Tag Archives: Transgender Issues
Netroots ’12: watch Blogging for Transgender Equality
TweetUpdate: I’ve replaced the live stream video with the recording of our panel. (The video is long, and there’s not a transcript yet. If there’s a reader out there who is able to transcribe the video you can get in touch with me at jos AT feministing DOT com.) I’m on a panel at Netroots [...]
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Netroots Nation gets the first step of trans inclusion right
TweetThis is an important year for transgender issues at Netroots Nation. The conference is hosting its first trans-focused panel (featuring me!), and I’ve seen a half dozen out trans folks here, which is a big step forward in representation when you realize Autumn Sandeen was the only out trans person at the conference in 2008. [...]
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A sea change in transgender rights
TweetThe past month or so has been incredible for transgender rights victories, and I want to acknowledge this moment. We’re seeing the kind of movement on trans issues that I’ve dreamed of – our community is finally winning the protections we need. I think this has a lot to do with the ways trans folks have shared [...]
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Take Action: Anti-trans victim blaming in the New York Times
Tweet*Trigger warning* Lorena Escalera was a person. She was a performer in the ball scene. She died in a suspicious fire on Saturday. And she sure as hell does not deserve the treatment she’s getting from the New York Times. This is how the paper’s article about her death opens: She was 25 and curvaceous, [...]
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Janet Mock remembers Lorena Escalera at the GLAAD Awards