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First, a word from Kelli Busey (one which, (1) I’ve made one slight grammatical correction to, and (2) even without correction in all likelihood, will be disappeared from Pam’s House Blend because it is…
Community and organizingTransgender identity and history
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There’s bickering over at Pam’s House Blend about a statement made by Jenna Fischetti in her public testimony to the Senate in Maryland. She said “Never in the history of transgender-specific legislation has any…
Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory
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I received this from Mark McLaurin this morning: “As an advocate and activist with a fifteen year history of working for equality in the LGBT community, I know that words not only matter, but…
Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory
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From SEIU Local 500 Executive Director David Rodich: “It has come to our attention that SEIU Local 500 Political Director Mark McLaurin made what we believe to be insensitive and inappropriate statements regarding members…
Community and organizingLabor, economics, and institutions
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When Mara Keisling of NCTE publically came out in support of Maryland’s gender identity anti-discrimination bill, I wondered what her angle on it was. Bilerico recently posted “3 Ways to Improve ENDA Advocacy: Take…
Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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Press release from TransMaryland: TransMaryland Issues Statement of HB235’s Demise Maryland House Bill Ultimately Failed on Several Levels Annapolis — April 12, 2011 — Today is not a day to celebrate, for it is…
Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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On January 28th, 2011, if you were told that the Trans community would be more organized than the LGB community moving forward in the next legislative session, that Marriage and the Gender Identity anti-discrimination…
Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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The following blog post is Audrey Mbugua from of Transgender Kenya. Mbugua works for Transgender Education and Advocacy (TEA). TEA is a human rights organization working towards ending human rights violations against transgender and…
Community and organizingEducation and youth
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In the wake of the failure of GENDA to pass and become the law of New York state for the fourth time, there has been some justified anger and venting about the lack of…
Community and organizingFamily and relationships
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It hasn’t been but 2 days since I reviewed the disguising way in which TS Separatists have taken up abhorrent fallacies and used it as a weapon against an oppressed people. If that wasn’t…
Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation