Posted in Equal Rights, News, tagged Barack Obama, ENDA, Equal Rights, human rights, Martin Luther King_Jr., The Bilerico Project, transexual, Transgender, transsexual on October 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Over on Bilerico, Karen Ocamp shared her take on President Barack Obama’s speech at HRC’s annual dinner last night. I don’t go for name calling (Karen says Obama is a “sissy”), but I share her disppaontment at Obama’s failure to use the power of his office to put action to his words, to demonstrate there [...]
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I originally posted this one year ago today on my old Yahoo 360 blog, while the wound from transgender people being excluded from ENDA by HRC and Barney Frank was very raw (it still is).
Today is the day in the United States that we celebrate the dream of equality and freedom that the Rev. Martin [...]
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Posted in Equal Rights, Trans Life, tagged Arizona Proposition 102, Arkansas same-sex adoptions, Barack Obama, California Proposition 8, change, Florida Amendment 2, hate, hope, same sex marriage, Yes we can on November 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
UPDATED 1/18/09: I’m feeling inspired by the beginning celebrations of Barack Obama’s inauguration in two days, and decided to move this to the front page for awhile for all to enjoy. I don’t know about you, but this video brings tears of hope to my eyes every time I watch it.
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Posted in Equal Rights, News, Trans Life, tagged Arizona Proposition 102, Barack Obama, California Proposiiton 8, DADT, depression, DOMA, ENDA, equal rights to marriage, Florida Amendment 2, heart connection, isolation, LGBT, loneliness, Matthew Shepard Act, same sex marriage, self knowledge, transexuals, Transgender, transsexuals on November 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Last night as I went to bed and this morning when I awoke, my primary emotion in the wake of yesterday’s election is one of overwhelming sadness. The sadness I feel is complex but comes largely from two sources, one political, one personal.
On the political side, I was elated by the election of Barack [...]
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