvocate in Texas: Texas Senate Bill 6 (SB6) was particularly cruel as it takes aim at trans and intersex school children, fining any school that does not force trans/intersex boys to use the girl’s bathroom and trans/intersex girls…
Good afternoon, The attached talking points address the question whether the current ENDA does harm to the transgender community, which we were requested to provide. We hope you find this document informative and useful. Also, Janis and Steve…
The TransAdvocate will launch a UK-focused TransAdvocate in 2019. For now, check out the UK TransAdvocate on twitter: https://web.archive.org/web/20180627104245/https://twitter.com/UKTransadvocate
by Caillean McMahon Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Alliance This well may be the least popular editorial that I have ever written. Having said that, having warned the “gentle reader” that I am about to drop a match onto…
“J’Accuse” One of the more recent developments in the struggle for Gay and Lesbian Rights has been the overt opposition of the African Anglican Church, the so-called “Global South” toward our ambitions. Conervative Episcopal Bishop after Bishop in…
by Caillean Maureen McMahon I’m old enough to remember. It does not seem that very long ago that Russian Orthodox leaders commanded the sympathy of the world as they attempted to keep their faith and practices alive in…
Yesterday both Box Turtle Bulletin and my friend Steph posted this video: They both labeled it as “Gay.” But two prominent scenes in the movie are of the Stonewall and Compton Cafeteria riots. To label either as “gay…
I found this on Saurly Yours: “Sex Change Operations: Are They Choice or Necessity?” I left this comment in response. “I’m not really going to spend too much time discussing things here, because it’s pretty obvious that you…
In March of 2006, I suggested to members of the Indianapolis GLBT activist community that they not support the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) fund raisers in the state until HRC fully supported transgender people in hate crimes legislation.…
In my recent post, Rose Colored Glasses, I had quite a few people respond here and on livejournal. Anyone familiar with the history of the trans-community and HRC (Human Rights Campaign) will know how contentious that relationship has…