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Rose Colored Glasses

In March of 2006, I suggested to members of the Indianapolis GLBT activist community that they not support the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) fund raisers in the state until HRC fully supported transgender people…

Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory
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Is The Radical Feminist Movement Our Enemy?

I’m in the midst of a move, and a couple of other pressing things right now, but this really is worth some discussion. Are radical lesbian separatists/feminists an enemy that we should fight with…

Community and organizingFeminism and gender politics
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GLAAD About Hate Speech

In my March 26th post “Just Wondering…“, I asked where the outrage was concerning Michael Savage’s recent tirade against transgender people. I checked the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) website to see…

Community and organizingEducation and youth
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Unity and Hope

In my recent post, Rose Colored Glasses, I had quite a few people respond here and on livejournal. Anyone familiar with the history of the trans-community and HRC (Human Rights Campaign) will know how…

Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory
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Don’t Let The Door Hit Ya In The @!#*!!

Like a herpes sore, certain arguments pop up continually in the transcommunity and never seem to go away. Recently Gwen Smith wrote the editorial “What’s In a Name?” that discussed the term “women born…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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It’s The Post That Never Ends

It’s such an amazing thing, the transformation of Transadvocate.com. Once a blog of my personal opinions and beliefs, TA has become everything I ever envisioned it to be when I first purchased the domain…

Community and organizingFeminism and gender politics
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The T Isn’t Silent, But HRC Is

It’s coming up on two years ago that I wrote an “Open Letter to Cheryl Jacques.” A month after I posted my open letter, Jacques greeted transgender protesters outside of Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC)…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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The Ghost of Chris Crain: Gayjacking the Hate Crimes Bill

When Chris Crain left his position at Window Media, I thought the voice of “transjack” was dead. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Today the Washington Blade published an op-ed by a long time…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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Same Ole “Ball and Crain” Dreams

“I know some of my transgender sisters question my commitment to their equality, but let me be the first (I think) to point out where the top-three Democrats on in inclusion of gender identiy…

Community and organizingLabor, economics, and institutions
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A Week of Direct Advocacy

If nothing else, last week was historic in that the three major transgender advocacy organizations (National Transgender Advocacy Coalition, National Center for Transgender Equality, and the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition) brought in citizen lobbyists…

Community and organizingTransgender identity and history