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The Power of Our Story

I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine, someone that I’ve known for over 5 years. Due to the inherent rapid socialization many members of the transgender community experience in the transition…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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A New Orleans Trans Evacuee’s Story

Many people in the wake of Katrina’s devastating landfall in the New Orleans area were evacuated to Houston and other places in the metro area. New Orleans also has a large cluster of transpeople…

Community and organizingEducation and youth
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We Have a Dream

Please note at writing, the planned dedication service for the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial has been postponed. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a…

Community and organizingLaw and civil rights
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Why I Love Cross-Dressers

Photo by: Mariette Pathy Allen Readers of this Blog may remember a while back that I did a post called Why I Love Fat People. In simple 1-10 list form, it catalogued many of…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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A “Transsexual Versus Transgender” Intervention*

Over the last year or so, I have read a number of blog entries and Facebook rants about the so-called “transsexual versus transgender” issue. For those who are unaware of this debate, it stems…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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NBJC Presidential Midterm Report Card

If you’re wondering what the African-American TBLG/SGL community perspective is concerning President Obama, I can say with certainly it’s vastly different from the one expressed by elements of the white GLBT one. To point…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation