Collective Demo

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Strength

I found this picture on TransgenderAsia: It’s of Tonette Lopez, a Filipino/Asian transactivist. It’s is full of so much strength and resolve it makes me want to stand up and scream HELL YES. Read…

Culture, identity, and representation

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GLAAD About Hate Speech

In my March 26th post “Just Wondering…“, I asked where the outrage was concerning Michael Savage’s recent tirade against transgender people. I checked the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) website to see…

Community and organizingEducation and youth

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Shemale Documentary or Christian Hit Piece?

I recently was asked to review the movie “American Beauties” by Groove Films. The description that came with the email gives you a slight clue that something is amiss here. “American Beauties (2005) is…

Healthcare and medicineLaw and civil rights

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HR 1592

HR 1592 IH 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1592 To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES…

Law and civil rightsRace and intersectionality

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Just wondering…

Why has GLAAD make such a big deal about Ann Coulter’s slur of John Edwards and the Superbowl candy bar commercial, but has been silent on Michael Savage’s rampage against transgender men and women.…

Education and youthHealthcare and medicine

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Thank You, AMC

To all the folks involved with the production of the Zoey/Zarf story line on “All My Children” I’d like to say thank you. I’ve never watched something so transpositive in the popular culture as…

Culture, identity, and representationEducation and youth

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The Man Who Would Be Jester

First he said: * “Homosexual transsexuals tend to have a short time horizon, with certain pleasure in the present worth great risks for the future.” * “Prostitution is the single most common occupation that…

Healthcare and medicineScience, evidence, and expertise

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You’re Just A Tranny… And You Always Will Be

So we’ve got a trans-inclusive ENDA, time to celebrate! Or so I thought, till I actually looked at the language. Section 8(a)(3) CERTAIN SHARED FACILITIES- Nothing in this Act shall be construed to establish…

Culture, identity, and representationHealthcare and medicine

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Don’t Let The Door Hit Ya In The @!#*!!

Like a herpes sore, certain arguments pop up continually in the transcommunity and never seem to go away. Recently Gwen Smith wrote the editorial “What’s In a Name?” that discussed the term “women born…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation

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It’s The Post That Never Ends

It’s such an amazing thing, the transformation of Transadvocate.com. Once a blog of my personal opinions and beliefs, TA has become everything I ever envisioned it to be when I first purchased the domain…

Community and organizingFeminism and gender politics