Am I A Liar?

by Marti Abernathey

I had someone IM me off of OkCupid and ask me about my profile. They liked my writing style and asked me a lot of questions about profile writing. It wasn't a relationship, connection kinda IM, but one of me helping her. During the conversation, I talked about why I wasn't hopeful finding relationships at all. I explained that I am trans, and she said that I should be more obvious about it, that I was being dishonest. I always thought it was ... Read More

Categories: gender, gender identity, trans history

Love Ya! Mean It!

by Vanessa Edwards Foster

“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 know how to speak out against what is wrong, organize and create a disturbance that’s worthy of the biggest city in the nation. I’m writing in response to the Gay City News.com report coming from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Banquet in the Big Apple. They organized not just ... Read More

Categories: ENDA, HRC, Trans, Transpolitical, civil rights, gender, gender identity, in the media, sexual orientation, words mean things

Targeted Families, Targeted Lives

by Marti Abernathey

I really can’t believe all the ridiculously negative things I’ve been hearing about the 2nd grade student that is transitioning at school. Here are a few examples:
Public schools have been involved in a sick propaganda campaign that encourages and collaborates with the advancement of mental illness in children. - Stop The ACLU.com
It [...]

I really can't believe all the ridiculously negative things I've been hearing about the 2nd grade student that is transitioning at school. Here are a few examples: Public schools have been involved in a sick propaganda campaign that encourages and collaborates with the advancement of mental illness in children. - Stop The ACLU.com It is a basic fact of biology, sex is immutable. If you are born a male, you will die a male. There is absolutely ... Read More

Categories: Transfamilies, gender, gender dysphoria, gender identity, health care, trans health, transphobia, youtube

Can You Ever Leave Behind the Evil Twin?

by Mercedes Allen

Don’t you just love that phrase, “used to be a man?”
GARRICK Jacobson was in custody at Sydney’s Surry Hills police station when he apparently discovered his girlfriend used to be a man.
Within hours of being released on bail, he went to her apartment and started “belting the hell” out of her, Downing Centre Local Court [...]

Don't you just love that phrase, "used to be a man?" GARRICK Jacobson was in custody at Sydney's Surry Hills police station when he apparently discovered his girlfriend used to be a man. Within hours of being released on bail, he went to her apartment and started "belting the hell" out of her, Downing Centre Local Court heard yesterday. Read More

Categories: Trans, activism, gender, gender binary, gender identity, hate, hate crimes, transgender needs, transphobia

Walking Through the Valley of Shadows

by Mercedes Allen

(As I’d mentioned, it’s time to move on from the previous discussion. I admit, I probably wouldn’t have reacted as badly if the debate hadn’t touched on something that was freshly raw for me personally, but as it is still a raw nerve, we’ll leave the HBS thing be. I thought I’d go [...]

(As I'd mentioned, it's time to move on from the previous discussion. I admit, I probably wouldn't have reacted as badly if the debate hadn't touched on something that was freshly raw for me personally, but as it is still a raw nerve, we'll leave the HBS thing be. I thought I'd go with something far less controversial. Politics is being overdone right now, what with all the stuff on the primaries, so I thought I'd take on Religion. ... Read More

Categories: Christianity, Spirituality, Trans, Transgender in History, gender, gender binary, gender identity

Fresh New Lies, or How To Kill Off the Last Of Hope

by Vanessa Edwards Foster

“I’m up on the Tight Rope … one side’s Fate and one is Hope,It’s a Circus Game for You and Me.I’m up on the High Wire … one side’s Life and one is Fire,But the Top Hat on my Head is all you see.” — Tight Rope, Leon Russell
Indeed there is a very fine [...]

“I’m up on the Tight Rope … one side’s Fate and one is Hope,It’s a Circus Game for You and Me.I’m up on the High Wire … one side’s Life and one is Fire,But the Top Hat on my Head is all you see.” — Tight Rope, Leon Russell Indeed there is a very fine line between Hope and Hell. It’s also proven pretty easy to become manic by letting our emotions fly to the sky based upon this concept of ... Read More

Categories: ENDA, GLBT history, HRC, Trans, activism, blog news, civil rights, gender, gender identity, lobby days, politics, transphobia

Observations From A Protest

by Vanessa Edwards Foster

“Don’t you know you’re talking about a revolution, sounds like a whisper” — “Talkin’ ‘Bout A Revolution,” Tracy Chapman
Well, finally woke up from a nap after a tough weekend protesting the Human Rights Campaign National Banquet in Washington DC. On one hand, I hate these last-minute actions where you have to travel halfway across [...]

“Don't you know you're talking about a revolution, sounds like a whisper” — “Talkin’ ‘Bout A Revolution,” Tracy Chapman Well, finally woke up from a nap after a tough weekend protesting the Human Rights Campaign National Banquet in Washington DC. On one hand, I hate these last-minute actions where you have to travel halfway across the country. + They’re obviously quite expensive (not to mention no planning or chance for budgeting). + They’re physically taxing as sleep is minimal (you sleep on the road ... Read More

Categories: ENDA, HRC, Trans, active legislation, activism, civil rights, gender, gender identity, politics, sexual orientation, transphobia