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don’t bother answering in kind, just shout us down - it’s fun and easy

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

I don’t normally read anything by Heart unless someone i read links to something over there. Let’s just say i have disagreements with some of her points of view.
But what is happening to her now is not acceptable.
Misogynists have shut down her website by pinging it to death, using up her bandwidth allotment, and [...]

“bad idea,” part 2

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Last week i wrote a long post in response to the online posting of an essay by Dr. Paul McHugh of Johns Hopkins. Then yesterday i encountered again the idea of ‘autogynephilia’ among transsexual women, this time in the context of J. Michael Bailey’s work.
Yes, THAT J. Michael Bailey. A number of people far [...]

visible victims, invisible perps

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Last week i wrote about an issue close to my heart - the crisis facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth.
But i only told half the story, and left out perhaps the most important part; the part which is more difficult to talk about because it is shrouded in secrecy. That half of the [...]

what “impressionable” means

Friday, June 15th, 2007

This morning i had a jarring, chilling exposure to what the word “impressionable” really means.
My wife and i had to go to her son’s school this morning to deal with, well, the kinds of things kids do. All we knew was that the principal wanted to talk to her. I went along as [...]

the personal is political

Monday, June 11th, 2007

At Boston Pride i tabled for the Network La Red for a couple of hours. A Latino fellow came by at one point and said he’s against domestic violence too — and hinted (i don’t remember his exact words) that he was obliquely referring to INS raids and similar anti-Latino actions of the US [...]