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Transgender woman says she was kicked out of spa because ‘she looked different’
From LGBTQ Nation: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/transgender-woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-spa-because-she-looked-different/ Staff Reports Friday, March 1, 2013 CENTREVILLE, Va. — A California...
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Male Privilege and Other Forms of Privilege: How they Impact M to F TS/TG...
Way back in 1968, a few months before I came out I was in laundromat with a friend, a guy from Canada. We got in a discussion with a black woman, who was talking about privilege. She pointed out to us...
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Whiny Billionaires in Need of Sequestration
From Truth Dig: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/whiny_billionaires_in_need_of_sequestration_20130305/ By Robert Scheer Mar 5, 2013 Where is the Occupy movement now that the depravity of the super...
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Mooching Off Medicaid
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/opinion/krugman-mooching-off-medicare.html By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: March 3, 2013 Conservatives like to say that their position is all...
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Horror Care: How Private Health Care Is Shortening Our Lives
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/04-0 by Paul Buchheit Published on Monday, March 4, 2013 by Common Dreams Steven Brill’s article in Time Magazine about the cost of private...
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United Nations says changing U.S. marijuana laws violate international drug...
Why does the UN get to dictate to us regarding our drug laws? The war on drugs is an unmitigated failure on every level. Prohibition only creates crime. From Raw Story:...
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Former DEA chiefs worry Obama abandoning drug war
I wonder how much the Prison Industrial Complex paid these jack booted thugs to issue this statement? From Raw Story:...
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New York Cops Will Arrest You for Carrying Condoms
From Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/new-york-cops-will-arrest-you-for-carrying-condoms By Molly Crabapple Mar 5, 2013 The woman asked Officer Hill why he was stopping her. She wore jean shorts and a...
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We need to face up to hatred of prostitutes – among feminists, too
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/05/hatred-prostitutes-feminists-brutality Prostitutes are often the target for cultural anxieties about sex: a kind of kneejerk...
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Trans activists protest against police transphobia
From Gay Star News UK: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/trans-activists-protest-against-police-transphobia040313 UK’s transgender community protested against anti-trans police actions following...
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Transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox faces licensing problems
Just when you thought all the possible TS/TG firsts had finally been cracked… From Sports Illustrated: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mma/news/20130305/fallon-fox-transgender-mma/ Loretta Hunt Tue...
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California lawmaker seeks rights for transgender students
From LGBTQ Nation: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/california-lawmaker-seeks-rights-for-transgender-students/ Lisa Leff Monday, March 4, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO — A California lawmaker has introduced...
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Geek-driven gentrification threatens San Francisco’s bohemian appeal
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/05/san-francisco-geek-gentrification-threatens As tech industry booms, young and moneyed residents are driving housing costs beyond the...
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The Luxury Fortress in Your Future
From Other Words: http://otherwords.org/the-luxury-fortress-in-your-future/ Income gaps in the United States are approaching Brazilian levels, and that’s not good. By Sam Pizzigati March 6, 2013...
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AP: Chavez Wasted His Money on Healthcare When He Could Have Built Gigantic...
From Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting: http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/03/06/ap-chavez-wasted-his-money-on-healthcare-when-he-could-have-built-gigantic-skyscrapers/ By Jim Naureckas Mar 6, 2013 One of...
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The ‘war on women’ isn’t over yet
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/04/war-on-women-not-over-yet Despite the election results, efforts are still underway to restrict US women’s access to healthcare...
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When America Was Female
From The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/when-america-was-female/273672/ Garance Franke-Ruta Mar 5 2013 Uncle Sam’s older, classier sister Columbia fell out of favor...
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Retaliate Against Youth With ‘Transgender Issues’
From Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/03/05/1675281/massachusetts-lawmakers-retaliate-against-youth-with-transgender-issues/ By Zack Ford on Mar 5, 2013 Several Massachusetts...
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Gay, transsexual Polish lawmakers protest Walesa’s anti-gay rant
From LGBTQ Nation: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/gay-transsexual-polish-lawmakers-protest-walesas-anti-gay-rant/ Associated Press Wednesday, March 6, 2013 WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s first openly...
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From the Left: Let’s Not Forget the ‘T’ in LGBT
From The New Hampshire: http://www.tnhonline.com/opinion/from-the-left-let-s-not-forget-the-t-in-lgbt-1.3004420 By Dan Fournier Tuesday, March 5, 2013 The “Transilience” film that Dr. Joelle Ruby Ryan...
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