The Transadvocate

This is Why Trans People in Maryland Can’t Have Nice Things

Kat — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:27:54 +0000

Lets see… and… and… Lesbians are generally not the ones using the word “Lesbian” as a shaming tactic. Lesbians are generally not the ones who say that other Lesbians don’t speak for the GLBT Community or for Lesbians. It’s Late-Transitioning Heterosexual Males who do this with regularity. It’s Late-Transitioning Heterosexual Males who tell Feminists who [...]

History! Repeated! Maryland Trans People Fucked Again!

Kat — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:42:45 +0000

No more appropriate moment of zen than: …worked like a charm! – The old gang from 2001 [Cross-posted at ENDABlog]

Funny…

Kat — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:37:20 +0000

HRC head Solmonese to join Obama campaign. Hmm… … Did HRC under Solmonese try to curry favor with the White House so that the President would speak at their dinners (i.e., help them fundraise) and, ultimately, offer Solmonese a cushy job in the campaign, and then the administration? Well, it’s certainly a concern a number [...]

Dear Advocate, Dan Savage Says Please Stop Attacking Trans People

Marti Abernathey — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:00:09 +0000

Yet ANOTHER post has come out from out from the Advocate saying: “It was during a taping of Savage U in Vancouver that he was glitter-bombed by trans activists for what they say is a history of transphobia.” even though both Katrina Rose and Chelsea Sayre have thoroughly debunked the claim that transactivists are to [...]

Phyllis Frye Grandmother of the Trans Community

Cristan — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:23:46 +0000

Over the last 24 hours, I’ve spent about 12 of them scanning Phyllis Frye’s 1970s trans documents. I don’t know that I can even put into words how those documents affected me. Most of us don’t know that we all owe Phyllis a debt of gratitude. 1973: Teaching transgender law before there was such a thing In [...]

Conjoined Darkness of Bigoted Certitude

Kat — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:11:43 +0000

Was this authored by a radfem trans-exterminationist or a radical christianist trans-exterminationist? What is it about Baltimore County councilmember Tom Quirk? He sponsors a “gender identity” bill to legalize transvestite behavior with the result that cross-dressing men will be able to enter the ladies’ room. Then he fails to understand how this could be a problem. [...]

The Tipped Hand

Kat — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:10:52 +0000

The Rhode Island Avenue Cesspool‘s future golden-parachuter, on Maryland’s impending second political hate crime against trans people: We could not be more grateful to the Delegates who today voted to make all Maryland families stronger. Including the ones with members who can, thanks to the political hate crime committed against trans people in Maryland in [...]

Language Matters? To GLAAD?

Kat — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:12:46 +0000

Seen recently on the website of GLAAD re: a homophobic tweet that occurred during the Super Bowl: Why Language Matters: An Ongoing Public Dialogue With Roland Martin Seen recently on the website of GLAAD re: both the reckless and/or deleberate misrepresentation by five prominent gay blogs of the trans connection to the alleged glitterbombing of [...]

When Five Equals One (or, That Just About Sums it Up for the Andrew Breitbarts of Gay Blogging)

Kat — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:04:22 +0000

When I watched Countdown last night, I had a strange feeling of deja vu when Keith got to the segment in which he conclusively proved Andrew Breitbart to be a deranged con artist. No, the deja vu wasn’t over thinking that it wasn’t the first time that I’d seen Andrew Breitbart demonstrated to be a [...]

Guess Who’s Making Threats Now…. [UPDATED]

Kat — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:27:21 +0000

Seen recently in the comments section of a TransAdvocate post: I’m just observin’…. Are the editors of Baltimore Out Loud? [Cross-posted at ENDABlog] [UPDATE - 2/17/2012] Well, perhaps if you’d ever provide jurisdictionally-relevant precedent proving that trans people are covered under existing Maryland sex discrimination law and/or provide jurisdictionally-relevant precedent proving that all homeless shelters [...]