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 […]
So you believe Obama wants to redistribute your wealth because AM radio and FOX News told you so?* Here’s why your ‘news’ sources are making you stupid: They lie to you. Here’s the actual quote: “Chicago Housing Authority has not been a model of good policymaking. And neither necessarily have been the Chicago Public Schools. What […]
The following article was published in 1974. Note the way the overall public holds anti-trans views in contempt. Note the dismissive way the author of this article reports on TERF bigotry. I think this article serves as an important cautionary tale. I can’t help but note that today, like in this 1974 article, most feminists and trans […]
Did you know that Swatch Watch sold a timepiece known as, “TIME TRANNY“? Well, neither did I! Swatch has this to say: LaChapelle’s creation for Swatch features a picture of the extravagant model and transsexual icon, Amanda Lepore. Surrounded by the blue and gold nimbus of a King Tut-like headdress, her face radiates a red-lipsticked smile. […]
Here’s the long-awaited Nikki Araguz case update! We last left off a year ago with my critique of the small-town Republican judge’s laughable judgement. What fallows is the brief that was submitted to the 13th District Court of appeals in Texas. As I bitched about in my critique, the ethically challenged legal team for the ex-wife […]
Houston, we have a problem. Or, I should say that RadFems and Fundies have a problem on their hands. You might have missed it, but the American Psychiatric Association published their position on “transgender and gender variant” people this week… And their position is problematic to the beloved narrative and traditional goals favored by RadFems and Fundies: Long-standing medical and psychiatric […]
This is a quick reference guide to the development of the trans+gender lexical compound: 1960s 1965: Transgenderism = Transsexual 1969: Transgenderal = Full-Time Non-Op 1970s 1970: Transgendered = Transsexual 1974: Transgender = Umbrella Term 1974: Transgender = Umbrella Term 1975: Transgenderism = Umbrella Term 1975: Transgender = Cross-gender 1975: Transgenderism = Umbrella Term 1975: Transgenderist = Part/Full-Time, […]
