BOYCOTT Glenn Beck and anyone else who uses the rhetoric of violence
While I have participated in boycotts in the past, I have never initiated one and while others such as Jon Aravosis over at AmericaBlog are probably much better at it, I thought I would simply initiate...
View ArticleUnderachiever-in-Chief
We keep reading and hearing all this discussion of whether or not Obama's trying to do too much, that he's got too much on his plate. That somehow he should only focus on one thing at a time. Really?...
View ArticleAmerican Honda NOT a Glen Beck Advertiser
Awhile back I posted a list of Glen Beck advertisers and some of you began a  boycott campaign. Well, I received this email today from American Honda:
View ArticleTrent Franks (R-AZ-02) has no principles
So today I thought I'd go by my quote/unquote congressman's web page to see if he had any intention of swinging through his district this election season or if he would just count on the masses of...
View ArticleOn Coming Out Trans
Let me say this first. I am a transsexual woman. I am married, have two beautiful children and am a high school teacher. I have been in transition for the last 18 months and am on the verge of living...
View ArticleMy Story (of the trans variety)
So yesterday I shared a little about coming out. Today I'd like to share my story for those who are interested in such things.I think I knew I was not like my brothers very early on. Even as a 5 year...
View ArticleUpdated (Now with Fox News Hate) On Being The Other
Or, how the majority claims ownership of the Other.And let's face it, folks. We who suffer from the transsexual condition are the Other. Just as non-majority races are the Other just as gays or...
View ArticleA Thousand Cuts - Why Names and Pronouns Matter to Transfolk
One of the major issues facing transsexual women and men is how those who want to hang on to our old lives have a hard time joining us in our new lives. A lot of it is simply about the proper use of...
View ArticleTrans Teacher in AZ
For some time now, I have been operating under the incorrect premise that for me to transition from male to female and keep my position as an Arizona public high school Theatre Arts and English...
View ArticleTwo Years in Transition
Two years ago yesterday I started my regimen of hormone treatments. Two years ago I truly believed that there was no way I would ever really be able to live in the world as a woman, but I could no...
View ArticleWhy We Remember the Dead
On Friday, a young man's parents had to make the difficult decision to remove their son from life support. He was a popular football player and would be the first in his family to graduate. He was well...
View ArticleBeing an "Out" Teacher
No, I don't teach students to be out...or maybe I do in some fashion. When I came out at work as a bi-trans woman, I became a very visible person on my high school campus. Not that I wasn't already...
View ArticleWhy This Trans Woman Supports the President
I recent read an article on another website that focuses on LGBT issues that was unhappy with President Obama over not signing an executive order for ENDA. And I agree that it was something that, as a...
View ArticleThe Politics of GRS
I'll begin by indicating that by GRS, I mean Genital Reconstruction Surgery. It is also know as Gender Reassignment Surgery, Sexual Reassignment Surgery (SRS), Gender Affirmation Surgery and, I'm sure,...
View ArticleA Reflection on what I've learned as a Trans Teacher
Tomorrow I will wish my seniors the best of all things as they wander off into the world and next week I will let the rest of my students go to summer and shut down shop here. As I begin to put things...
View ArticleThe Downgrading of My Marriage
Ten years ago this October, my spouse and I were legally married in California. At the time, I was legally recognized as a man and we received all the benefits of being a married couple. Six years ago,...
View ArticleThe Teacher They Are Afraid Of...
Last Friday night, I sat with a group of my former students at IHOP after a performance of our fall play. My current students were nearby, but the alumni got the honor of joining me for our ritual...
View ArticleTransmisia
A phobia is a fear. For instance, I am agoraphobic, sometimes resulting in a panic attack. It happens and I recognize it as a fear-based reaction.I suppose this is why I have issues with the words...
View ArticleAZ(r) Legislators Distinguish Themselves Once Again
According to this article from the AZ Republic, our fine legislature here in Arizona (committed to putting the (r)AZ in crAZy), upset by the recent anti-discrimination laws in the city of Phoenix that...
View ArticleProtecting Our Children From Predators! (they are not the Trans you are...
So yesterday the "good people" of Houston overwhelmingly rejected a measure that said: No Houstonian should be discriminated against based on race, age, pregnancy, religion, military status, sexual...
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