transgender issues

I got a letter today from some guy named Dave (we are everywhere) who sent me a petition to sign asking for an amendment to the city charter to prevent mayor Anise Parker's gay agenda. (Anise Parker is openly gay.) It seems that she has not come down hard on gays and transvestites who use the...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/pat-robertson-transgender_n_3672244.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular He even went on to tell the person asking for advice "It's not for you to decide or to judge." The broken clock analogy seems so trite, but it does seem to fit.

I mean what did it matter to the Daily Mail that she choose to remain a teacher after gender reassignment surgery? How did they let one editor go on such a mean spirited and personal mission of bigotry? I am just appalled.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Controversy-swirls-around-local-transgender-college-student-177055311.html Apparently they have girls ages 6-18 using the college's facilities. In general, I support trans people being recognized as the gender they're transitioning to, but I have serious...

Not that Mia... This Mia: http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=7288

Booted out for being born a boy: Transgender beauty queen kicked out of Miss Universe Not the most important issue in the world of course, but why? What reason other than bigotry is there for banning a transgender woman from a beauty contest? In certain sports I could see an argument being...

Tennessee representative Richard Floyd would "stomp a mudhole" in transgender people AKA: your guide to committing instant political suicide. Tennessee state Rep. Richard Floyd (R) is the sole sponsor of HB2279 which would fine trans people $50 and charge them with a misdemeanor for using...

This is a topic that I genuinely don't 'get'. So my intent of starting this conversation is to try to learn something. I watched a little news snippet about a 7 year old boy, who apparently wants to join the girl scouts...

For the past few months I've been attending my local PFLAG chapter, because I wanted to be more involved with the gay community, offer support, and such. So far its been an interesting. In last Wednesday's meeting, we discussed quite a bit about transgender issues. Nebraska is one of the few...

Washington Blade: Apparently the shooting was triggered after the officer approached one of the women for sex, he was turned down and became very angry. The preliminary hearing has been postponed until Aug 2.

Independent Lens is on now and the film is about a transgender man who was murdered. But the thing I find interesting is the tribal tradition which includes male, female, and transgender of each sex as normal tribal members. Film Exploring Murder of Navajo Transgender Teen to Air Here's some...

I find it sad that some people are justifying the murder of Angie Zapata, a transgender teen. The murder suspect admitted to police that: In the movie “Crocodile Dundee”, Paul Hogan did this to a woman he had been chatting up in a bar. It was played for laughs, but it just reinforces the idea...

I just watched this news story. I'm absolutely conflicted.