Transgender & Intersex: August 2012
Trans Advocate Kylar Broadus Appointed To DNC Committee
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 31, 2012 12:30 PM |Kylar Broadus is an amazing man who has had the honor of being selected for the important Rules Committee for the Democratic National Committee 2012 Convention Platform Committee. I am proud to be supporting him as he heads to Charlotte to represent all of us and our concerns.Read More
Does Ignoring Trans People Make Your Point Look Bigger?
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | August 30, 2012 5:00 PM |The focus and action on women's rights in this political season has been heartening. However, it's given rise to many over-simplified discussions of bodies and rights that pose a problem for a movement that intends to include trans women. Read More
Third Annual Trans Law Institute, and the Fifty Top Trans Law Developments
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 29, 2012 3:30 PM |The third annual Trans Law Institute was held last week at Lavender Law, and I presented my annual "Fifty Top Developments In Trans Law" Read More
Zenker's Extraordinary TransMontana [Review]
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | August 29, 2012 1:45 PM |The book cover says it all. It portrays the author standing on a granite boulder, against a background of alpine meadow and Montana timber, with her hair blowing in the wind and her arms raised in victory. Read More
Lavender Law Begins Conversation on Trans Military Service
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 28, 2012 11:00 AM |The National LGBT Bar Association hosted military recruiters for the first time post-DADT, which is troubling because the military still excludes open trans military service. At the same time, the Association held the first discussion by a national organization on the subject.Read More
Gay Couple Sues United Airlines for Intentional Harassment
Filed by Michael Hamar | August 27, 2012 11:00 AM |The leadership of United/Continental Airlines basically "flipped" the bird to innocent victims and victimized them yet again - even though they claim to be LGBT friendly. As the saying goes, actions speak louder than words.Read More
APA Issues Historic Position Statements on Trans Issues
Filed by Kelley Winters | August 21, 2012 12:00 PM |On May 18, 2009, trans community members and allies gathered outside the Annual Meeting of the APA to protest diagnostic policies that psychopathologize gender diversity. This week, the group announced two new public position statements.Read More
Why Marriage Needs to Take a Backseat to Workplace Rights
Filed by Rebecca Juro | August 16, 2012 3:15 PM |In order to really make progress on the marriage rights front, the first thing that needs to be accomplished is leveling the economic playing field.Read More
Transgender People Ejected in Jacksonville
Filed by Mercedes Allen | August 12, 2012 11:30 AM |A nondiscrimination ordinance in Jacksonville, Florida, is expected to be voted on in the coming week. As some have expected, transsexual and transgender people were bartered away when "gender identity or expression" was dropped from the bill.Read More
Power, the Male Gaze, & the Catch-22 of Trans Gender Presentation
Filed by Drew Cordes | August 10, 2012 4:30 PM |When a trans woman begins presenting as female, the sudden increase of those stares is palpable. It can signal anything from sexual attraction and not recognizing she's trans, to the person reading her as trans and wanting to hurt her. Read More
Dexamethazone: Sex 'Normalization' of Intersex Babies in Utero
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 09, 2012 11:00 AM |Pregnancy is a time when joy can turn to panic in the blink of an eye, and wanting a "normal, healthy baby" can leave families with difficult choices. Read More
On Trans Celebrities: From Lana Wachowski & Before
Filed by Mercedes Allen | August 06, 2012 4:30 PM |"Cloud Atlas" will be winding its way to movie theaters shortly, but it's in danger of ending up buried under an avalanche of press distracted by the fact that a promo video is co-filmmaker Lana Wachowski's first public appearance since transitioning in 2006.Read More
Trans Power
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 06, 2012 11:00 AM |What are the barriers to transgender people achieving the measure of power necessary in democracy for the recognition of the human rights to which we are entitled? Why are we so far behind the gay community in rights, economic power and cultural acceptance? What do you think?Read More
Disclosing Anti-Trans Dating 'Preference'
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | August 02, 2012 11:00 AM |A while ago I floated the idea of writing an advice column. I have so many projects going on that I ended up letting this one slide. But I recently got one letter that I simply had answer. Read More
Defending Lana Wachowski
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 01, 2012 5:30 PM |Lana Wachowski's transition was news five years ago. Now, it is not news, but something else entirely. It is prurient, zoo-specimen gawking of the worst type, something that trans people must endure all the time. Read More
