11/04/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire What would Jesus do if he was a transwoman? That is, in some ways, what Jesus Christ: Queen of Heaven is asking. The play explores the journey of faith that one transwoman, the playwright Jo... (Continue reading)
11/02/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire By now, many of the people watching the battle in Maine have heard that Yes on 1 has increased their ad buy to $25,000 on the eve of the election, and yet, this is the campaign that,... (Continue reading)
10/29/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Prevention bill. The law was named for two men who were the victims of crimes due to their sexual orientation... (Continue reading)
10/27/09-by Paula Brooks Virginia’s William and Mary’s Jessee Vasold made history this weekend when she became that schools first transgender homecoming queen. Vasold, a junior who identifies as “gender-queer,” took to the field to except the homecoming crown at halftime of the... (Continue reading)
8/25/09 – Candice Metzler’s experience highlights the challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workers, who, in Utah, are not protected against discrimination in the workplace by local, state or federal laws. ... (Continue reading)
The Silverton, Oregon city council has voted 4-3 to reprimand transgender Mayor Stu Rasmussen for wearing a short black skirt and black halter top to a recent youth board meeting after one local citizen, complained to the council. Council members... (Continue reading)
The European Union’s Commission on Human Rights has released its report concerning gender identity and basic human rights. This paper is something of a study on a given topic with regards to the Human Right’s Charter of the European... (Continue reading)
A jury in Syracuse, NY today convicted Dwight DeLee of manslaughter as a hate crime for the killing of Lateisha Green, a transgender woman shot outside a house party last winter. DeLee was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter for the... (Continue reading)
Bono is not having a sex change operation. That is, U2 frontman Bono is not having a sex change. Chaz Bono still is. While Bono did make a statement about how he would be more than willing... (Continue reading)
When Chastity Bono came out as a lesbian, it has been reported that her mother’s reaction was primal. Her mother, of course, is singer/actress Cher. Chastity Bono’s father was Representative Sonny Bono. Congressman Bono died tragically in... (Continue reading)
There are, by some estimates, as many as five different genders, and one estimate pegged it at somewhere around twice that. It may surprise people that the whole issue of gender identity is far more complex than a simple... (Continue reading)
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I saw this video of a cell phone commercial from Mexico over on Queerty.com which clearly perpetuates Transphobia. This is what Latin gossip site Guanabee had to say about the video: In this regional spot from Northern Mexico for a cell... (Continue reading)
There is something of a medical and scientific debate going on as to the reality of whether or not to classify transsexuality in with the variety of physical ‘disorders’ considered intersexuality. Intersexuality is a category of genetic and physical... (Continue reading)
I grew up in the South, but I was born in Vermont. When I arrived in Florida at the tender age of eight, I had almost no prejudices when it came to race. I did not inform my parents that... (Continue reading)