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Houston trans-inclusive equity ordinance survives

Houston Mayor Annise Parker and City Attorney David Feldman announced that the effort to overturn equality failed to collect enough valid petition signatures to put minority rights up for a popular vote in the…

Community and organizingEducation and youth
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Anti-LGBT bigot caught engaging in election fraud in Texas

Engaging in fraud in order to overturn LGBT and especially trans equality in cities throughout the nation is nothing new for anti-equality bigots. In the past anti-equality efforts, election fraud was limited to purposefully…

Healthcare and medicineHistory, archives, and memory
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#TERFweek starts now!

What it is #TERFweek is a week of education, raising awareness and openly talking about the abuse our communities have endured at the hands of the Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist movement. From Monday, August…

Community and organizingEducation and youth
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Et tu, Caroline Criado-Perez?

At first, I wasn’t going to write a response piece to Caroline Criado-Perez (CCP) article concerning the term “cis”, because many of her ideas were similar to those in Sarah Ditum’s post I recently…

Culture, identity, and representationFeminism and gender politics
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Mom confronts TERF bigotry aimed at her family

By Debi Jackson Although I have been part of the LGBT community for the last three years since my daughter transitioned from male to female, I still seem to learn something new every day.…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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What a 90s Cartoon Can Teach Us about TERFs

By Lisa Kalayji Do you remember the 1990s MTV cartoon Daria? If you’re old enough and young enough, you probably do. For those who missed it or are enjoying the memory slippages which apparently…

Culture, identity, and representationEducation and youth
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Fact Checking Janice Raymond: The NCHCT Report

It has long been asserted that the iconic TERF opinion leader, Janice Raymond, played a part in bringing an end to the public and private coverage of transgender medical care, resulting in measurable death…

Healthcare and medicineLabor, economics, and institutions
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I Am Jazz: an amazing book for trans kids

Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings recently published a book for trans kids titled, I Am Jazz. The beautifully illustrated story is based on the real-life experiences of Jazz. Laverne Cox said that the book…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation