Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. For folks in the GTA, observances will be held at 7 PM at the 519 Centre on Church Street, and in Confederation Park in Peterborough. Sadly, there's another three-digit death toll, and statistics compiled by the Remembering Our Dead site and the main DOR site indicate that the murder rate is rising ( Read more... )

The President signed the Matthew Sheppard hate crimes bill today. It's been years since I've been an activist, but a trans-inclusive hate crimes bill was one of the two major goals we were working toward when I was. ENDA is still out there, and there are plenty of other things wrong, but this at least is a step forward.

Hello

My gender is

bisexual, chick, dyke, female, feminist, galla, genderqueer, girl, grrl, hijra, human, MTF, ma'am, me, ms., new woman, person, polyamorous, post-op, queer, same gender loving, soft butch, tomboy, tranny, transwoman, woman, XY

What's yours?

...there's a poll about trans experiences in the workplace.

Poll Transamerica at the Varsity tonight?

I feel like a heel. It turns out that our local Day of Remembrance commemoration was yesterday. Sigh....

enevarim, ayilmaz, and I went to the Wales vs. Canada international rugby test match this afternoon and sweltered in the 35+-degree heat. We missed the first half of the first half (including the singing of Hen Wlad fy Nhadau), and the only seats left were partly obstructed, but it was fun anyway. There was a really good turnout of obvious -- and vocal -- Wales ( Read more... )

Redeeming feature of the evening: PBS ran a documentary about Georgina Beyer immediately after the debate. She won election right as I was transitioning, and was a great inspiration; I have even more respect for her for having transitioned way back in the bad old days, and stuck it out, and for having gotten herself off the streets and made a ( Read more... )

Perhaps I should start saving my pennies for that Yngling after all. 2008 Olympics, anyone?

Apparently, it's Trans Awareness Week.

I wasn't aware of that.