Transgender & Intersex: February 2011
We're Sick of 'You People' Screwing Us Legislatively, Del. Pena-Melnyk
Filed by Monica Roberts | February 28, 2011 11:00 AM |YOU PEOPLE KEEP CALLING ME AND TELLING ME PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS MUST BE INCLUDED AND I'M SICK OF IT DO YOU HEAR ME I'M SICK OF >YOU PEOPLE It seems MD Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk is a little upset about all...Read More
Mademoiselle Beeson: Slack-Wire Dancer
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | February 28, 2011 9:30 AM |The poster: The back-story: Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, ND), July 18, 1929, p. 6. "Chicago.--(AP)--Dainty, skirted Herberta Beeson, hailed as "the world's greatest slack-wire dancer," is a man! The story of his rise from grocery clerk to featured performer of the...Read More
Boi from a Bygone Era: Vintage Male Impersonator
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | February 24, 2011 11:30 AM |Another wondrous find, this ca. 1890 - 1910 photo of a young male impersonator, probably a theatrical performer of the era....Read More
LGBT Fiction Fest: Gender Transcending
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | February 17, 2011 11:30 AM |Two classics which traded on the out-dated notion that gays and lesbians lived in a kind of intersexed "twilight." One wonders how many other misconceptions lurked between the covers. Any of you familiar with either of these books?...Read More
High School Goes Gender-Neutral for Prom
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 15, 2011 10:30 AM |In September I posted about Oak Reed, a trans boy who ran for homecoming king but was disqualified because he would render the competition unfair (since the race for homecoming king is, first and foremost, about fairness). Now the school...Read More
What Does the Trans Community Want the President to Know?
Filed by Joe Mirabella | February 13, 2011 11:30 AM |Last week I asked the trans community how gays and lesbians could be more helpful. I did so with a pure heart because when I say I'm part of the LGBT community I sincerely mean it. I believe that despite...Read More
When Rape Crisis Support Staff Attack
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | February 11, 2011 4:00 PM |Does that headline strike you as absurd? That's how I feel about it. But nonetheless it's the one statistic that sticks with me the most after reading the recent comprehensive study on discrimination against trans people, Injustice At Every Turn....Read More
Canada's Trans Rights Bill C-389 Passes
Filed by Mercedes Allen | February 10, 2011 12:00 PM |Bill C-389, an Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression), passed at Third Reading, on a vote of 143 for to 135 against. Third Reading took place nearly a month sooner...Read More
What Should Gays and Lesbians Do to Help Trans People?
Filed by Joe Mirabella | February 09, 2011 2:30 PM |While I was at Creating Change I had the honor of interviewing Jabriel Walthour for SameSexSunday. Jabriel made the brave and bold step into the public eye to speak about her life as an African American transgender person. She helped...Read More
Injustice At Every Turn: Study of Trans Discrimination
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | February 07, 2011 1:30 PM |The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality teamed up to do a comprehensive study of discrimination against trans people. Cathy Renna featured the story of one person involved in the study last week...Read More
Honduras: An Ugly Story of the Murder of Gay and Transgender Citizens
Filed by Michael Hamar | February 07, 2011 10:30 AM |My late mother was born in Honduras but left as a teenager to move with her parents to the United States who needed to care for ailing relatives. She and no one else in my immediate family ever went back...Read More
Documentary Films Featured at the 2011 Colorado Gold Rush Conference
Filed by Kelley Winters | February 06, 2011 2:30 PM |The 12th annual Colorado Gold Rush, the Rocky Mountain Region's premiere gender conference, will kick off with a screening and preview of two remarkable documentaries by Colorado producers on February 24 at the Denver Renaissance Hotel. Keynote speakers for the...Read More
TransSEXUAL: Early 20th Century Genderplay [NSFW!]
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | February 04, 2011 10:30 AM |OK, everyone: close your eyes if you're never seen a penis before (ha!). I'm guessing this was shot sometime around the 1920s, possibly earlier judging by the setting and style of the photo - a very amazing find (and a...Read More
Jane's Story: One of Challenge and Resilience
Filed by Cathy Renna | February 03, 2011 3:30 PM |As I hit the road for this year's annual Creating Change conference, I go with no plans for moderating a panel or doing a training. Instead, Renna Communications has an even greater responsibility and challenge. We will be helping with...Read More
This Week on The Rebecca Juro Show: NCTE Executive Director Mara Keisling
Filed by Rebecca Juro | February 03, 2011 2:00 PM |With the Republicans now in control of the House and the introduction and passage of LGBT-protective federal legislation a pipe dream for the next couple of years at minimum, where do we go from here? We'll explore that with National...Read More
Students Protest ROTC's Transgender Exclusion
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 02, 2011 9:30 AM |Stanford student groups are petitioning the school not to let ROTC back on campus: "Now, more than ever, is the time for college students across the country to take a stand and organize against transgender discrimination, an issue that has...Read More
I Want My Girlhood Back
Filed by Drew Cordes | February 01, 2011 3:30 PM |In the years I've identified as transgender, I've encountered many of the drawbacks and advantages that I assume many other trans people also face. There are a few benefits I really like (no menstruation!) and some other aspects that are...Read More
