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IFGE Bound and Tied Up
First off, I wanted to post that I’ve not posted for a while because I’ve been working on the site design, and doing political work. This week I’m in Tucson, Arizona for the annual…
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Collective Demo
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Judy Shepard: Back Up HRC On Press “Misinformation” About Leaving Transgender Behind!
This week has been wild … far too many things to write about – not enough time. On top of it, my dad and Sally were in from Oregon the past two days –…
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NCTE Lobby Days: Where’s Waldo, HRC, or Barney Frank?
Last October Representative Barney Frank said: “It’s partly because some of the people who are now lately to this fight weren’t there helping us through the lobbying. “ and then said: I have been…
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Changing Hearts and Minds: The 2008 IFGE Conference
I’ve just returned from the International Foundation for Gender Education’s annual conference that was held at the Doubletree Hotel in Tucson, Arizona. A speaker on the very first day said “If you let it,…
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Destigmatization Versus Coverage and Access: The Medical Model of Transsexuality
In recent years, the GLB community has been more receptive to (and even energized in) assisting the transgender community, but regularly asks what its needs are. One that is often touted is the “complete…
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The Primary Is Over, My Passion Is Not
For those that are working on a political campaign, the day after the election feels like a balloon that suddenly loses all it’s air. Win or lose, the day after is always a time…
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uh-oh.
(crossposted in several places, and people are welcome to forward this on freely to others in the transgender and GLBT communities, as I see this as being very serious — Mercedes) A short time…
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Update on Zucker, Blanchard and the Revision of the DSM
For those who are concerned about the establishment of an adherent to reparative therapy (Dr. Kenneth Zucker) and another seeking to entrench “autogynephilia” (a pathologization of treatment of non- “homosexual transgender” transfolk) in the…
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Top Secret: The Transgender Workplace Discrimination Hearings
Did you know that there are going to be congressional hearings about transgender employment discrimination? No? Well, you’re not alone in your ignorance. I have to confess that even though I’m connected into Washington…
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HRC’s Project Win Back, Part II
I recently wrote about the lead role the Human Rights Campaign took in the historic transgender hearings, and it looks as if their project win back strategy is coming to fruition. The Human Rights…