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Taking Pot Shots At Trans Rights
“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…
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What NCTE Doesn’t Say
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…
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The Transadvocate Video Podcast – 1/23/09
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…
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Is HRC Wicked?: A Return TO Barney Frank’s Oz
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…
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Opponent of Gainesville’s “Bathroom Bill” Arrested For Bathroom Voyeurism
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…
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Gay Mafia Wars: ENDA and the Politics of Personal Destruction
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…
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Genital Checking, Bad ENDA Language, and NCTE Lobby Days
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”,…
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ENDA And Barney Frank’s Trans Penis Panic
In a recent interview with Karen Ocamb, Barney Frank said: “I’m hoping to get a vote on it in committee [House Committee on Education and Labor, chaired by California Democrat George Miller]. I’m doing…
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Hiring Teh Trans
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…
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Super Secret Lesbian Barista At Pam’s House Blend and The Trans Lunch Counter Sit-in
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…