Collective Demo

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HRC’s Project Win Back

Marty Rouse” #1 Comments/Edits: 1 of 3. Suggested Action Steps: 1. A professional survey to teach us just what the American people understand about trans […]

Community and organizingEducation and youth

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Transadvocate Reports: In development

I’m working on bringing the podcast you hear at times, Transadvocate Reports, into a live show. I NEED YOUR HELP! I’m trying to decide which […]

Culture, identity, and representation

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Protest, HRC, and My Investment Portfolio

I like to think of my advocacy/political work in much of the same way as I think of how to invest my money. I see […]

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation

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Love Ya! Mean It!

“These vagabond shoes Are longing to stray And make a brand new start of it New York, New York!” — New York, New York, Frank Sinatra You gotta love New York! Seriously, these folks…

Community and organizingFamily and relationships

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Am I The Only One? Online Polling, Advocacy, and The Least of Us

Recently the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) announced their effort to collect data on “discrimination against transgender people in housing, employment, public accommodation, health…

Community and organizingFamily and relationships

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Can I Have a Refund Please?

On June 25, 2008 I was asked to sign on to the National Stonewall Democrat’s Transgender ActBlue page. While I disagreed with the effort (there was no concerted effort behind the scenes to make…

Transgender identity and history

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Conan O’brien Mocks Transsexuals For Easy Laughs

As if transsexuals needed any help being stigmatized, Conan O’Brien did his part to further negative stereotypes with a comedy sketch portraying transsexauls as mustached […]

Culture, identity, and representation

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How To Be An Ally

Privilege is a nasty thing. It steals perspective, traps us in mindsets and views that make it near impossible to comprehend what a marginalized person […]

Media, rhetoric, and discourseViolence, safety, and dehumanization

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Trolling: The Ultimate Activist Trap

The Internet is a wild place. It also provides one of the most remarkable resources to any social movement: the capacity to integrate resources and […]

Community and organizingScience, evidence, and expertise

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DEAR STONEWALL, PLEASE STOP EXPLOITING OUR DEAD!

I’m pissed. Every year I write this post. EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN YEAR. You just can’t help but feed off the dead. You did it in […]

Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory