+ vid rec: obsessive24's Wicked Game (BSG), which is about Dee, omg, I remember why I loved her so much all over again. And it also made me all ragey at 4.5 all over again!

( quickly on BSG and gender, with spoilers for the whole series )

+ Oxfam and Red Cross, amongst many other charities, have launched emergency appeals to help with the crisis in Haiti.
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Rachel Maddow, how so awesome?

This is how the media should discuss trans people - no misgendering, no references to “old names,” no assertions of so-called “biological sex,” no irrelevant digressions into medical history, no positioning of “trans” as more important than “woman” or “man”. Just this:

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+ I didn't get the chance to reply to comments the other day, but thank you to everyone who laid down some science in my last post.

+ My rs_small_gifts and camelotsolstice gifts have both been posted! I am not allowed to read them until I've finished my own submission for the former, but I can't wait to get to them. Thank you, kind gift-making people ( Read more... )

+ Julie Bindel brings the transphobic fail once again. This link comes with a blood pressure warning, for it is full of offensive vitriol. Get off my team, Bindel, you make us look awful!

+ Via the New York Times, not all groups have felt the recession equally. It's US stats, but i suspect relevant across other countries too. In any case, ( Read more... )

Ahahahaha, oh man. I need to stop this unscheduled three hours napping! I will be awake half the night catching up on all the laundry and email-answering and homework I should have done at a sensible hour. *facepalm*
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National Coming Out Day is actually marked in the UK tomorrow, but for most of the world it's today. Besides, it's past midnight, so let's go.

Coming out is complicated, and it's also never-ending, as rm talks about hereI am always reluctant to buy into the idea of coming out as some kind of obligation, because I don't believe it's an absolute good ( Read more... )

+ Ugh, I am cranky today after running my uni's LGBT stall this morning. PRO TIP. If you don't know what 'LGBT' stands for and you lean in to peer at the GIANT RAINBOW BANNER to find out, things not to do when you work out the acronym include a) pulling a face, b) looking at us as though we're about to give you cooties, and c) pointing it out to ( Read more... )

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I know, I know - a week ago I didn't expect my journal to still be All Torchwood All The Time either.
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