With Friends Like Piers Morgan, Who Needs Enemies?
From The Advocate: http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2014/02/06/op-ed-friends-piers-morgan-who-needs-enemies Piers Morgan spent a full day making offensive statements related to transgender advocate...
View ArticleAn Open Letter from Pussy Riot
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/02/06-7 by Pussy Riot Published on Thursday, February 6, 2014 by Common Dreams We, the anonymous members of Pussy Riot, would like to say many...
View ArticleFracking’s Terrifying Water Usage Trends Spell Disaster
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/05-9 New study shows that fracking boom is happening in places that can least afford to lose precious water supplies Jon Queally...
View ArticleWomen Born Transsexual
Tina and I coined the term WBT or Women Born Transsexual nearly 14 years ago. Over the years this term has been colonized by bigots who wanted it to somehow elevate them over people who use the term...
View ArticlePiers Morgan interviews Janet Mock a second time: “Gotcha” moment falls flat
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2014/02/06/piers_morgan_interviews_janet_mock_a_second_time_gotcha_moment_falls_flat/ The CNN host claims he has been vilified for his treatment on Twitter after a...
View ArticleRoots of the NSA: How the White Panthers Saved the Movement and the FISA...
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/roots-nsa-how-white-panthers-saved-movement-and-fisa-court-was-created A slice of history reveals the ugliness of the FBI’s COINTELPRO campaign...
View ArticleStop telling single women they’re fabulous!
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2014/02/05/stop_telling_single_women_theyre_fabulous_partner/ Being unmarried is now a life choice that gives women power. Can we all collectively drop the air of...
View ArticleIt’s odd how managing the menfolk’s sexytimes never turns into a movement
From Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/08/1275891/-It-s-odd-how-managing-the-menfolk-s-sexytimes-never-turns-into-a-movement Hunter Sat Feb 08, 2014 You never seem to hear the...
View ArticleIt’s Getting Harder For the Feds To Lie About Marijuana and Get Away With It
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/drugs/its-getting-harder-and-harder-feds-lie-about-marijuana-and-get-away-it The drug czar is getting a quick lesson about accountability. By Paul Armentano...
View ArticleFake-food scandal revealed as tests show third of products mislabelled
From The Guardian UK: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/07/fake-food-scandal-revealed-tests-products-mislabelled Consumers are being sold drinks with banned flame-retardant additives, pork in...
View ArticleJustice details new rules for equal treament of married same-sex couples
From Al Jazeera: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/2/10/justice-departmenttotreatsamesexcouplesequally.html Attorney General Eric Holder issued the new memorandum two days after announcing...
View Article“Moral March” Poses Big Questions for Progressives
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/02/11-0 by Ira Chernus Published on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 by Common Dreams Nearly 100,000 people took to the streets in Raleigh, North...
View ArticleLierre Keith DGR feminist and transgender exterminist slated as a PIELC...
From Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/08/1276144/–Lierre-Keith-DGR-feminist-and-transgender-exterminist-slated-as-a-PIELC-keynote-speaker kellibusey for planetransgender ~ KOS Sat Feb...
View ArticleJanet Mock, Transgender Writer, Discusses Piers Morgan Controversy, New Book
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/07/janet-mock-interview_n_4746097.html Michelangelo Signorile 02/07/2014 If she could do it all over again, transgender writer and advocate...
View ArticlePanic in the Locker Room!
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/opinion/bruni-panic-in-the-locker-room.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 Frank Bruni FEB. 10, 2014 A news flash for every straight man out there:...
View ArticleHow California’s 500-Year Drought Is Destroying the Lives of Farmworkers
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/environment/how-californias-500-year-drought-destroying-lives-hardworking-farmers Farming season starts again soon, and prospects are bleak. By Evelyn Nieves...
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