Feb 16, 2008
by
Vanessa Edwards Foster
“Love cannot be defeated.” as said to rock vocalist, Bono by Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA)
The political group I belong to – the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC) – noted the passing of longtime Rep. Tom Lantos in a press release on Monday from complications due to esophageal cancer. Chances are, most of [...]
“Love cannot be defeated.” as said to rock vocalist, Bono by Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA)
The political group I belong to – the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC) – noted the passing of longtime Rep. Tom Lantos in a press release on Monday from complications due to esophageal cancer. Chances are, most of the transgender community was unfamiliar with congressman Lantos – but they should’ve been. Our press release characterized him as a “hero for the oppressed and voiceless ... Read More
Oct 20, 2007
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
Oct 9, 2007
by
Vanessa Edwards Foster
“What makes us heroic? Confronting simultaneously our supreme suffering and our supreme hope.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
Over the past few years, the transgender community has had its share of reports of heroism from Mara Keisling and Lisa Mottet of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) about the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and [...]
“What makes us heroic? Confronting simultaneously our supreme suffering and our supreme hope.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
Over the past few years, the transgender community has had its share of reports of heroism from Mara Keisling and Lisa Mottet of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) about the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA). It flew in the face of what this writer and many others active in the trans rights game knew as conventional wisdom. ... Read More
Aug 31, 2007
by
Marti Abernathey
Meredith Brooks once sang:
“ I’m a bitch, I’m a lover
I’m a child, I’m a mother
I’m a sinner, I’m a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I’m your hell, I’m your dream
I’m nothing in between
You know, you wouldn’t want it any other way“
But I guess there are some gay men who aren’t channeling Meredith. From the Washington [...]
Meredith Brooks once sang:
" I’m a bitch, I’m a lover
I’m a child, I’m a mother
I’m a sinner, I’m a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I’m your hell, I’m your dream
I’m nothing in between
You know, you wouldn’t want it any other way"
But I guess there are some gay men who aren't channeling Meredith. From the Washington Blade's "Bitch Session"
"It’s transgender people that need the gay and lesbian movement to succeed not the other way around. They are a minority within a minority who ... Read More
Jun 2, 2007
by
Marti Abernathey
“I know some of my transgender sisters question my commitment to their equality, but let me be the first (I think) to point out where the top-three Democrats on in inclusion of gender identiy in federal hate crimes legislation (where I support it) and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (where I support in principle adding it [...]
"I know some of my transgender sisters question my commitment to their equality, but let me be the first (I think) to point out where the top-three Democrats on in inclusion of gender identiy in federal hate crimes legislation (where I support it) and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (where I support in principle adding it at some later date, but oppose its inclusion now)." - Chris Crain
First of all, it's not just the sisters that question you "commitment" to our equality rights. ... Read More
May 23, 2007
by
Marti Abernathey
If nothing else, last week was historic in that the three major transgender advocacy organizations (National Transgender Advocacy Coalition, National Center for Transgender Equality, and the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition) brought in citizen lobbyists to Washington D.C. from across the United States for a week of direct congressional advocacy.
Rolling in to [...]
If nothing else, last week was historic in that the three major transgender advocacy organizations (National Transgender Advocacy Coalition, National Center for Transgender Equality, and the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition) brought in citizen lobbyists to Washington D.C. from across the United States for a week of direct congressional advocacy.
Rolling in to DC on Tuesday, I had the chance to see the lobbyists for the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC) in action. Tuesday night NTAC sponsored a ... Read More
Feb 18, 2007
by
Marti Abernathey
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 fame she attained.”
Dearest Renee, your 15 minutes of fame are WAY past. If you’re so against the fame you received, why are you writing another book?
“In the mid-1970s and when her [...]
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 fame she attained."
Dearest Renee, your 15 minutes of fame are WAY past. If you're so against the fame you received, why are you writing another book?
"In the mid-1970s and when her memoir, "Second Serve: The Renee Richards Story," came out in 1983, was treated as an curiosity and besieged by television chat shows. But with the release this ... Read More
