Collective Demo

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Ok, Maybe I’m Just Cranky

The headline from a recent Rex Wockner PrideSource post screams “Transsexual becomes mayor of Cambridge”. What would you think of this headline: “Gay becomes mayor […]

Transgender identity and history

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What’s In A Word? Context, Ya Fag!

I know I have this obsession with words. I’ve never particularly liked Queerty.com because it’s posts on transfolk generally border on bad taste/transphobia. The most […]

Transgender identity and history

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Who Needs Truth When There’s Revisionism?

Just when you think you’ve heard it all …. Just a couple weeks ago, President George W. Bush let loose what we in Texas parlance […]

Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory

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Freak Of The Week: The Tabloid Media

Give ’em an act with lots of flash in it And the reaction will be passionate Give ’em the old hocus pocus …. Give ’em […]

Community and organizingFamily and relationships

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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…

Community and organizingFamily and relationships

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Kelly Osbourne, Angie Zapata, and Why Words Matter

Yesterday I wrote a post about Kelly Osbourne’s transphobic rant in the Glamour UK. There were many attacks on my character by the Kelly Osbourne […]

Education and youthTransgender identity and history