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Déjà Vu All Over Again!?! Do We Hafta???
“So I get on my knees and pray … we won’t get fooled again!” — the Who Fresh on the heels of Southern Comfort Conference (SCC), many of the transgender community reveled in what…
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It’s Put Up Or Shut Up Time
According to the Washington Blade: “House Democratic leaders are strongly considering dropping anti-discrimination protections for transgender persons from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, after an internal Democratic head count on Wednesday found that…
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Activism Leaders Leading Towards the Door
“We’re setting sail to the place on the map from which no one has ever returned ….” — Ship of Fools, World Party It was just Tuesday that I read in the press that…
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Protest, HRC, and My Investment Portfolio
I like to think of my advocacy/political work in much of the same way as I think of how to invest my money. I see activism as an investment in my community and my…
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HRC3 ≠ Bright Future For Transgenders
“This is a story of the lives and loves, and hopes and dreams, of young Batswana [sic] in the context of the changing cultural norms and values of modern times. Each of the dancers…
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The Many Faces Of Mara Keisling: The Death of United ENDA?
Is one of the key players in the United ENDA movement, Mara Keisling, signaling its death? Recently Keisling said: ‘We have to show Barney Frank 220 votes,’ she said. ‘If we show him 220…
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Love Ya! Mean It!
“These vagabond shoes Are longing to stray And make a brand new start of it New York, New York!” — New York, New York, Frank Sinatra You gotta love New York! Seriously, these folks…
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Judy Shepard: Back Up HRC On Press “Misinformation” About Leaving Transgender Behind!
This week has been wild … far too many things to write about – not enough time. On top of it, my dad and Sally were in from Oregon the past two days –…
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NCTE Lobby Days: Where’s Waldo, HRC, or Barney Frank?
Last October Representative Barney Frank said: “It’s partly because some of the people who are now lately to this fight weren’t there helping us through the lobbying. “ and then said: I have been…
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Equality Through Intimidation? The Houston HRC Dinner Protest
I just recieved this from Phyllis Frye: By calling the Houston Police, national HRC deliberately set in motion a police over response. HRC used government and taxpayer monies to intimidate the hell out of…