December 2011
91 posts
Looking for trans* sexual assault resources
letstalkaboutrape:
Everyone came through with the male survivor resources, so I’m looking for some that specifically address the trans* community. I have survivorproject.org but if anyone has others, I’d really appreciate it!
http://www.transthrive.org/
http://www.thenetworklared.org/
http://www.pandys.org/lgbtsurvivors.html
http://www.lambda.org/
If anyone has more, please add!
Genderqueer.tumblr.com is promoting transmisogyny →
kylathegreat:
msamberhazard:
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amydentata:
This post is really upsetting but I don’t have the spoons to articulate why. Just, gah. No thank you. Don’t talk about trans women like this. It’s insulting.
genderqueer:
Submission from nevermindlotte-jynkies:
this is me as a boy who likes to dress as a girl. This is kind of lovingly poking fun at some stereo typical drag queen...
“Queer people do not need to offer excuses or defend their own existence. If one...”
– » Fauxgress Watch: “Born This Way” Social Justice League (via sexisnottheenemy)
word.
(via tranquality)
this. except for gender as well
(via will-oh-whisper)
Barrrgllll: One teachers approach to preventing... →
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got…
“When the Disney Channel was pressed about whether they would address gay...”
– Disney Channel Refuses to Stray from Stereotypes | SPARK a Movement (via sparkamovement)
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comingoutjournal:
Rosie O’Donnell Sounds Off On David Letterman, Donald Trump, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, And More
The Huffington Post’s Exclusive Interview with Rosie O’Donnell By Michelangelo Signorile
“I feel super gay!” says Rosie O’Donnell, bursting with pride and attributing it to the fact that she is newly in love, engaged to Michelle Rounds, and...
Attacks on Obama Administration’s LGBT policy... →
projectqueer:
(TRIGGER WARNING: mention of ‘corrective’ rape)
By Alvin McEwen
On Tuesday, the Obama Administration took a huge step against LGBT persecution worldwide:
The Obama administration is announcing a wide-ranging effort to use U.S. foreign aid to promote rights for gays and lesbians abroad, including combating attempts by foreign governments to criminalize homosexuality.
In a...
An interesting article about having to be a... →
Led by the child who simply knew. →
nuclearfurnace:
“The twin boys were identical in every way but one. Wyatt was a girl to the core, and now lives as one, with the help of a brave, loving family and a path-breaking doctor’s care.”
“Queer people do not need to offer excuses or defend their own existence. If one...”
– » Fauxgress Watch: “Born This Way” Social Justice League (via sexisnottheenemy)
ABC to air show about cross-dressing amid... →
gaywrites:
ABC’s new sitcom Work It is stirring up controversy in the LGBT community, even sparking a petition not to air the show.
The show is about unemployed men who cross-dress in order to get jobs. Critics say the show mocks trans people, but ABC president Paul Lee stands by it 100%.
“I make absolutely no excuses for that show. We didn’t think this room would like it, and I don’t think...
A Baptist church in North Carolina has voted to... →
barebackobama:
“As people of faith, affirming the Christian teaching that before God all people are equal, we will no longer participate in this discrimination,” the church’s statement says.
The vote was unanimous and brought tears to the eyes of some of the 100 or so members who stood to vote in favor of the “statement on marriage ceremonies.”
