I’m not an archeologist (isn’t it funny how I’m always saying what I’m not – soooo many things I’m not), but the “transgender” skeleton discovered in Prague seems important to me. As the Pink News reports, the 5,000-year-old skeleton was determined to be male, but was buried in the manner that females in the culture [...]
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What Does ‘Transgender’ Skeleton Mean For Us?
Posted in Commentary, Information, News, tagged being trans, bodies, gender expression, gender identity, gender roles, history, identity on April 7, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Rep. Chris Lee: When Trans in a Headline Matters
Posted in Commentary, News, Observations, tagged discrimination, Internet, politics, sex, transphobia on March 3, 2011 | 16 Comments »
I have written before about the use of the terms transgender and transsexual in headlines. In many instances (far too many), the press goes after these words as if they were gold – and in a way, they are, if you want to sensationalize your news and get as much traffic as possible to your [...]
So Many Opinions, So Little Time
Posted in Commentary, Information, News, Observations, tagged gender expression, gender identity, gender roles, hormones, Internet, television, transphobia, transsexual on February 3, 2011 | 17 Comments »
So many things are happening that are significant to the trans community that I barely have time to read them all, let alone comment. Here are just a few of the many goings-on into which I feel compelled to insert myself: Saturday Night Live and the Estro-Maxx Skit Yes, trans people have a sense of [...]
SEPTA: Dropping Your Drawers for the Bus Driver
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged discrimination, gender, gender expression, legal, transgender on January 20, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I guess the Oakland County Court in Michigan is not the only entity that might benefit from full-body scanners. It seems that the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) has a policy that requires “F” and “M” stickers on bus riders’ monthly passes. Tom Basgil of change.org reports that this practice, as could be expected, has [...]
It’s OK to be a ‘Princess Boy’ or a ‘Princess Girl’
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged books, family, femininity, gender expression, identity, masculinity, television on January 13, 2011 | 18 Comments »
“Princess Boy” Dyson Kilodavis and his parents have been making the rounds on blogs, news programs, and talk shows, and responses have, as usual, been mixed. Dyson came to everyone’s attention when his mother, Cheryl, released a nonfiction book, My Princess Boy, about a four-year-old boy who prefers “princess-type” clothes and other adornments generally reserved [...]
Dang! I Missed the Year of the Transsexual!
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged being trans, gender expression, transgender, transsexual on December 16, 2010 | 15 Comments »
Isn’t it just my luck to discover that 2010 is the year of the transsexual – now that it’s almost over? It’s like finding out about a great party that was held in your honor from people you run into at the grocery store the next day. It’s the story of my life – a [...]
My Righteous Indignation Over Kye Allums Article
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged being trans, coming out, hormones, news, pronouns, righteous indignation, sports, trans men on November 15, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I try to keep my righteous indignation in check, but the story about trans basketball player Kye Allums that appeared in the Twin Cities Pioneer Press on Saturday got me so riled up that I had to dash off an e-mail to the author. Do Associated Press guidelines just fly out the window when the [...]
‘The Kids Are All Right’ in Trans Families
Posted in Information, News, Observations, tagged assimilation, being out, being trans, family, relationships, trans women on July 20, 2010 | 13 Comments »
My friend Eden Lane leads a “balanced” life. She is, in many ways, what I consider to be an assimilated trans woman, but she maintains her ties with the LGBT community. She works as a mainstream broadcast journalist, both hosting and producing mainstream talk shows, including In Focus, for Colorado Public Television 12, but she [...]
Straight People, Non-Trans People: Don’t Flatter Yourselves!
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged bodies, DADT, legal, politics, restrooms, sexual orientation on July 15, 2010 | 12 Comments »
The bathroom issue for trans people is a constant battle. People in every tiny municipality or obscure workplace are duking it out just to decide if trans people should have the same right to use the facilities as everyone else does. What are we going to be doing in there? What are we going to [...]
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Show Us Your Genitals! and Other Gender Weirdness
Posted in Commentary, News, Observations, tagged bodies, discrimination, employment, family, gender expression, legal, surgery, trans men on April 14, 2011 | 25 Comments »
I don’t know how people have the time to get upset about all the things they get upset about, but once again, we’ve got people worrying about non-issues, as if we’ve actually solved all the real problems in the world and have to dig up stuff to keep us shocked and offended. First of all, [...]
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