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Your Serve Is Rather Weak

According to a Reuters report: “As Renee Richards, the world’s most famous transsexual athlete, looks back on her life, she has one regret — the […]

Transgender identity and history
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Where Did I Leave My Crow Bar?

The Journal of Lesbian Studies is calling for submissions to the upcoming “Lesbians and Body Image” issue. One of the questions really caught my eye: […]

Culture, identity, and representationTransgender identity and history
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Shemale Documentary or Christian Hit Piece?

I recently was asked to review the movie “American Beauties” by Groove Films. The description that came with the email gives you a slight clue […]

Law and civil rightsMedia, rhetoric, and discourse
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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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You’re Just A Tranny… And You Always Will Be

So we’ve got a trans-inclusive ENDA, time to celebrate! Or so I thought, till I actually looked at the language. Section 8(a)(3) CERTAIN SHARED FACILITIES- […]

Culture, identity, and representationLabor, economics, and institutions
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The Man Who Would Be Jester

First he said: * “Homosexual transsexuals tend to have a short time horizon, with certain pleasure in the present worth great risks for the future.” […]

Healthcare and medicineScience, evidence, and expertise
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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