Tag Archives: Chaz Bono

What We Missed

By Vanessa | Published: May 19, 2011

Tweet If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary. – Chicago Defender (November 28, 1962) It’s Malcolm X’s birthday. He would have turned 86 if he were alive today. Is Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill not dead after all? Fox News had their transphobic expert doctor contend [...]

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More fail in the NY Times profile of Chaz Bono: Sexism, no matter who says it

By Jos | Published: May 11, 2011

TweetAs Vanessa wrote yesterday, author Cintra Wilson (who has a history of fail) comes off pretty terribly in her New York Times profile of Chaz Bono. You know who else ends up looking bad? Chaz Bono. Given Wilson’s self centered, transphobic (yes, even though she has trans friends!) article, I’m willing to give Bono the [...]

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New York Times Fail on Chaz Bono: Did Cher make you transgender?

By Vanessa | Published: May 10, 2011

TweetWith the news abuzz around the documentary premiering on Oprah Winfrey’s network tonight about Chaz Bono’s transition, I had expected there to be a decent amount of transphobic reporting around Sonny and Cher’s son — but come on. In Cintra Wilson’s New York Times piece on Chaz, the writer discloses her own “questions” about Bono’s [...]

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