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Sometimes it doesn’t get better
Sometimes it doesn’t get better, sometimes life shit on you until you break and there’s nothing you can do. I’m not going to lie to you and tell you it gets better because it…
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What are the top 3 things you like about being trans?
There is so much hardship, pain, grief and oppression we as trans people face. Sometimes it seems that no matter where we turn, the only image we see representing us (in movies, books, articles,…
CAN-0000-0628-A79F
Considering Trans and Queer Appropriation
Within the activist circles I run in, I routinely hear people accuse others of appropriation, or claim that certain behaviors or endeavors are appropriative. I myself have written about how certain people (e.g., cisgender…
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Right-wing gets it wrong. Again.
Some of you may be shocked to learn that staff at Heritage Middle School in St. Leonard, MD are forcing school children to crossdress in order to make them understand the hardship trans and…
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Transgender women in women’s restrooms: A purely imagined harm
By Zinnia Jones This August, California passed the School Success and Opportunity Act, a law mandating that transgender students must be included in school activities on the basis of their identified gender rather than…
CAN-0000-0564-EE77
Dallas Transgender people ain’t buying “Dallas Buyers Club”
The Oscar for best supporting role goes to Jared Leto for his portrayal of a drug addicted trans hooker who’s fictional character “Rayon” was written into the story line as a tragic joke in…
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Memo to Lawyers Involved in Trans Cases…
By Kat Rose In a bizarre courtroom speech, a Queen defense attorney said the life of a murdered transgender prostitute wasn’t worth much — and argued that her convicted killer shouldn’t be punished as…
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Cathy Brennan attempts to censor LGBT magazine
OutSmart magazine asked me to write a piece on the TERF phenomena. My 2500+ word article featured just two sentences that mentioned Cathy Brennan’s behavior. Cathy Brennan – a Maryland attorney, activist, leader and…
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[UPDATED] Toronto Star’s editorial problem
On Saturday, January 4, 2014, the Toronto Star published an anti-trans hoax without first fact checking. The claim was that a 70 year old woman was undressing in a Toronto-area YMCA when a male-bodied…
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PJI pushes debunked lies to the press. Again.
Ex-gay groups are pounding their high chairs insisting that AB 1266 is not in effect. They claim that merely because they turned in signatures – valid or no – AB 1266, the California law…