Category Archives: transgender

Being Public Enemy Number One

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Transgender Rights (HBO) (youtube.,com) What’s next for gay Americans after same-sex marriage ruling? (cbsnews.com) Mike Huckabee: I wish I pretended to be transgender to shower with girls (politico.com) Last year I had to stop shopping at Kroger. At the store that I usually went to there was an employee who ran the self-checkouts (which I always use whenever possible so I don’t have to endure awkward small talk with cashiers) who apparently decided that she just didn’t like me and…

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Is ‘Whatever’ Enough?

Gay Marriage Arguments Divide Supreme Court Justices (New York Times) 9 questions about gender identity and being transgender you were too embarrassed to ask (vox.com) ‘We just need to pee’ transgender protest (bbc.com) ‘Killed myself. Sorry.’: Transgender game developer jumps off bridge after online abuse (Washington Post) Part of the problem of being such a loner is that I haven’t had much of a social support network when I’ve come to huge realizations about myself, including my sexual orientation and gender identity. Even when I’ve been around…

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Legalizing Discrimination

Backlash builds over Indiana’s religious freedom law (cbsnews.com) Religious Freedom Firestorm: Arkansas House Approves Bill Similar to Indiana’s (nbcnews.com) Ever since the first major fight over a “religious liberty” bill in Arizona just over a year ago, I’ve been keeping a very close eye on this topic. (Ohio was considering a similar measure to Arizona’s at around the same time, but pulled it when Arizona’s bill triggered a national firestorm.) I had hoped that last year’s controversy would stop all similar ideas dead in their tracks,…

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I’m Afraid of Americans

Obama takes fire for Crusades comparison (CNN.com) Reaction to ISIS mirrors the run up to Iraq war (All In with Chris Hayes) Scott Walker loses his mind: What’s behind his delusional ISIS-unions comparison (Salon.com) A few weeks ago I came down with a horrible, horrible stomach flu, making me as sick as I can recall being in at least seven years. I passed one night in utter and complete pain, lying on my bed and trying not to move for fear of making things worse, even…

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First They Came for the Homosexuals

Disclaimer: The links below include both pictures and video depicting hateful, horrible violence taken against a gay Russian teenager and a transgender Russian woman by other Russians. Many of you are likely to find the images very disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. Russian Transgender Woman Beaten In Public Park Caught On Tape (GRAPHIC VIDEO) (Huffington Post) Russian neo-Nazis  torture gay teenager they tricked into meeting them as part of online scam (Daily Mail) One of the traps that many Americans fall into — and I…

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