Clerics Encourage Gay Deaths in Baghdad
Apparently we left “thou shalt not kill homosexuals” out of the civics textbooks we gave the Iraqis when we “taught” them democracy. Homosexuality is prohibited almost everywhere in the Middle East,...
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Something I tweeted at Ron Hogan last night is getting re-tweeted a bunch. He orginally tweeted: Ah, Seth Godin: “More people are killed by deer than sharks, but you don’t see park rangers running...
View ArticleTrans Couples Talk
This is the text of the talk I gave at the Liberty Conference on May 2nd, 2009: How We Love You: Let Us Count the Ways There are partners who are male, female, and trans; there are partners who met...
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Two Tune Tuesday: The Damned
In honor of them playing in NYC last week, when I *wasn’t there dammit* here’s some tunes from The Damned, who threaten retirement every couple of years. I’ve seen at least two Farewell tours, maybe a...
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Today at noon the CA Supreme Court will hand down its decision about Prop 8, & I’m nervous. The wrong decision is going to set off rallies all over the country, which is a good thing, but therer is...
View ArticleCis Hits the Fan
Have you all seen these arguments going on about the use of the word cis? Here’s Pam’s House Blend and Questioning Transphobia on the issue. Unfuckingbelievable. I hate the word myself, but it’s a...
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The thing is, I love the anger in the trans community. I’m an old school punk rocker; anger is in my blood. So stay angry. Just don’t, as my mother would say, let it cut off your nose to spite your...
View ArticleTeisha Green Trial Starts Today
From the Empire State Pride Agenda: Today, the trial begins for the murder of Lateisha Green, a 22-year-old transgender woman who was tragically shot and killed in Syracuse on November 14, 2008 just...
View ArticleIn Defense of Autumn
Autumn Sandeen used to cull stories for the Transgender News Yahoo Group; she’s been blogging for forever, and not long ago became a key poster and moderator at Pam’s House Blend. Recently, people have...
View ArticleEverything is Amazing, Nobody is Happy
Honestly, this is the way I feel about Obama being president: and within the LGBT community especially, as if I’m surrounded by people who can’t give it a minute to get back from space. In five months:...
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