RIP Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Leader
Dorothy Heights, a civil rights and women’s rights activist, died this morning. I first learned about her in college because of her role as president of the National Council of Negro Women, but after hearing of her death this morning, I’ve learned even more awesome things about her: She was the only woman on the [...]
...read moreGovernor Schwarzenegger Creates Harvey Milk Day While Rejecting Trans Rights
You may have heard that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed into law a bill that will create a Harvey Milk Day, honoring the slain gay politician and icon. It’s the first time that any LGBT person has been honored in such a way, so obviously people are excited about the symbolism. What has been [...]
...read moreNo More Rape By Contract
Senator Al Franken passed a major piece of legislation today, a major warning for the defense contractors hired by the U.S. government and their disregard for their female employees. It’s notable that all women in the Senate, Democrat and Republican, voted in favor of the amendment while thirty Republican men voted against it. In 2005, [...]
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You Respect A Cisperson’s Right To Choose Their Name, Why Not A Transperson?
A TransGriot Post I wrote on April 25, 2009 Why do cisgender people feel they have the right to disrespect transgender people by refusing to use or acknowledge the names we have chosen for ourselves? Would you disrespect Cherilyn Sarkisian that way despite the fact she’s gone by the name of Cher for several decades [...]
...read moreWe Want The Same Things You Do
A TransGriot Post I wrote June 28, 2009 “The ideals and ambitions which the Negro entertains for himself are precisely those which the white man entertains for himself. And this the white man foolishly resents.” NAACP founder Archibald Grimke spoke these words ninety years ago, and they still ring true for African descended people be [...]
...read moreNadler to introduce DOMA repeal bill next week
Fantastic news. Way to go, Jerry!
...read moreCan You Re-segregate an Already Segregated School System?
So, as I think I mentioned in passing, Nashville’s school system is embroiled in a huge lawsuit in which it’s contended that the city conspired to resegregate the public schools, which would then have the foreseeable consequence of putting a lot of black kids in a lot of shitty schools (though the other truth is [...]
...read moreBeing Trans Is A Worldwide Thang
A TransGriot post I wrote July 27, 2009. One of the things that I love about the Net and compiling TransGriot is that it consistently reaffirms for me that I have brothers and sisters all over the planet. It reminds me that no matter what corner of Planet Earth we call home, we transpeople deal [...]
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