Transgender & Intersex: October 2010
Peekaboo Tranny!
Filed by Bil Browning | October 28, 2010 5:00 PM |So there's this great new app on the iPhone that I'm sure Bilerico readers cannot live without... It's called "PeekabooTranny." Now what does this wonderful can't-live-without-it app do? You take a picture with it and -- wait for it --...Read More
LAPD Looking for Suspect in Brutal Beating of Transgender Woman In Hollywood
Filed by Karen Ocamb | October 28, 2010 4:00 PM |LAPD investigators are looking for five suspects who may have been involved with a brutal attack on a transgender woman in Hollywood. The 25-year-old victim left a bar frequented by gay Latinos near the intersection of La Brea and Melrose...Read More
Glee Neuters Rocky: "Tranny" is OK but "Transsexual" isn't?
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 27, 2010 7:00 PM |I probably would have just put up an open thread on the Rocky Horror episode of Glee last night, which Jerame recorded for me, with a couple of lines if it weren't for the fact that Ryan Murphy, the creator...Read More
New York Times Boosts Trans Political Candidates
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | October 26, 2010 9:30 AM |The New York Times yesterday ran an article about several transgender political candidates running in various parts of the country. It's interesting to note how many such candidates there are. Are transgender people finally entering the political life of our...Read More
Stone Hot Butch: antique photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | October 20, 2010 2:30 PM |Love this photo (and that suit!), and the look on his face -- a little shy and very intelligent. Seems to be early 20th century, possibly as late as the 1920s or 1930s....Read More
Butch and Femme: 1932 photo by Brassai
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | October 19, 2010 4:30 PM |Classic 1932 photo by the great Parisian photographer, Georges Brassai, of a lesbian couple at the infamous "Le Monocle," owned by Lulu of Montparnasse....Read More
Trans and Mental Health: "But It Shouldn't Matter If I Was."
Filed by Mercedes Allen | October 18, 2010 1:00 PM |A guest post by Static Nonsense at Questioning Transphobia entitled Intersections of Disability and Transgenderism raises some important points that apply to the campaigns to remove GID from the DSM and ICD that govern mental health issues: But it sometimes...Read More
Gender Play Party: Antique photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | October 15, 2010 10:30 AM |I have no idea what's going on here. Could be a costume party but judging by some of the chaps in the back row, it certainly seems like they feel altogether at home in their garb. Not sure why the...Read More
Trans Woman Sues LPGA
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | October 14, 2010 9:30 AM |The New York Times reported on a lawsuit by a transgender woman, Lana Lawless, against the Ladies Professional Golf Association, which banned her from participating in the sport after she won the women's world championship in long-drive golf. This move...Read More
No Room at the Inn For Lord Jesus Christ III?
Filed by Mercedes Allen | October 11, 2010 4:30 PM |I haven't seen anyone remark on this yet, but even if someone in our community may seem colourful, that doesn't mean that their issues are less significant. MassLive reported that Lord Jesus Christ III was ejected from a Belchertown library...Read More
Coming Out: The Agony And The Ecstasy
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | October 11, 2010 2:30 PM |She opened the door of the apartment where we had made a life together, her eyes steady, but ready to fill with tears. She knew that I had something to tell her, but I had refused to say what in...Read More
LGBT History Discovery: 1921 Memoir of Earl Lind
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | October 09, 2010 12:00 PM |Very happy to share this fascinating piece of news, just announced on OutHistory.org. (via Transgender Memoir of 1921 Found) Five sections of the lost, third volume of memoirs by the pseudonymous individual who called himself Earl Lind, Ralph Werther, and...Read More
DC Starbucks bathrooms go gender free
Filed by Bil Browning | October 08, 2010 2:00 PM |I noticed this yesterday when I went into a Starbucks to grab my venti mocha with light whip and while it stuck out that there was something different, it didn't really register what the difference was. The DC Starbucks have...Read More
HRC: Corporate Equality Index changes for better transgender health care
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 07, 2010 2:00 PM |Editors' note: Meghan Stabler is a nationally recognized spokesperson and activist for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. She also served on Senator and then President-Elect Obama's LGBT Policy Committee. There are many issues with regards to adequate access...Read More
Amateur Impersonators: vintage photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | October 06, 2010 2:30 PM |Halloween Party? Stage show? Behind the scenes at a drag ball? Or fun and games at the senior center? Your guess is as good as mine....Read More
Trans guy calendar for sale
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 06, 2010 11:30 AM |A group of people got together to make a trans man calendar to raise money to help trans men with transition-related expenses. Check out their site....Read More
I'm somebody's fetish!
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 05, 2010 8:30 AM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Drew Cordes is a transgender woman from Albany, N.Y. She is a 2004 graduate of Vassar College. When I started to address my gender issues and transition from male to female, I thought there was a...Read More
