Trans101 For Dumbasses

by Marti Abernathey

If you’re wanting to ask your favorite transgender person questions and you’re not that bright… this video is for you.

If you're wanting to ask your favorite transgender person questions and you're not that bright... this video is for you. Read More

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His Own Private Idaho: Senator Larry and the Pecking Order of Queerness vs. Straightness

by Vanessa Edwards Foster

“You’re living in your own Private Idaho …
Underground like a Wild Potato …
It leads you straight,
Right through the gate.” — Private Idaho, the B-52’s
It was painful to watch the Matt Lauer interview with Sen. Larry Craig on ABC’s Tuesday Night interview. Why they would allow a show to watch a man struggle mightily [...]

“You’re living in your own Private Idaho … Underground like a Wild Potato … It leads you straight, Right through the gate.” — Private Idaho, the B-52’s It was painful to watch the Matt Lauer interview with Sen. Larry Craig on ABC’s Tuesday Night interview. Why they would allow a show to watch a man struggle mightily with his guilt on national TV escapes me. Perhaps the GOP couldn’t stop him – or maybe they decided this would help clear one of their ... Read More

Categories: *tickle my tummy*, Christianity, GOP, HRC, Neocons are funny, Right Wing, in the media, politics

Déjà Vu All Over Again!?! Do We Hafta???

by Vanessa Edwards Foster

“So I get on my knees and pray … we won’t get fooled again!” — the Who
Fresh on the heels of Southern Comfort Conference (SCC), many of the transgender community reveled in what seemed a penultimate victory: HRC – yes, the Human Rights Campaign – was actually appearing to take the transgender community as equals. [...]

“So I get on my knees and pray … we won’t get fooled again!” — the Who Fresh on the heels of Southern Comfort Conference (SCC), many of the transgender community reveled in what seemed a penultimate victory: HRC – yes, the Human Rights Campaign – was actually appearing to take the transgender community as equals. (Obviously the ultimate victory would be equal rights for us all, jobs and all.) All of the years of HRC’s historic missteps seemed to magically ... Read More

Categories: *tickle my tummy*, Christianity, ENDA, HRC, active legislation, activism, blog, civil rights, gender identity, in the media, site updates

Summer Songs that helped us Survive

by Vanessa Edwards Foster

When I was Stone Blue … Rock and Roll sure helped me through ….
Warning beforehand, this is a fluff-piece – you’ll have to excuse me. Actually, a little of this can be blamed on Verizon commercials.
What originally inspired this was the return of typical south Texas summer heat in all its oppressively [...]

When I was Stone Blue ... Rock and Roll sure helped me through .... Warning beforehand, this is a fluff-piece – you’ll have to excuse me. Actually, a little of this can be blamed on Verizon commercials. What originally inspired this was the return of typical south Texas summer heat in all its oppressively humid splendor. Mostly we’d been spared this year, save for July 21 (my birthday) and one other day in June – the only profusely body-moistening days ... Read More

Categories: *tickle my tummy*, carnival of bent attractions, gender

It’s A Tranny Inferno!

by Marti Abernathey

As the years go by, I tend to think that this culture is becoming more and more progressive. But I’ve seen snippets of the past that keep reminding me it isn’t exactly the case. Take this song for example, it came out in 1979.
sammyjoanne.mp3
You think this would make it on any album, much less get [...]

As the years go by, I tend to think that this culture is becoming more and more progressive. But I've seen snippets of the past that keep reminding me it isn't exactly the case. Take this song for example, it came out in 1979. sammyjoanne.mp3 You think this would make it on any album, much less get air play? H/T to Popeye Pete Read More

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The Man Who Would Be Jester

by Marti Abernathey

First he said:
* “Homosexual transsexuals tend to have a short time horizon, with certain pleasure in the present worth great risks for the future.”
* “Prostitution is the single most common occupation that homosexual transsexuals in our study admitted to.”
* “The more resourceful and attractive transsexual prostitutes are call girls.”
* “Nearly all the homosexual transsexuals [...]

First he said: * "Homosexual transsexuals tend to have a short time horizon, with certain pleasure in the present worth great risks for the future." * "Prostitution is the single most common occupation that homosexual transsexuals in our study admitted to." * "The more resourceful and attractive transsexual prostitutes are call girls." * "Nearly all the homosexual transsexuals I know work as escorts after they have their surgery." * "As for shoplifting, homosexual transsexuals are not especially well suited as much as especially motivated. For many, ... Read More

Categories: *tickle my tummy*, in the media, transphobia

Iran is The New San Francisco

by Marti Abernathey

I found this article about Iran’s support of gender reassignment. I almost laughed when I read this quote:
“Most transsexuals believe that a life in the West would be much easier for them due to the open mindedness in those societies.”
Hardly.

I found this article about Iran's support of gender reassignment. I almost laughed when I read this quote: "Most transsexuals believe that a life in the West would be much easier for them due to the open mindedness in those societies." Hardly. Read More

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