A reader writes: “How do you deal with weekly threats? I’ve been to the police and the mayor and have not been taken seriously. “I live in a rural conservative enclave in a ‘blue’ state. I am intersex and trans and my partner is trans. Our property has been defaced, people make open comments when [...]
Posts Tagged ‘legal’
Ask Matt Monday: How Do I Deal With Threats?
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged community, crime, discrimination, legal, transphobia on February 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Ask Matt Monday: Getting a Name and Gender Change
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged gender, legal, surgery, transition on January 31, 2011 | 6 Comments »
A reader writes: “This question might not necessarily be universal because of the laws in different states, but what are the hoops you need to jump through in order to get your name and gender changed? I live in Colorado, so I am particularly interested in Colorado laws.” While you are correct that laws vary [...]
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 [...]
Marriage Equality is Still a Trans Issue
Posted in Commentary, tagged discrimination, legal, relationships, same-sex marriage, sexual orientation, trans men on January 6, 2011 | 27 Comments »
I never thought that a government official (or almost anyone, really) would be all that interested in seeing my naked netherparts. And I never thought that I might have to flash a county clerk in order to obtain a particular government service. But that’s apparently what they’re expected to do in Michigan – at least [...]
Ask Matt Monday: How Can We Make Progress If We’re Stealth?
Posted in Ask Matt, Commentary, Observations, tagged activism, assimilation, being out, coming out, discrimination, legal, transition on November 29, 2010 | 32 Comments »
A reader writes: “While I sometimes feel that I just want to be stealth, I am unable to allow myself such a luxury because I feel strongly that the only way that people like me can make a difference is to be very out, to get involved in our communities. “In my mind, the only [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Will Health Care Reform Cover Transition?
Posted in Ask Matt, Commentary, Information, tagged health, health care, legal, surgery, transition on November 8, 2010 | 6 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am wondering how the health care reform bill affects trans people. If we must carry our own health insurance, and insurance companies are no longer allowed to deny preexisting conditions, does that mean they now have to cover medically related surgeries?” I don’t know everything about the new health care reform [...]
Ask Matt Continued: Trans Guys and Phalloplasty, Part Two
Posted in Ask Matt, Commentary, Observations, tagged bodies, health care, legal, surgery, transition, transsexual on August 17, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Yesterday’s discussion of trans guys and phalloplasty inevitably leads, as such discussions do, to two implications that can have rather serious consequences if they aren’t addressed in any public discussion of transition surgery. The first has to do with that infernal inference of “choice.” If I don’t have any type of genital surgery, does that [...]
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 [...]
Employer Support Essential for On-the-Job Transition
Posted in Commentary, News, Observations, tagged discrimination, employment, legal, trans women, transition, transphobia on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A federal court has ruled in favor of a former Georgia state legislative aide who was fired after informing her employer that she would be transitioning on the job, Lambda Legal reports. The court determined that Vandy Beth Glenn, who was represented by Lambda Legal, was discriminated against when her boss, Legislative Counsel Sewell Brumby, [...]
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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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