June 2012
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Asexy Trans Folks: A Discussion About the... →
neutrois:
What a pleasant surprise to find this workshop in the lineup for the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference.
It’s free, and it’s coming up soon. You should all register now and attend! (And don’t forget to stop by my workshop, Non Binary Transition).
May 2012
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“I owe the gay community an apology.”
– Dr. Robert Spitzer, the author of a 2003 study claiming gays could be “cured” through reparative therapy. Now nearly 80 years old, Dr. Spitzer has acknowledged that reparative therapy actually harms more than it helps. More. (via officielhomme)
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Transgender Playlist Courtesy of Bitch Magazine →
transradical:
[TW: T-word]
In reaction to the recent coming out of Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace, the always wonderful Bitch magazine has released a “Genderpocalyptic Playlist” of 11 transgender and gender non-conforming themed songs for you to enjoy:
“Fagette” by Athens Boys Choir
“In the End” by Justin Vivian Bond
“Bluesman” by Novice Theory
“TN Tranny Two-Step” by Actor Slash Model
“A...
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Gender Expression Is Not Gender Identity →
artoftransliness:
From the Article:
One of the chief confusions about transsexuality and the decision we make to transition is how, from an outside perspective, with limited or superficial understanding, it can seem that the reason we transition is because we’ve determined ourselves to be female or male on the basis of our personalities fitting better into a female or male identity than into...
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Brazil Senate committee OKs gay civil unions →
by The Associated Press
A measure allowing same-sex civil unions passed its first legislative step in Brazil’s Congress, where it has lingered for 16 years.
Click the link above to read the full article.
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Colorado legislators kill civil unions bill →
pansexualpride:
In the closest the state has come to legalizing civil unions, a special session in Colorado’s legislature effectively killed a bill that would have granted the right to same-sex couples before it even reached the House floor:
A measure allowing same-sex civil unions that prompted Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to call a special session after Republicans killed it last week...
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WATCH: Activist Says Family Dinner Might Soften... →
Jennifer Chrisler tells CNN’s Brooke Baldwin that she asked Tony Perkins to dinner in hopes of softening his heart.
BY Trudy Ring
Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Equality Council
Jennifer Chrisler, head of the Family Equality Council, told CNN’s Brooke Baldwin today that antigay leader Tony Perkins might “open his heart” if he accepts her invitation to dinner...
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Letters to Judge in Ravi Case May Have Influenced... →
TW: anti-gay harassment, bullying, suicide
The judge received more than 100 letters asking for a lenient sentence for Dharun Ravi, convicted of charges in connection with gay roommate Tyler Clementi’s suicide.
BY Trudy Ring
Dharun Ravi
The judge in the Dharun Ravi case received more than 100 letters pleading for leniency in sentencing Ravi, convicted of bias intimidation and...
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Now Available: Transgender Family Law Book by GLAD →
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Ryan Scout_FTM: Manny Pacquiao -"I'm not against... →
ryansallans:
So yesterday I posted a petition started by the Courage Campaign in response to a quote from world-famous boxer Manny Pacquiao which basically came down to saying gay people should be killed. Today, after 25,000 people signed the petition in less than 24 hours, I received a message from the…
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WATCH: Florida School in Antigay Bullying... →
TW: anti-gay bullying/harassment, attempted suicide
BY Trudy Ring
Zachery Gray before his suicide attempt
Zephyrhills High School in Florida, which saw a student try to take his own life because of antigay bullying a year ago, is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education.
The department’s Office of Civil Rights is investigating based on a complaint by the mother of Zachery...
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Why I Dislike The "Take A Picture of a Transgender...
transpectrum:
thelifeofaqueerfeminist:
There seems to be more and more people posting pictures of transgender people who “pass.” But to me this doesn’t seem to help. It’s almost like “see, we conform to your gender standards too, so can we be equal now?” Gender is a spectrum and we shouldn’t be teaching people that we can conform, we should be teaching people not to judge based off of what...
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Newark Man Acquitted in Murder of Transgender... →
TW: cissexism, hate crimes, murder
Alrashim Chambers was acquitted Friday of the murder of transgender model Victoria Carmen White (pictured).
BY Trudy Ring
Victoria Carmen White
A New Jersey man was acquitted Friday of the 2010 murder of transgender lingerie model Victoria Carmen White.
A jury in Essex County, N.J., found Alrashim Chambers, 25, of Newark, not guilty of murder, bias...
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Represent for Trevor- get a shirt →
Thanks for your interest in volunteering with The Trevor Project at your local Pride Festival this summer! As a thank you, the first 100 volunteers in each city to sign up below will receive a FREE t-shirt! [Please note that we cannot guarantee a specific size]. If you have any questions, please email pride@thetrevorproject.org.
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Watchqbliss:
Jane Lynch Tells Republicans: ‘Money To be Made in Gay Marriage’
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Chrissy Polis, transgender beating victim, still... →
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Nepal to Allow 'Other' Gender on Official IDs →
BY Trudy Ring
The government of Nepal announced this week that it will allow citizens to choose “other” as the gender option, rather than male or female, on official ID cards.
