Richard Mourdock: “I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen.” What a stupid fucking statement. You know what’s worse? The National Republican senatorial committee chairman John Cornyn voiced his support for Mourdock and added that he also believes “life is a gift […]
Years later I find the courage to admit that I am transgender and this doesn’t mean that I am unlovable. I meet a woman, the first person that has made me understand that they love me not in spite of my difference but because of it. She is the first person to see me as a whole […]
Sometimes I feel so amazingly grateful for my life – even in the midst of all the difficulties, stressors and hardships. As I write this, I’m on a airplane heading back to Houston from New York. I just spent the weekend reviewing national epidemiological trends and how those trends are being responded to by government […]
I received my 2012 OutSmart blogging award today:
It was brought to my attention that I – well, not me… a rhetorical strawman a troll claims to be me – was the subject of yet another post. Jennifer Usher claims to be critiquing my critique of Serano’s assertion which asserts that noting that I’m a trans[pause]woman is good while noting that I’m MTF […]
First of all, the question I’m about to ask isn’t about setting up boundaries, gatekeepers or telling someone what they can/can’t identify as. I’m simply curious about how the queer community views what it means to be queer. So, with that in mind, here’s the question: Q: Can a 100% heterosexual person also be queer? […]
OutSmart Magazine, October 2012 For those of you who don’t know, each year OutSmart Magazine collects nominations and votes from the Houston LGBT community and features winners in their annual Gayest & Greatest issue. Thank you OutSmart Magazine and all of you who nominated and voted for me! This is the second year in a […]
A friend of mine asked me to comment on a passage in Whipping Girl: While “MTF” may be useful as an adjective, as it describes the direction of my transition, using it as a noun – i.e., literally referring to me as a male-to-female” – completely negates the fact that I identify and live as […]
