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Ask Misty Advice: Who asks about STDs?

Jodi Reichman ( Ihme), T-HOUSE Coordinator — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:56:47 +0000

Misty Eyez aka “The Eyez of Florida” & “The South Florida Sweetheart” is always glamorous and sexy but is also known for her over the top club kid persona and audience favorite; most often caught performing comedic and shocking thought-provoking numbers. Misty has developed an online persona on YouTube with her “ASK MISTY” Advice; where she answers viewers questions and “Misty Minute” Tutorials and gives away Drag Secrets. This Larger than ...read more

Two Trans Rights Bills Pass in the Assembly!

Jodi Reichman ( Ihme), T-HOUSE Coordinator — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:22:54 +0000

Bill Will Ensure the Success and Well-being of Transgender Students Transgender Law Center commended the California Assembly today for passing the School Success and Opportunity Act (AB 1266), introduced by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano. The bill, which is co-sponsored by Equality California, Transgender Law Center, Gender Spectrum, GSA Network and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, addresses the exclusion of transgender students from classes and activities, and clarifies existing anti-discrimination law ...read more

Exploited Trans-Females: A Growing Epidemic

Jodi Reichman ( Ihme), T-HOUSE Coordinator — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:31:10 +0000

By Victoria Michaels In the transgender community it is primarily common as the exploitation of trans-females forced into the sex trade or any other form of sexual exploitation. Transgenders don’t have it easy — largely rejected by their families and society — bounced between group homes, roommates, short-term romantic and often abusive relationships — denied employment — and all too often fall prey to drugs — sex trade — and ...read more

Maine Pediatricians Support Transgender Student’s Use of Girls Bathroom

Jodi Reichman ( Ihme), T-HOUSE Coordinator — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:50:03 +0000

PORTLAND, Maine — The president of the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics said Friday that “a transgender girl needs to be treated like any other girl” and should be allowed to use the girls bathroom at school. Dr. Steve Feder, a pediatrician in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta, said in a telephone interview that the Maine Supreme Judicial Court should recognize that gender identity is internalized and not simply ...read more

Vermont Orders Insurers to Cover Gender Reassignment

Jodi Reichman ( Ihme), T-HOUSE Coordinator — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:26:25 +0000

Vermont joins three other states and D.C. in having such a mandate. Vermont regulators have issued a mandate that insurers operating within the state cover all medically necessary procedures for transgender people, including gender-reassignment surgery. The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation’s Division of Insurance laid out the policy in a bulletin saying, “DFR is committed to ensuring that Vermonters do not face discrimination in accessing medically necessary health care benefits, ...read more

Local Trans-Advocate Authors Memoir:Beyond Face Value

Jodi Reichman ( Ihme), T-HOUSE Coordinator — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:49:08 +0000

By Victoria Michaels South Florida trans-advocate, Rajindra Narinesingh, aka “Rajee”, captured media headlines during her disastrous encounter with Oneal Morris who performed numerous botched silicone injections which left her grief-stricken and disfigured — not discouraged or crushed — and empowered to author a new memoir. B eyond Face Value takes the reader on an incredible journey through Rajee’s life that is plagued with negativity that goes far beyond her cosmetic catastrophe ...read more

Philadelphia City Council Overwhelmingly Passes Historic First-In-Nation LGBT Bill!

Jodi Reichman ( Ihme), T-HOUSE Coordinator — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:50:46 +0000

Philadelphia, PA — Philadelphia At-Large City Councilman James F. Kenney’s LGBT Equality Bill passed by an overwhelming margin of 14 to 3; the bill now goes to Mayor Michael A. Nutter’s desk (who has indicated his support of this bill) for his signature. It should be noted that the bill passed with well more than the 12 votes needed to override a mayoral veto. This Bill will make Philadelphia the largest ...read more

Part IX: Starting Meds!The First Few Months: A Transgender Woman Faces an HIV Diagnosis in the Rural U.S.

Jodi Reichman ( Ihme), T-HOUSE Coordinator — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:03:49 +0000

A T-House Monthly Blog-Series On Dec. 10, 2010, Autumn Preusser found out she was HIV positive. Almost immediately, she began channeling her feelings of confusion, frustration and loneliness into a blog she created on Blogspot. The result is reposted here in its entirety. It’s an honest, detailed chronicle of an experience all HIV-positive people share, and each person goes through in her or his own way: the first few months ...read more

Name Change of GEDs for Transgender Floridians

Jodi Reichman ( Ihme), T-HOUSE Coordinator — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:26:17 +0000

Yesterday, I attended a training on myths of hiring transgender people in the workplace and the matter of a transgender individual possibly being outed in the process of seeking employment. The training only underscored the anxiety and fear many transgender individuals undergo while seeking employment. Several months ago, I was contacted by a local member of our community who reported receiving the following denial from the Florida Department of Education ...read more

Trans Teen Told He Has to Run for Prom Queen

Jodi Reichman ( Ihme), T-HOUSE Coordinator — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:28:13 +0000

A high school student in Pennsylvania has been receiving an outpouring of support from the online equal rights community after he was denied a bid to be his school’s prom king, according to The Huffington Post. Issak Wolfe, a senior at Red Lion Area Senior High School in York County, Pennsylvania, told The York Dispatch that his transition from female-to-male had been relatively positive up until this incident. Wolfe alleges school principal Mark Shue put ...read more