LGBT activists in the nation welcomed the decision, which implements a ruling made by Nepal’s Supreme Court in 2007, reports wire service Deutsche Presse-Agentur. It will help transgender people as well as others who...
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Green Lantern Alan Scott Likely New Gay DC... →
Reliable sources say the original Green Lantern will be the character rebooted as gay.
BY Trudy Ring
The original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, is reportedly the DC Comics character who will be reintroduced as gay.
Bleeding Cool blogger Rich Johnson reports that after he heard that information from other sources, “a much stronger source” at the Phoenix Comic Con told him it is definitely...
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Thousand-Plus Protest Antigay N.C. Preacher →
TW: extreme heterosexism, discrimination
Over 1,000 people protested a minister who advocated putting gays into a concentration camp-style setting.
BY Trudy Ring
More than 1,000 protesters gathered in Newton, N.C., Sunday to protest an antigay sermon by a minister in the nearby town of Maiden.
The demonstrators were objecting to a Mother’s Day sermon by Providence Road Baptist Church...
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“But transitioning is definitely not one-size-fits all. … Take my path as an...”
– - From “Tips for Transmen: Part 1: Consider Your Goals” (but it really applies to all transpeople).
This is one of the main points I will be emphasizing in my Non-Binary Transition Workshop. Glad to see it is echoed elsewhere. (via neutrois)
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Against Me!'s Tom Gabel Makes Live Debut as Laura... →
By Peter Holslin
Against Me! singer-guitarist Tommy Gabel made her live debut as Laura Jane Grace on Friday, performing with the band under her new name for the first time since coming out as transgender.
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BLITZ - an all inclusive trans* and gender non... →
pflagmom:
WWW.BLITZTRANS.ORG
BLITZ
“YOU ARE AN ARTIST OF YOUR OWN CREATION”
VISION STATEMENT Creating a safe space for the exchange of ideas and resources for all people under the trans-umbrella and those exploring gender identity.
Click the link above to read more…
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NY Times Does Not Retract Dehumanizing Coverage of... →
In response to criticism from the LGBT community and allies over its coverage of a fire that killed a transgender woman this weekend, the New York Times released a statement that reveals a lack of understanding of how serious this problem is.
New York Times Metro Editor Carolyn Ryan stated: “We typically try to capture the personal stories of those whose lives are lost in a fire, and we...
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Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting... →
foreverliberal:
fuckyeahfeminists:
When gamer analogies and feminism combine…
This has been bookmarked — it’s a perfect example of privilege and I have a feeling I’m going to be bringing it out a lot when having conversations about this. Read it!
— Brittany
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QBits: Over three-quarters of Chinese gay students... →
qbits:
New survey says 77% respondents were victims of school bullying based on sexual orientation or gender identity in China
17 May 2012| By Anna Leach
A new survey released for IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia) has shown that over three-quarters of gay…
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NY Times Trans Exploitation Completely... →
This weekend, the New York Times published an extremely exploitative article about a transgender woman who had died in a fire. The article, about Lorena Escalera, only mentions that she was killed in a fire after telling readers that she was “curvaceous,” that she “drew admiring glances” in her “gritty Brooklyn neighborhood,” that she “was known to invite men for visits to her apartment,”...
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Oh sweet and fluffy lord, I should have parked the... →
ameliated:
Dear Trans People is back. THIS IS NOT, I repeat NOT, in ANY WAY, shape, or form, connected to Dear Cis People. I want to make that PERFECTLY clear.
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20 Questions for Kate Bornstein →
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autumn-and-eve:
The queer community’s first fights were fought by trans women and AMAB gender non-conforming people and paid for by queer people of color, never forget that.
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Watchqbits:
Jane Lynch on the Rachel Maddow show discussing the evolution of queer acceptance and just being her usual witty self.
Q.
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Poison Passion: Announcing: "I am not Haraam" - a... →
iamnotharaam:
Salaam/Peace!
Haraam is an Arabic word used in Islam to mean “forbidden”. This project has been started as a way for LGBTQ Muslims to stand up and proclaim that we will not allow our existence as LGBTQ Muslims to be erased any longer.
We are not kafirs, we are not…
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cageofribbons:
No Queer Girls Are Queerer Than Others: Resisting Femme Invisibility
““Femme means my feminism and my femininity walk hand in hand,” said Bevin Branlandingham, a self-identified queer, fat, femme writer and performer.”
YOU ARE AN AWESOME THING TO READ.
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re: the pathology of being transgender
windsdarkpoem:
i don’t need therapy because i am trans
everyone else does
seriously my life is only difficult because so many people have so many fucking insecurities about their own shit that they project it all onto me and other transgender people
it’s ridiculous. i have figured my shit out. i know who i am. other people hate on me because they don’t know who they are.
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FDA says HIV home test is safe →
gaywrites:
The FDA has ruled that a new at-home, over-the-counter HIV test is safe and effective, and it may be on the market soon.
An FDA advisory committee voted unanimously that OraSure’s positive effects, namely its ability to prevent new infections and improve access to medical services, outweigh the potential for false results. That is to say it’s acknowledged that the test is not...
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