So, I was named OutSmart’s favorite female blogger for the 3rd year in a row: Also, this happened: Monica and I with TENT’s Katy Stewart gave a presentation on trans history. Right now, I’m on my way to LA for a an HIV prevention policy meeting and then…
Would you be surprised to learn that a wildly popular front group TERF attorney, Cathy Brennan runs is fake? The group, Organizing for Women’s Liberation (OWL) claims to have received well over 100,000 FaceBook likes and is the more palatable face of Cathy Brennan’s hate group. OWL mixes anti-trans messaging in with news reports chronicling […]
Earlier this year, I wrote a piece about cisprivilege and how it showed up in a print article wherein Victoria Brownworth was curious about what the genitalia of a trans kid looked like – someone she says she believed to be a minor – and got the kid to allow her to gawk at his […]
Today, HRC has joined GLAAD in condemning the false reports of trans harassment by an ex-gay/creationist group, the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI). The PJI is the organization at the center of an international effort to malign one transgender kid. Last week, the PJI issued the right-wing community talking points for use in their fight for their right to discriminate against trans children. In their letter, the PJI […]
Lets break down the logic on display in the above Pew Research poll: A.) The Republican Party is an extremist organization B.) The Democratic Party is willing to compromise and work with people in other parties C.) The Democratic Party is concerned about the issues affecting your quality of life. THEREFORE, D.) The Republican […]
Yesterday, I posted a few stories on the TransAdvocate about an anti-trans lie that was spread by ideological media outlets. The story goes that in small-town Colorado, cisgender girls were being sexually harassed by a trans teen in the school restrooms. The Pacific Justice Institute, a right-wing organization, had issued a press release casting the […]
Some cool personal updates: I was invited to talk at a fairly large feminist group this Sunday, which is kinda cool. I wrote a goofy essay a while back and just learned that it’s going to published in an anthology called The Queer South: Essays and Poems. I got some final confirmations about a paper that’s […]
