a media release from community united against violence (CUAV) regarding a latina woman who was murdered in san francisco last friday. she has not yet been identified.

addendum: the woman's name was ruby rodriguez. see, info added to the cut:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 20, 2007

MEDIA ALERT

Transgender Latina Woman Found Murdered, Near Indiana and ( Read more... )

i had an eljay account a few years ago but never really got into it for some reason. after giving it a go for about a month it seems like it's going to stick this time. most of what's here is friends only, with the occassional not-particularly-interesting public post. if anyone is actually reading this and is interested in being on my friends list ( Read more... )

there are things about my home state that make me laugh out loud and then cry a little inside... this is one of them.

A theatre in Florida has had to change the title of a charity
production of The Vagina Monologues on its marquee, after a woman
complained that it was offensive.

The new name? They've decided on 'The Hoohaa Monologues'.

Atlantic ( Read more... )

i've acquired quite a few books over the last few months and have been insanely slow about actually picking them up and reading them. my default setting at the moment seems to be reading shorter articles in the new york times or le monde diplomatique -- and i'm even behind on that reading.

i don't make new year's resolutions, but i always rethink my ( Read more... )

i got this from the journal of
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i really don't understand people sometimes. this is not a reference to anyone that i know specifically, just people in general. i was walking to BART yesterday after teaching a taekwon do class and heard lots of honking as i approached an intersection. there stood a woman about three feet from the curb standing perfectly still looking somewhat ( Read more... )