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newsworks.org – Cei Bell July 15 2015
(editor: Pam – this is both editorial and summary of the struggle for TG Rights over the last 50 years. Some may disagree with some points, but there is much truth here.)
The transgender movement happened in …
This was revealed in chat….a meaning of urna
In Buddhist art and culture, the Urna (more correctly ūrṇā or ūrṇākośa (Pāli uṇṇa), and known as byakugō (白毫) in Japan) is a spiral or circular dot placed on the forehead of Buddhist images as an ausp…
lbpost.com – By Brian Addison
In honor of the landmark LGBT History Project, the Long Beach Post is proud to present a series of articles that attempts to provide readers with an in-depth look at a range of historical events that intertwine Long Be…
dangerousminds.net – Posted by Marc Campbell
The source of inspiration for most of the songs on Coney Island Baby, Lou Reed’s transvestite lover and muse Rachel (Tommy) has always been somewhat of a mystery figure. In all that’s been written about R…
examiner.com – By: Gregory Kelley
In this day and age transgender people are some of the most discriminated and disrespected people on the planet. Acceptance in their world comes at a heavy price to become the person they truly need to be. The trans…
xtra.ca – Kevin Dale McKeown – Vancouver
It was three in the morning at the Granville St White Lunch, where the night was ending for some and the party was in full swing for others.
Faces, Champagne Charlie’s and the August Club had sent their r…
globalcomment.com – By Feature Writer Mary-Beth Snow
Susan Stryker, Transgender History, Seal Press, 2008.
Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman, eds. Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, Seal Press, 2010.
The feminist press Seal has carved out a…
flavorwire.com – by Emily Temple
All the hubbub about Brian Bedford’s spectacular performance as Lady Bracknell in the recent Broadway revival of The Importance of Being Earnest has gotten us thinking. So much media in our culture revolves around, o…
complex.com – By Dimas Sanfiorenzo
Maybe Dave Chappelle wasn’t as crazy as we all thought he was. In a 2006 interview on Oprah, the former Chappelle’s Show star, who’d fled from fame and fortune, theorized that Hollywood is trying to emasculate stro…
dallasvoice.com – By Hardy Haberman – Flagging Left
Take a moment and remember the riots, Compton’s Cafe, and the trans women, drag queens, butch lesbians and leatherpeople who weren’t afraid to fight back
As we celebrate this year’s National Ga…