Transgender & Intersex: September 2011
Cartoon: A Trans Chess Joke
Filed by Bil Browning | September 30, 2011 1:30 PM |This made me actually laugh out loud. Thought y'all would enjoy it too.Read More
NY Medicaid May Cover Gender Reassignment Surgery
Filed by Bil Browning | September 30, 2011 9:30 AM |Encouraging news out of New York State this morning. The state is considering covering gender reassignment surgery under Medicaid.Read More
Canadian Paper Runs Anti-Trans Advertisement
Filed by Bil Browning | September 29, 2011 3:00 PM |With California gearing up for the fight over the FAIR Education Act, how long do you think it'll be before the religious right starts trying to copy the campaign in California newspapers?Read More
Voter ID Laws May Disenfranchise Trans Community
Filed by Adam Polaski | September 29, 2011 12:00 PM |"Voter ID" laws - which require citizens to present a valid form of photo identification in order to vote in elections - have been passed in several states, disenfranchising communities with legitimate reasons for not having those forms of ID - including trans people.Read More
Sir's Special Night Out: Gender Fluid Gem
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 27, 2011 4:30 PM |A rare, beautiful, turn-of-the-20th century image of a delighted maid watching the lovely transformation of her Sir to her Ma'am.Read More
New Standards of Care for the Health of Trans People
Filed by Kelley Winters | September 26, 2011 10:15 AM |Yesterday, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) released it's 7th version of Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People (SOC) in Atlanta.Read More
Personae: Gender Fluid Gem
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 23, 2011 10:00 AM |I've had this in my files for a while and keep returning to it trying to puzzle it out. Read More
Trans Rights Bills Read in New Canadian Parliament
Filed by Mercedes Allen | September 22, 2011 6:00 PM |In the first week of the 41st session of Parliament, two Private Member's Bills were introduced, both proposing explicit inclusion of transsexual and transgender people in the Canada Human Rights Act and the hate crimes clauses of the Criminal Code of Canada.Read More
Did Chaz Really Do Better Than Rob and Metta?
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 22, 2011 9:00 AM |Is celebrity more important than the dance?Read More
Black Trans Respondents Fared Worse In Discrimination Survey
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 19, 2011 10:00 AM |A recent analysis of data from the newest large-scale survey of discrimination against transgender and transsexual people shows that Black trans respondents fared far worse than others in the survey. Read More
Trans Employees No Longer Under Threat from Social Security
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 16, 2011 9:00 AM |Transgender employees will no longer be outed to employers by the Social Security Administration. Read More
Tomboy Identities: A Strictly Temporary Diversion
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 14, 2011 4:00 PM |Guest Blogger Alex Drummond explores how even after 30 years of second wave feminism, we still reiterate social rules determined purely on the basis of genitalia by encouraging children to see maleness as defined in opposition to femaleness.Read More
Trans Servicemembers: Coming Out May Cause Discharge
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 14, 2011 9:00 AM |NCTE and SLDN team up to warn trans service members that the repeal of DADT isn't for them. Read More
The Doctor Is Out (Of Touch)
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 13, 2011 6:00 PM |FOX contributor Dr. Keith Ablow apparently believes that watching a transman dance with a woman might cause somebody's confused child to become trans. I suppose some people still believe watching Will and Grace made kids gay.Read More
Redefining Our Terms & Approach: The Advantage of Social Activism
Filed by Drew Cordes | September 13, 2011 11:00 AM |Lately, I've been thinking a lot about activism, and how we define the term.Read More
The Securitization of Gender
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 13, 2011 9:00 AM |The highly-regarded political scientist, Dr. Paisley Currah, has an article in the upcoming edition of the venerable journal Social Research, discussing the TSA's use of gender in its security programs.Read More
DNC Elevates Transgender Member
Filed by Mike Rogers | September 12, 2011 2:00 PM |The Democratic National Committee has broken new ground. This weekend the DNC elected Babs Caspar Siperstein to its Executive Committee - a groundbreaking election as Babs is the first out transgender member of the committee.Read More
Another DC Trans Shooting
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 12, 2011 8:30 AM |Another assault on a trans person in DC, and questions about reportingRead More
The Top Fifty 2011 Developments In Trans Law
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 09, 2011 2:00 PM |Here's my list of the 2011 highlights in U.S. trans law. Do you have anything to add?Read More
Off to the National LGBT Bar Association Conference
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 07, 2011 9:00 AM |I'm flying off to Hollywood today to the National LGBT Bar Association Conference, affectionately known as "Lavender Law," which begins on Friday.Read More
Brussels Hosts International Intersex Organizing Forum
Filed by Adam Polaski | September 06, 2011 2:00 PM |This weekend Brussels played host to the first-ever International Intersex Organizing Forum. 24 activists from 17 different intersex organizations around the globe attended the forum, which was facilitated and sponsored by the ILGA.Read More
Primetime Sends Mixed Transgender Message
Filed by Nancy Polikoff | September 06, 2011 8:00 AM |Just a couple of years ago, Barbara Walters did an extraordinary job covering trans kids on a 20/20 special. ABC's Primetime Nightline is on the same network. I figured it would be just as good. Read More
Why I'll Be Watching Dancing With The Stars This Year
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 03, 2011 8:00 AM |I don't even own a television, but I'm going to find one on Monday, September 19 at 8pm ET. Read More
The Governor Who Wore a Dress
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 01, 2011 12:00 PM |One of the remarkable characters I discovered while doing some transgender history research for my book was Lord Cornbury. He was the British Governor of New York and New Jersey in the colonial era.Read More
