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Crain Brain Drain

I really had to laugh at the complete arrogance and hypocrisy Chris Crain showed in his recent Editorial entitled: “A year of living dangerously.” I […]

Community and organizingPublic policy and governance
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The Gay Tax by Caillean Maureen McMahon

The Gay Tax Today, I had a moment of unusual clarity. Like a lightning bolt in the sky, the darkness of the tangled alliances and […]

Family and relationshipsHistory, archives, and memory
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Less than Straights

by Caillean McMahon We are being openly defined as “less than” heterosexual couples by candidates for office. A “mother and a father” is the ideal […]

Community and organizingEducation and youth
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It’s Not All About The Gay

Yesterday both Box Turtle Bulletin and my friend Steph posted this video: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/NgJyyszPwuM” width=”425″ height=”350″/] They both labeled it as “Gay.” But two prominent […]

History, archives, and memoryLabor, economics, and institutions
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Every Rose Has Its Thorns

Donna Rose responded on her website to my “Rose Colored Glasses” post by saying: “One trans advocate blogger was quick to react (read his post […]

Media, rhetoric, and discoursePublic policy and governance
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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 […]

Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory
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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 […]

Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory
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GenderPAC CIRCA 1959!

“Harrah’s Casino says it fired Jespersen, a bartender, in August 2000 because she did not conform to the company’s new ‘Personal Best’ program, which required […]

Labor, economics, and institutionsLaw and civil rights
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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 […]

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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May Flowers and ENDA’s Showers

I pulled a couple of well versed legal minds in to shed more light on the shared space concerns: “It’s problematic for employees who have […]

Culture, identity, and representationLabor, economics, and institutions