Well hello dear internetizens! As many of you will have noted, a few weeks back I wrote a blog about Michelle Kosilek, the transsexual woman and murederer who won her case to have her GRS provided for her while incarcerated for life, which I concluded with a plea for folks not to add fuel to … More Killer Kosilek, Part Deux!
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).
The following blog entry began, as these “Open Letters” often do, as a reaction to a piece of venomous anti-trans bile I stumbled across in the wilds of the internets. I find that I start to write a “comment” and as the word-count climbs I realize I have much more to say than is appropriate … More An open response to Gregory Kane of the Washington Examiner
Okay folks, I just got off the phone from a nationwide conference call with some of the best minds and hardest workers in the trans community discussing ENDA. We discussed the realities and the misleading falsehoods, the details and the broad scope. It was a lot to take in quite frankly and I’m still trying … More Let’s All Pull Together To Pass A Trans-Inclusive ENDA Now!!!!
Here we go. Good morning and good afternoon dear readers, I have a few somethings to say. It’s possible, if you’re a regular follower of this blog that you read my recent post in support of the boycott of Ticked Off Trannies With Knives. It’s also likely, if you are a follower of this blog … More Tribeca’s Controversy Kerfuffle
Okay, now I tend to be extremely conservative about jumping on Boycott bandwagons, especially in relation to entertainment/pop-culture products or projects. Before I was an activist of any kind, I was and am an actor, writer and comic performer. I’ve studied and worked in comedy for most of my life and I know what a … More Ticked-Off Trannies With BLOGS!!!!
Yesterday I was honoured to be given the opportunity by Gunner Scott and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition to tell my story of employment discrimination at the Trans Lobby Day event at The Massachusetts State House. It was a truly marvelous gathering of Transgender people and our friends and allies including legislators and members of … More The complete text of my speech from Trans Lobby Day at The Massachusetts Statehouse
A new friend of mine recently asked me this great question and I thought as the author of “Ask A TransWoman” it would be helpful to share my answer with the rest of you. “I know that Kenneth Zucker is going to be one of the people revising the DSM-V. This of course is not … More A useful handgathered assortment of links for more info about Dr. Kenneth Zucker
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