Transgender & Intersex: September 2009
Ordinary people
Filed by Amy Hunter | September 25, 2009 1:30 PM |It is late, after 3:00am as I write this. I am tired, it's been a long day working on the details for an event that will happen in October. The event is "An inclusive community event" put together by a...Read More
WTHR-13 vs WRTV-6: A Tale of Two News Stations
Filed by Bil Browning | September 24, 2009 4:00 PM |Last December when local trans woman Taysia Elzy was murdered, several local reporters used offensive language to describe Taysia and her relationship. While the Indianapolis Star did a training session with their staff after the incident, NBC's WTHR-13 reporter Steve...Read More
ENDA ayudaría a terminar con el vergonzoso estado laboral para las personas LGBT
Filed by Pedro Julio Serrano | September 24, 2009 1:30 PM |El estado laboral para las personas lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y transgéneros (LGBT) --particularmente para las personas transgéneros -- en los Estados Unidos es absolutamente vergonzoso. Afortunadamente, el Congreso está al borde de corregir esta injusticia al considerar la Ley de...Read More
Exceptions
Filed by Brynn Craffey | September 21, 2009 9:30 AM |I try to check the headlines in the UK's Guardian, if not on a daily basis, at least every few days. On Saturday, I came across a tragic story of two young, British, working-class men in love with each other,...Read More
Queer linguistics are just that - linguistics
Filed by Austen Crowder | September 18, 2009 4:00 PM |Alex made an excellent post about the use and potentially offensive qualities of the word "cisgender" in queer communities. He's covered all his bases there, and I highly recommend reading for a further exploration of the debate. Instead, I want...Read More
IAAF Official Wants to Sweep the Caster Semenyas Under the Rug
Filed by Mercedes Allen | September 18, 2009 1:00 PM |Sprinter Caster Semenya has been placed on suicide watch in the wake of leaked tests apparently showing evidence of intersexuality as well as the negative press she's received. The news of this has prompted Lord Coe, a vice-president of the...Read More
Cisgender madness!
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 17, 2009 1:30 PM |There's been a debate raging over at Pam's that no one here at Bilerico has been willing to touch with a 10-foot pole: Is it OK to call non-transgender people "cisgender"? Well, the debate is mostly a small group of...Read More
What is equality, really?
Filed by Amy Hunter | September 16, 2009 1:00 PM |Equality; being involved in LGBT politics means that I probably utter or hear this word a hundred or more times every day but, do I truly understand what it means? What are the implications it carries for my private as...Read More
Caster Semenya is a woman, now what?
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 12, 2009 10:00 AM |There's a lot to talk about when it comes to Caster, but I'll preface this by saying that finding out that there are some people who are unwilling to accept her gender (using that term intentionally) at face value, online...Read More
Have They Been Twisting Caster Semenya's Arm?
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | September 10, 2009 6:00 PM |IAAF results of Caster Semenya's gender test are evidently in, but not announced yet, though the sports body has already announced that it won't strip the South African runner of her gold medal. But South Africa's enthusiastic support of its...Read More
When Do You Tell?
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 10, 2009 3:30 PM |Editors' note: Monica F. Helms is the president of the Transgender Americans Veterans Association. One of the most controversial subject matters in the transgender community has to do with when to tell a new or potential love interest about your...Read More
Mind the Gap, Cross the Valley
Filed by Austen Crowder | September 09, 2009 4:00 PM |The computing world often talks about the "uncanny valley" when discussing 3D effects in modern virtual worlds. The theory is simple: as a computer's rendering of a human being becomes more realistic, viewers eventually reach a point where the image...Read More
Indiana transition resources - do we have them?
Filed by Austen Crowder | September 09, 2009 4:00 PM |A friend of mine asked me for help with gender issues, which is usually no big deal. We talked for a while, discussing why he felt the way he did, and what could be done to fix the issue, when...Read More
Woman transforms gender during epileptic seizure
Filed by Bil Browning | September 09, 2009 12:00 PM |This is fascinating. We've had plenty of conversations on the site about gender identity disorder. While sexual orientation was considered a mental condition a few decades ago, that hasn't changed for transgender folks. As with sexual orientation, scientists have been...Read More
Vigil for Transgender Woman Murdered in DC
Filed by Michael Crawford | September 02, 2009 5:30 PM |Two transgender women in D.C. were stabbed on August 26. One of the victims, Tyli'a "NaNa Boo" Mack, was killed. The DC LGBT community held a vigil to honor her life and to condemn the anti-LGBT violence that occurs every...Read More
WWII Soldiers in drag
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 01, 2009 12:30 PM |Queenie's my type of girl! Take a peek at other WWII era soldiers in drag from someone who was there....Read More
