Author: Cristan

Life is Good

It’s been an amazing few weeks. Here’s the updates: We’re going to purchase our own building for the TG Center and Archives. This weekend we started off with 10K in support and by the end of the weekend, we were looking at more than 10 times that in support. I found out that my research […]

Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival

Most of the Womyn that come to fest really don’t care whether you’re straight or not as long as your not trans. – D.M., Festival Supporter, July 4, 2012 It’s been 23 years since the MWMF became a symbol of all that’s wrong with cis-privilege and some might wonder why the fight to end cis/trans segregation at […]

Learn To Hate

  Jesus… I hate it when bigotry is framed as an inherent right. Before you can hate, you must first be taught to vilify and dehumanize your target. It’s only after this process has taken place that you can view an entire class of people with suspension and conclude that segregation is appropriate. This process […]

The Gay Agenda: It’s Real

I’m sure you’ve heard about this thing called, The Gay Agenda. Right wingers have been talking about it for quite some time now. Have you ever read it? I bet you didn’t know that there is a very real Gay Agenda. You see, it all started back in 1978 when the Houston queer community came […]

Picture Blogging: February 2013

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Intro to Transgender Issues: Substance Abuse

I gave a presentation with Sandy Jones (HACS) on Substance Use issues within the trans population at a conference today. Here’s the intro from the handout: Working with transgender clients can raise fundamental questions of policy. A trans client’s presence can challenge long held assumptions and belief systems about the very nature of gender. Not […]