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Feb 26 2010
Muse in the Morning
Feb 25 2010
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Feb 23 2010
Muse in the Morning
Feb 22 2010
Muse in the Morning
Feb 20 2010
Friday Philosophy: Lack of Respect
I’ve become disgusted the past few days. Actually it has been coming on for several weeks, but the last couple of days have brought things to a head.
My basic thought?
It is difficult enough to fight the conservatives who wish to deny us equal rights, strip away the few freedoms and liberties which we do have, and even deny us the basic necessities of life, like even the freedom to use a public restroom without having to choose between being arrested or being physically and/or sexually assaulted.
We should not have to battle the slings and arrows hurled at us by those who one would think we should be able to rely on as our friends.
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
It all comes down to a matter of respect. Who deserves some and who has some to give?
Feb 19 2010
Muse in the Morning
Feb 17 2010
Muse in the Morning
Feb 16 2010
Muse in the Morning
Feb 15 2010
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Then I thought that needed some oomph and achieved what is inside…
Feb 13 2010
Friday Philosophy: Downward mobility
Earlier today, teacherken posted an essay entitled, American, land of opportunity – Not!. It was mostly about the the limits of upward mobility caused by race and class. In fact, the paper he cited discussed downward mobility caused by those factors.
Downward mobility is not strange to people in the trans community. In the news yesterday was this report from the 2010 Creating Change conference, courtesy of Renee Baker for dallasvoice.com.
Numbers. They were preliminary numbers, but numbers nonetheless. And I’m a numbers person in the eyes of most part, so I thought I would share and comment on them.
They are not exactly new. The numbers come from a preliminary report dated in November. NGLTF released an even rougher sketch of the data earlier in last year.
But the question comes up from time to time. Do transfolk really need to be covered by an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act?