Transgender & Intersex: May 2012
IDAHO Has Come & Gone But the Work Continues
Filed by Guest Blogger | May 30, 2012 1:00 PM |On the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) we recognized the tireless work of human rights defenders around the globe. In the face of harsh discrimination and persistent human rights violations, activists and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people everywhere demonstrate extraordinary resilience.Read More
Why Did I Change My Birth Certificate?
Filed by Drew Cordes | May 30, 2012 11:00 AM |I recently changed the sex on my birth certificate. I did feel a sense of closure and relief, though it was mostly in the legal, official, my-ass-is-now-bureaucratically-covered sense. On the more personal side of things, I felt a little conflicted. Read More
NY Times to LGBT Community: 'That Will Be All There Is From Us'
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | May 16, 2012 10:30 AM |"For a man, he was gorgeous." That's the quote the New York Times chose to go with when Lorena Escalera, a transgender woman, died in a suspicious late night fire. How about "She was gorgeous for a lesbian" in reference to a fire victim? Or "she was gorgeous for a Jew"? Would those simply be problems with word choice?Read More
Mommy in the Middle (of Gender)
Filed by Paige Schilt | May 13, 2012 11:30 AM |A couple of years ago, I interviewed my wife about life as a genderqueer mommy. Things have changed since that interview. In honor of Mother's Day, I decided to post an updated conversation about mothering in the middle.Read More
A New Writer on Gaygamer.net
Filed by Austen Crowder | May 11, 2012 2:30 PM |I want to tell you a story about boys, girls, and macho bros raging at fighting game tournaments.Read More
Rocker Tom Gabel Comes Out as Transgender
Filed by James Holmes | May 09, 2012 5:00 PM |In this Friday's issue of Rolling Stone, Tom Gabel of the band Against Me! comes out as transgender and discusses her plans to transition. I'll admit, I have never been a fan of Against Me!, but I just may buy a record. Read More
Another Trans Health Insurance Victory
Filed by Drew Cordes | May 07, 2012 4:00 PM |Beth Scott, a trans woman who was denied coverage by her health insurer for a mammogram, has won her fight against Aetna. Cases like this make up the small footsteps we must take on the path to equal treatment.Read More
Why I Joined The Board of Lambda Legal
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | May 07, 2012 11:00 AM |This past weekend, I was elected to the Board of Directors of Lambda Legal, a national legal organization dedicated to achieving full equality for LGBT people. Trans people have had difficult experiences with some national organizations over the years, so I thought it apropos to explain my decision.Read More
Transgender Legal Defense And Education Fund Marks Seven Years
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | May 03, 2012 1:00 PM |TLDEF, the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, is celebrating its seventh year. The hundreds of trans people being served by TLDEF deserve our support. Read More
Death & the Maiden
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | May 02, 2012 3:00 PM |A crowd of rowdy, jeering, older white men in night-time Minneapolis, including a vicious racist with a swastika tattooed on his chest, closely surrounded the slight, feminine 23-year old trans woman, moved in, sliced her cheek open with broken glass. And she's the guilty one?Read More
May Day Activists Spotlight the Cece McDonald Case
Filed by Toshio Meronek | May 02, 2012 12:00 PM |CeCe McDonald's trial started April 30, but her supporters have been working for months to get the Minnesota judge overseeing her case to drop it. Yesterday, activists brought Ms. McDonald's fight to the May Day protests.Read More
