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ENDA via Executive Order On social policy, Obama is reconsidering whether to issue an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. When he decided not…
Culture, identity, and representationHealthcare and medicine
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We have two reader questions in one post today, and in order to catch up with my backlog of Ask Matt questions, I will be posting a Thursday edition this week as well, so…
Community and organizingEducation and youth
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Nadine Williams, a transgender woman has beencleared of rape and two counts of sexual assault which she was accused of doing before transitioning while presenting as Dean, a male. Ms. Williams who spend 6…
Community and organizingFamily and relationships
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The POTUS noted Stonewall in his 2013 inaugural address: We the people declare today that the most evident of truth that all of us are created equal — is the star that guides us…
Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory
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Transgender Texans are ‘allowed’ to marry the opposite sex but sadly we know all too well that these marriages do not stand legal challenges. And what is we want to marry a person who…
Family and relationshipsLaw and civil rights
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The Fox News headline “Students Who Refuse to Affirm Transgender Classmates Face Punishment” sets the stage for this “Cultural War” against trans people written by Todd Starnes. Deconstructing Fox lies. The headline of Starnes…
Culture, identity, and representationEducation and youth
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Read the PFOX propaganda about Darrell here. Now that the reparative therapy folks have been discredited to the point that some states are considering legislation to ban it, the ex-gay industry is scrambling to…
Community and organizingFamily and relationships
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Equality means just that. While the trans community is invested in marriage equality, the reality trans folk face each day is described by the American Psychiatric Association thusly: Discrimination and lack of equal civil…
Community and organizingFamily and relationships
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One of the things that mystifies me is why The Southern Poverty Law Center hasn’t declared Trans Exterminationalist Radical Feminism as a hate group. Could it be because the rumor may be true that…
Culture, identity, and representationFeminism and gender politics
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As Cristan Williams pointed out in her recent Transadvocate piece Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, segregation against trans women has been occurring at that festival for a very, very long time. Over the years, many…
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