The Shadow of Freedom
Today, we are bombarded with broad messages thanking our veterans for fighting and dying in the name of "freedom." We write and post and "Like" these sentiments without once stopping to examine what...
View ArticleMilitary Sexual Trauma: An Epidemic
In the last few years, as the debate played out surrounding the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, it was easy to get the impression that by allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in our armed...
View ArticleFrom Ripples to Waves
I have spent most of my life wondering how, if at all, I could make a difference. It’s a lofty ideal, but it didn’t mean much because I never allowed myself to get past the part where I wondered about...
View ArticleSheriff Joe's Legal Woes
For those not familiar with Arizona politics, one of the most infamous figures here is the sheriff of Maricopa County, Joe Arpaio. He has made himself famous nationally in his two-decade tenure by...
View ArticleEssay on Becoming a Woman
A few days ago, I received a private Facebook message from a dear friend. It began, “I got to see my vagina today. For the very first time, my vagina. I know you know how significant that is and I...
View ArticleOur Undeclared War
If you are attending Netroots Nation #12 this weekend in Providence, RI, you will have a plethora of sessions from which to choose, everything from Lizz Winstead to effective tweeting to carrying the...
View ArticleFeminism and the Politics of Choice
This was supposed to be an essay about sexuality, and it was going to be until I read something this morning that discomfited me a little bit. In one of the groups to which I belong, a rather long...
View ArticleA LETTER TO FRIENDS OF A FRIEND; or HOW CAN YOU EVEN THINK THAT?
Yesterday, I read a post from a Facebook friend about how she avoided giving to people by the side of the road or in parking lots who were asking for charity. Her friends let loose with a series of...
View ArticleDon't Yuck Our Yum
A commentary on this article from the Huffington Post, which reports about a conservative group's effort to repeal the recently passed legislation regarding transgender students....
View ArticleAnti-Choice is Anti-Good Health
The story linked to here is a few weeks old, but the struggle is ongoing, and it is important to anyone, man or woman. Limited choice for one is limited choice for all.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
View ArticleThe Agitation Cycle: A Letter to DREAMers
How does a washing machine get the dirt and grime out? Agitation. And if things are going to change in this country, if we are going to make this a better place to live, we need to never stop agitating.
View ArticleTo Talk Or Not To Talk: On Genitals, Being Transgender, and The Curiosity of...
In the past few days, the furies have been unleashed on Katie Couric (and the general public at large, Couric being seen as a poster child for the ignorance, bigotry, etc., of the non-trans community)...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Phoenix New Times
On Friday, November 21, the New Times published a story by Ray Stern headlined “’Pregnant Man’ Thomas Beatie Stalked Estranged Wife With GPS Tracker, Cops Say”. The story was about the criminal actions...
View ArticleJesus Loves Me; Why Can't You?
This past week, there were news stories ad nauseam about Paster Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona, and the sermon wherein he suggested that we could have an...
View ArticleThe Great American Uniform Fetish
The only thing more predictable than a sitcom premise is that the American public can be surprised each and every time someone in uniform steps outside the law gets away with it.
View ArticleThe Loss of American Moral Authority? It's Inconceivable!
Volumes have been written and posted this week about the Senate's report on torture, much of it predictable. The Right believes that the report is the work of America-hating bleeding hearts who do not...
View ArticleThe Great Democratic Question
I read a story on Huffington Post today about how support for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race seems to be waning. Finally!
View ArticleWriter's Block: A Journal
This is a compilation, some original work, some of which I have included in other diaries, put together for a writing submission that didn't go anywhere.
View ArticleLove in the Age of Trans
An incredibly dear friend of mine who runs a relationships blog asked me to write something so that she could pay me and allow me to call myself a paid writer. This was the result. I hope you enjoy it.
View ArticleWhat is Transgender? Some Suggested Answers to FAQ
I came across this article (http://www.pennlive.com/...), in which an author gives and answers some frequently asked questions. And then I made up some answers of my own :-)
View ArticleThe Art of Flirting and Not Wanting to Seem Like a Dick
I was asked recently why, if I'm married, I flirt as frequently and with as much abandon as I do. The easy answer is that it's just my nature: I flirt without realizing it and with pretty much...
View ArticleHonesty Hour
Of late, I have succumbed to my ADHD and become addicted to tumblr. One of the features of this social media platform is fellow tumblrers (yes, it's a word; I just used it, didn't I?) submitting...
View ArticleInternational Day of Transgender Visibility, Part 1
Next Tuesday, March 31, will mark the observance of the International Day of Transgender Visibility, a holiday dedicated to the celebration of transgender people and bringing attention to the...
View ArticleInternational Day of Transgender Visibility, Part 2
Next Tuesday, March 31, will mark the observance of the International Day of Transgender Visibility, a holiday dedicated to the celebration of transgender people and bringing attention to the...
View ArticleInternational Day of Transgender Visibility, Part 3
Next Tuesday, March 31, will mark the observance of the International Day of Transgender Visibility, a holiday dedicated to the celebration of transgender people and bringing attention to the...
View ArticleInternational Day of Transgender Visibility, Part 4: What is Transgendered?
Tuesday, March 31, will mark the observance of the International Day of Transgender Visibility, a holiday dedicated to the celebration of transgender people and bringing attention to the discrimination...
View ArticleInternational Day of Transgender Visibility, Part 5: Suicide
Tomorrow, March 31, will mark the observance of the International Day of Transgender Visibility, a holiday dedicated to the celebration of transgender people and bringing attention to the...
View ArticleFox 10 Phoenix and Transgender
This is going to be short and kind-of self-serving, but one isn't always featured in a five-minute segment in the 12th-largest media market in the US, so...
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