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With This Ring, I Thee Wed

More and more proof that the wing nuts are wrong. “Gender Identity Disorders and Bipolar Disorder Associated With the Ring Y Chromosome“

Culture, identity, and representationTransgender identity and history
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Trans-panic Defense Alive And Well In Palm Beach

It looks as if the trans-panic defense is alive and well in Palm Beach. From the Palm Beach Post: Two strangers met outside a bar on Clematis Street in West Palm Beach. One of…

Family and relationshipsScience, evidence, and expertise
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Randi Rhodes’ Transphobic Moment

Listening to “progressive radio,” you don’t really hear to many examples of out and out transphobia. Listening to Randi Rhodes on Air America Radio I heard her mock Ann Coulter, insinuating she was a…

Media, rhetoric, and discourseTransgender identity and history
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Pride Party this year was fun, and probably left most of us a little fuzzy-minded. Like all parties where we partake a bit too much, there’s always the obligatory hangover. This year I made…

Community and organizingFamily and relationships
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Randi Rhodes Redux

I guess Randi’s transphobia isn’t something new. I edited the clips down (I edited them for time, I did not rearrange or manipulate the content). If you want to hear the segments unedited, watch…

Culture, identity, and representationMedia, rhetoric, and discourse
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Justice, American Style

It was striking seeing a blurb by a spokesperson in the Iowa Republican Party responding to the prospect of former-President Bill Clinton lobbying for his wife Hillary’s presidential campaign: “After Bill Clinton tarnished the…

Religion and moralityTransgender identity and history
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Love Thy Neighbor?

As the Hate Crimes amendment to the Defense Funding Authorization is being debated in the Senate, it’s funny hearing some of the arguments coming from those opposed to allowing the additional protections to sexual…

Culture, identity, and representationLabor, economics, and institutions
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There’s Something About Transphobia

I’m continually amazed at the hatred and bigotry shown by the Fox Broadcasting Network. The fall lineup includes the inherently transphobic series, “There’s Something About Miriam.” The series first aired in the 2004 in…

Law and civil rightsMedia, rhetoric, and discourse
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Transactivism, For Your Eyes Only

“A Town hall meeting is an informal public meeting derived from the traditional town meetings of New England. Similarly to those meetings, everybody in a community is invited to attend, voice their opinions, and…

Community and organizingLaw and civil rights