Transgender & Intersex: June 2011
Meet Tona Brown, Who Sang For President Obama
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 30, 2011 5:00 PM |Tona Brown is an African American Transgender violinist and vocalist who has had a career spanning both North America and Europe.Read More
AZ Trans Social Services Provider Faces Foreclosure
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 30, 2011 12:00 PM |This property, home to eight residents who are members of the most underserved population in the Phoenix metro area, faces foreclosure.Read More
Transgender Community Win At The VA
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 28, 2011 3:00 PM |The Veterans Health Administration has released the much anticipated directive toward transgender and intersex veterans. Read More
Hate Crime Against MN Trans Woman Lands Her In Jail On Murder Charges
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 28, 2011 10:00 AM |Chrishaun McDonald was accosted by a group; her attacker wound up dead. She's in solitary.Read More
The New Republic Cover Story On Trans Rights
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 25, 2011 1:30 PM |The New Republic, a magazine of politics and the arts, reaches older, influential establishment liberal types, who don't read much about transgender or transsexual people. Read More
See, Now I Have A Problem With This
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 23, 2011 1:00 PM |I am compassionate for all forms of gender expression. But I do not support this, and it frankly undermines the entire movement. Read More
Oregon Trans Health Benefits Lawsuit Points To Prejudice
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 22, 2011 10:00 AM |Oregon prohibits private insurers from excluding trans health benefits, but they won't extend them to their own state employee. "Irrational" defines the State's position here. Read More
Trans in Afghanistan: Update on Jenn & Transgender Military Service
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 18, 2011 1:30 PM |Guest blogger Pam Daniels updates us on her friend Jennifer who has a little more than a month to go for her deployment in Afghanistan and is still transitioningRead More
Misguided Policy for Transgender Residents in NYC
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 17, 2011 4:30 PM |Guest blogger Jen Pula, MD, discusses NYC's 40-year old health code requiring individuals to have genital surgery before changing their legal gender on their birth certificates.Read More
Video: TSA Fires Trans Employee
Filed by Bil Browning | June 17, 2011 2:30 PM |When Ashley Yang worked for the TSA as an airport screener, they insisted that she cut her hair or wear a "male wig" and would only let her pat down male passengers who regularly sexually harassed her.Read More
Why the Umbrella Failed
Filed by Mercedes Allen | June 17, 2011 9:30 AM |Evaluating the balance between sameness and shared advocacy and the decolonization of trans in this follow-up to "The Death of the Transgender Umbrella."Read More
Two Spirits: The Last Thing Fred Saw
Filed by Cathy Renna | June 12, 2011 3:00 PM |It is hard to believe that a decade has passed since the brutal murder of Fred Martinez. Seeing the spot where he was killed was a gut-wrenching sight, even with experience dealing with the hallmark of hate crimes called "overkill."Read More
Access to Health Care Expanded for Trans Veterans
Filed by Adam Polaski | June 12, 2011 1:00 PM |The Veterans Health Administration announced a directive on Thursday that acknowledges the unique health care needs of transgender and intersex veterans and establishes new policies to ensure that trans and intersex people are treated without discrimination by health care providers.Read More
Poem: Walking for Samantha
Filed by Austen Crowder | June 09, 2011 2:00 PM |In honor of all the bathroom bill scares out there. Read More
Maine Rejects Anti-Trans Bill
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 09, 2011 11:00 AM |Maine rejected a bill to prevent trans people from filing complaints.Read More
City of Portland Gets Trans Inclusive Healthcare
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | June 08, 2011 5:45 PM |Earlier this morning the Portland, Oregon City Council unanimously voted to remove the trans exclusion clause in their employee health coverage and implement a trans inclusive policy, a proposal brought by mayor Sam Adams.Read More
A 'Thank You' Note After Reassignment Surgery
Filed by Drew Cordes | June 08, 2011 4:00 PM |Upon completion of my sex reassignment surgery, I want to thank publicly all those who helped make my gender transition happen. Transitioning is not something one can do alone.Read More
Two Recent Entries in the Transgender Literary Renaissance
Filed by Jesse Monteagudo | June 08, 2011 8:00 AM |Books by or about transgender people are experiencing a literary renaissance, and two of them - Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation and Balancing on the Mechitza - are excellent looks at diversity within the trans community. Read More
Proposed Gender Dysphoria Diagnosis in DSM-5
Filed by Kelley Winters | June 07, 2011 5:00 PM |Although the APA has responded to concerns about the "Gender Identity Disorder" diagnosis in the new edition of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, they have not addressed concerns about their "Gender Dysphoria" diagnosis.Read More
The Female Impersonator: Vintage Magazine
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | June 06, 2011 6:00 PM |Incredibly beautiful models in this vintage (ca. 60s?) magazine. A sweet note of irony that Sonny and Cher, parents of the amazing Chaz, appear on this cover.Read More
PBS Documentary 'Two Spirits' Interactive Map
Filed by Jake Weinraub | June 06, 2011 3:00 PM |Thoughts on the film's site, which includes an interactive map of "Gender-Diverse Cultures" pinpointing global cultures that have "recognized, revered, and integrated more than two genders."Read More
Comment of the Week: Jessica Max Stein on the Barbershop Queer Issue
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 05, 2011 7:00 PM |What's a "queer issue," and are we all under the "queer umbrella" now?Read More
Eminem Revives Lady Gaga Trans Rumor
Filed by Bil Browning | June 05, 2011 2:30 PM |No matter how many times he sings with Elton John, Eminem just can't help being a horse's ass.Read More
CT Passes Trans Rights Law
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 04, 2011 2:15 PM |After several years of trying, the Connecticut State Senate has passed a trans rights bill, which now heads to the Governor's desk for signature, and he has said he will sign it. Read More
The Death of the 'Transgender' Umbrella
Filed by Mercedes Allen | June 01, 2011 8:00 PM |If you've read trans or LGBT blogs in the past year or three, you've inevitably come across an ongoing battle over labels - particularly "transgender" as an umbrella term. It seems to be a conflict without end or compromise.Read More
