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Take a look at this guy: Based on the teeth-gritting, is he: Unable to shake off a badger that’s gnawing his foot off? Unable to shake off a badger that’s gnawing his testicles off?…
Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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And so we now have… A $363,000 Tax Bill to Widow Led to Obama Shift in Defense of Marriage Act … Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer had a 40-year engagement and a two-year marriage,…
Family and relationshipsHealthcare and medicine
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[Note from Kat: In 2001, Maryland gays and lesbians blatantly and openly lied to the Legislature and to the public, claiming that trans people were already protected under Maryland law and, as such, inclusion…
Culture, identity, and representationFamily and relationships
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Just to make it clear: I recognize no statute of limitations when it comes to gay participation in the creation of third-class status for trans people. I don’t use the word “culmination” if it…
Law and civil rightsMedia, rhetoric, and discourse
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We are approaching the 35th anniversary of a momentous court decision. In honor of that anniversary, I thought I’d post for your reading pleasure and intellectual nourishment: M.T., PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. J.T., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT Superior Court…
Culture, identity, and representationFamily and relationships
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Why is it that when a politician changes his mind to the detriment of trans rights its ‘political reality’ that must be respected, but when a politician changes his mind to the detriment of…
Family and relationshipsLaw and civil rights
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I’ll point to it: The Next Step Toward Equality: Repealing DOMA But I’ll quote none of it – and I damn sure wan’t analyze it, lest I be branded, by those who know what’s…
Transgender identity and history
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According to an unsigned WaPo editorial, Maryland: passed a law banning discrimination against gay people a decade ago, but transgender individuals were dropped from the legislation. Since then, attempts to repair that have failed…
Law and civil rightsMedia, rhetoric, and discourse
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Over at PHB, Monica Roberts commented: When multiple civil rights attorneys tell me it won’t do what EQ MD claims it will, the bill needs to die. Naturally, Laurelurleen Ramseyerogovitch chimed in afterward. But,…
Community and organizingLaw and civil rights
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From the Baltimore Sun: After the House of Delegates this weekend voted overwhelmingly to prohibit employer and housing discrimination for the transgendered, the bill crossed over to the Senate Monday where it landed in…
Family and relationshipsLaw and civil rights