Listen brothers sisters and siblings
How can I tell you. As bad as you think things are, they are worse.
We are under attack … More My Speech from the Rally For Transgender Rights at City Hall Plaza
I just finished watching the pilot episode for “Transparent” the latest attempt out of Hollywood to portray the trans experience. And Wow. I mean, really, wow. That was not what I expected. And I mean that as high praise. At least kind of. But let me explain. I would be lying if I said I … More “Transparent” A transparent Trans review.
Tonight I went to the Transgender Day of Remembrance memorial in Boston. The city where this sad tradition was started in honour of Rita Hester, a local transgender woman who was murdered in 1998. And honestly, I’m having kind of a hard time. TDoR is always difficult for me. Surprisingly, I haven’t cried yet. But … More Preserving the Transgender Day of Remembrance: A memorial for our dead
Come on everybody! Let’s TWIST!!! Hi there! It’s Lorelei, you know, the weird tall woman who writes a newspaper column called “Ask A Transwoman” and purports to be a bona-fide pageant queen. (It’s true! Honest! Miss Trans New England 2009!! W00t!!) The Transproviser her very-own self!! Anyway, the other thing I do, and did … More Tammy’s Twist – A Trans-Tastic Evening Of Comedy
As any of my regular readers might know, I grew up on Cape Cod. My father was a fisherman, for a time he even had his own commercial fishing boat and dragged for scallops out in Buzzards Bay. Growing up down Cape, I’ve always been fascinated by the sea and by stories of Olde Cape … More “Provincetown and the Devil”
So, if you’re trans, by this point in the news and social media cycle, you will have heard about the Justin Timberlake starring trailer for a faux romantic comedy called “She’s Got A D!%k” on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. And you probably already have, or are trying to form, an opinion. The first … More “She’s Got A D!%k” A TransComic Analysis
As I sit here in my room in Springfield, MA, typing these words, I have tears running down my face. It’s the week when we observe the Transgender Day Of Remembrance and I’ve just read another news story about a transgender woman who was murdered. Honestly, I read a lot of these types of stories. … More Santa Monica Boulevard Through Hollwood
So, as many of you might know, my incredibly adorable and emotionally opinionated, old hippie Mom made quite a splash this week. She had the chance opportunity to meet Vice President Joe Biden, who was coming out of the Democratic Party Headquarters in Sarasota Florida when he spotted my Mom’s big blue eyes and made … More My Mom, Joe Biden and I all agree, Transgender Discrimination is the ‘Civil Rights Issue of Our Time’
It’s been quite a week for me. Without getting into details not relevant to the subject of this post, suffice to say it was one filled with all kinds of trans community related drama. So when I got home tonight and noticed there was some sort of controversy raging around a transgender inmate here in … More Why the Michelle Kosilek ruling is not a terrible, horrible, awful thing (even though she might be).
I‘m going to say something here that is bound to get me in trouble. I believe that not only do trans people of all types need to band together in a unified “transgender” movement, despite our individual differences. I also believe we have an important place in the larger LGBT movement. Not only that, but … More Time To Stand Together
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