If you’re a researcher or provide services to a target population, how do you  work with identity vs reality vs definitions? How does your datasets deal with: White people who do not identify as white Non-transsexuals who identify as being transsexual Transgender people who do not identify as being transgender Black people who do not identify as being black In other words, [...]

While Perry and his 3 ring circus of anti-queer hate is gearing up to congratulate each other for passing the buck to Yahweh Elohim in what he’s calling “ The Response ”, the GLBT community in Houston came together to remember those we have lost to hate and to dedicate a small garden as a lasting place of reflection . [...]

I love looking observing the language we use to describe ourselves and I love our history. However, I tend to feel like I’m listening to a young earth creationist when people on the extremist end of the TS-not-TG group because both would rather live in a fantasy world than to deal with reality. Recently, a TS-not-TG extremist [...]

As many of you know by now, I’ve recently been interested in uncovering never before considered historical records relating to how the term “transgender” evolved over the years. One often-cited source, claims:

As far as we can see, Virginia first used the term ‘transgenderal’ in print in 1969. She does not seem to have used the term in print [...]

My article on The Rise of “Transgender” at the Bilerico Project

The crossdressing Robin Hoods of real history:1839-43  #transgender #history #queer Rebecca was a small army of gender transgressing folk heroes that numbered in the thousands. Rebecca fought for justice against an oppressive legal system that crippled the ability of common people to live fruitful lives. A Note From Rebecca:

June 1843 Reverend Sir, I, with one of my daughters, have recently [...]

By Cristan Williams As some of you know, Brenda Thomas and I began working with Covenant House to get them to house trans youth back in 2000. Sadly, Brenda passed on in 2006 without seeing her dream of having a safe place for homeless trans youth to get help come to fruition. However, neither I nor the community [...]

In the 1970s and early 80s, we referred to our community as the “gender community” and nowadays we refer to it as the “transgender community.” In what ways, if any, were these two substantially different? The various posts I’ve recently made   seeks to shed light on this question. As I’ve said before, the modern incarnation of the alliances [...]

9:15 AM: Court begins 9:20 AM: New Nikki Araguz lawyers are introduced. This represents what can only be called a GLBT law dream-team ! 9:30 AM: Motion made to void Judge Clapps ruling. The other side never addressed the affirmative arguments made by Nikki Araguz and the judge sided with the ex-wife – in violation of Texas law. [...]

I continue to hear from a small group that the transsexual community fell victim and was assimilated into a “transgender Borg collective”. They claim that transsexuals never wanted to be allies in a diverse community of people of non-cisgender history, experience and/or expression. They claim that real transsexuals never want non-transsexual people to regard them as being [...]