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Friday, October 03
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" Wikipedia defines intersexuality as “a state of a living thing (where) sex chromosomes, genitalia, and/or secondary sex characteristics are determined to be neither exclusively male nor female. An organism with intersex may have biological...
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Tuesday, September 30
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Demonstration against Ken Zucker (the man who proposes reparative therapy for gender variant kids) October 1st, 8.30am, The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE The demo is organized in cooperation with the Police and will...
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Friday, September 26
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"13 year old Ohio boy, Matt Alsup was forced to wash the make-up off of his face when school administrators said it was a distraction and against the dress code. "When I spoke to the principal," his mother said, "She told me...
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Tuesday, September 23
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"Neutrois" refers to an individual who has no gender and does not identify as male or female. Read more...
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Thursday, September 11
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You are invited to participate in a research project regarding transgender and gender non-conforming people in the United States. Your responses will be part of an important report on transgender people’s experiences of discrimination in housing...
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Saturday, August 23
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An "androgynous" person is one whose gender identity is a combination of both male and female, or whose gender expression blurs the lines between masculine and feminine attributes. Read more...
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Thursday, August 21
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The American Psychiatric Association is currently in the process of putting out their new Diagnostic Statistical Manual which deals with all aspects of psychiatric disorders and issues. Currently transgender people are unfairly labeled as having...
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Wednesday, August 20
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"Uranian" is a term that was historically used to discuss gender variant males and females. It described someone who was considered trapped in the wrong body. The term was adopted by early gay liberationists who had visions of a classless...
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Friday, August 15
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"There appears to be little in the way of a comprehensive cisgender (non transgender) privilege list. These lists are generally written in the first person relative to having the privilege. Number #1 speaks to both heterosexual and cisgender...
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Thursday, August 14
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The following petition is protesting Dr. Kenneth Zucker's invite to Speak at Royal Society of Medicine Conference. Please sign the petition below to protest the horrific decision to invite trans-reparatist quack Dr. Kenneth Zucker to address...
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Thursday, July 31
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"Tranny" is a short form of saying transsexual or transgender person. It has been used a pejorative word but recently has been reclaimed by trans activists as a word of pride and self identification. Read more...
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Wednesday, July 23
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"Sissy" is a pejorative word used to describe effeminate males. It implies a lack of courage and an interest in activities deemed un-masculine by society. Read more...
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Friday, July 18
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According to Queer Today: "On July 26 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, there will be a party and protest in front of the HRC Gala. HRC has a long record of endorsing war-mongers and republicans like Joe Lieberman, weak and shameful...
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Tuesday, July 15
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In India a "Hijra" is regarded as a member of the third sex, not male or female. Hijra are usually trans-women or intersex individuals. Today they face discrimination in light of western influence on attitudes in the region, however, traditionally...
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Wednesday, July 02
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This is a powerful video on Trans inequality, I'd recommend passing it along as we are always in the business of changing hearts and minds within the community and beyond. Read more...
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Tuesday, July 01
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The petition of Solidarity from the Organization of Intersex International goes as follows: "I support the following Declaration of Fundamental Principles of the Organisation Intersex International and hereby express my solidarity with the...
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Tuesday, June 24
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1. Assuming that everyone is either male or female. 2. Continuing to use inappropriate gender pronouns after being corrected or calling someone "it". 3. Continuing to call someone by a name which they no longer identify. 4. Believing that...
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Friday, June 20
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According to Pink News: "A Conservative MP has claimed that gender reassignment is a "matter of choice." Mark Pritchard, who represents The Wrekin, expressed his view during Business Questions in the House of Commons yesterday. He...
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Friday, June 20
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According to Lavender Newswire: "The American Civil Liberties Union filed a sex discrimination lawsuit today against Old Dominion Freight Lines for illegally firing a truck driver for impersonating a female after she informed the company that...
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Monday, June 16
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"The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition is pleased to announce the release of its 2008 GENIUS Survey in partnership with Ernst & Young. GenderPAC works to ensure that classrooms, communities and workplaces are safe for everyone to learn,...
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Sunday, June 15
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We are close to reaching 10,000 on the petition to remove Dr. Zucker, Blanchard, and Lawrence from the work group on Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders in the task force for preparing DSM-V, which will be the next version of the APA's diagnostic...
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Thursday, June 12
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" What is intersex? Technically, intersex is defined as "congenital anomaly of the reproductive and sexual system." Intersex people are born with external genitalia, internal reproductive organs, and/or endocrine system that are different...
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Saturday, June 07
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Bisexuals get the hard end of the stick, they are often shunned by heterosexuals as being "confused", "selfish", "hedonistic" and often times they are rejected by gays/lesbians as being "traitors" or unwilling...
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Thursday, June 05
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Individuals who self-identify as genderqueer may consider themselves to be both male and female, androgynous, being neither male or female, or falling completely outside of the gender binary spectrum. Read more...
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Saturday, May 24
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According to Pam's Houseblend: The board of Wal-Mart is urging stockholders to vote against the upcoming proposal number 4 which would add gender identity/expression to the companies non-discrimination policy. The board insists Wal-Mart is a...
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Thursday, May 22
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"Two-Spirit" -This is a term to refer to third-gendered people. Traditionally it referred to Native Americans who embraced both genders. Today many Native Americans as well as others identify with this duality of masculine and feminine...
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Saturday, May 17
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According to TransGriot: The following are some upcoming Human Rights Campaign events where transgender folks and allies who are upset over HRC's lack of trans-inclusiveness, and their lack of effort to include TG in the Employment Non-Discrimination...
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Thursday, May 15
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Queer is a complicated and "radical" term that has been used disparagingly, an outside of the binary way of self-identifying, and an umbrella term to describe sexual/gender minorities. Queer Historically Seen as an Insult: The word Queer...
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Thursday, May 15
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As discussed earlier the American Psychiatric Committee is reviewing their policies and standards on issues such as "Gender Identity Disorder" among other topics. The newly published Diagnostic Statistical Manual will be released in 2012...
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Friday, May 09
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Well all grew up hearing the famous phrase " sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me ". It probably didn't take long to realize that this line is the furthest thing from the truth. "75.4% of students...
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