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’ve seen so many arguments and misunderstandings pop up over the conflation of these THREE dimensions of what we collectively refer to as gender: Gender Orientation: One’s subjective experience of one’s own physical sex. Gender Identity: One’s culturally influenced identification of one’s sex within the context of a social grouping. Gender Expression: One’s situational expression of cultural ques which […]
If you’ve not done so, PLEASE take this quick trans community survey: [button link=”http://research.cristanwilliams.com/surveys/index.php?sid=27854&lang=en”] Take Survey Here [/button] This measures the “sense of community” within our population. When the survey is done, the cities with the most responses will have a “community profile” available to them. This profile will include basic demographics, how the community […]
I wanted to let folks know that I’ll be able to share an interview I did with Diamond soon. I’ll probably be able to upload the interview sometime this weekend on my research blog. We talk about his research experience, the history of terminology, his “rivalry” with John Money and more. I found Diamond to be […]
A radio interview with arch right-wing anti-trans Republican financial backer Steven Hotze’s brother, Dr. Heir Stephan Hotze: Steven Hotze is a hatemonger. For nearly twenty five years he has stoked the flames of bigotry in this community like no other local politico. In the mid-1980’s he masterminded the repeal of the City of Houston […]
Every so often I have encounters with the TS-not-TG group. I cherish these encounters because they often inspire me to do research. Sometimes transsexuals who argue for the destruction of the transgender community make statements that cause me to question my assumptions – which is a good thing! I will take your community apart bit […]
June 5 1983 – Harvey Fierstein’s play Torch Song Trilogy won the Tony Award for Best Play of the 1982-83 season. June 6 1886 – Annie Ryan married Annie Hindle, who gave her name as Charles Hindle, in Grand Rapids Michigan. Gilbert Sarony, a female impersonator, was one of the witnesses. June 9 1989 – […]
This is a copy of the note Nikki’s mother sent to the judge today. It sums up a lot of the questionable behavior on the part of Heather Delgado’s side fairly nicely. To: Honorable Judge Randy M. Clapp 329th Judicial District Court 100 S. Fulton, Suite 200 Wharton, TX 77488 Via email: Cassie Ritter, Court […]
