New York - Trans woman loses lower legs in NYC subway attack. Now, friends rally to help her

Trudy Ring

The Advocate

New York City, NY subway

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ezs note:  You can help defray some of her expenses by going to www.gofundme.com.

New York - Freedom of Sex - The moral case for letting trans kids change their bodies.

Andrea Long Chu

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New York Magazine

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ezs note:  Once in a while, a magazine puts out an issue which will be discusssed for a long, long time.  Here is the paragraph which I feel is the most seminal:

I am speaking here of a universal birthright: the freedom of sex. This freedom consists of two principal rights: the right to change one’s biological sex without appealing to gender and the right to assume a gender that is not determined by one’s sexual biology. One might exercise both of these rights toward a common goal — transition, for instance — but neither can be collapsed into the other. I am put in mind of a bicameral system. Each chamber has its own prerogatives, but neither the exclusive upper chamber (sex) nor the boisterous lower one (gender) has the ultimate power to overrule the other. (Not all trans people wish to change their sex; some trans people are also gender-nonconforming.) By asserting the freedom of sex, we may stop relying on the increasingly metaphysical concept of gender identity to justify sex-changing care, as if such care were only permissible when one’s biological sex does not match the serial number engraved on one’s soul. The same goes for “sex assigned at birth,” which unhelpfully obscures the very biological processes that many people have a right to change. In general, we must rid ourselves of the idea that any necessary relationship exists between sex and gender; this prepares us to claim that the freedom to bring sex and gender into whatever relation one chooses is a basic human right.

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I strongly urge you to read the entire article.  Agree or disagree, it could be the 21st century version of The Federalist Papers.

Mina Caputo (Wikipedia)

 

Mina Caputo

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Governor Hochul declares November as Transgender Awareness Month

Kevin Schuster

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Albany, NY

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ezs note: Thank you, Gov. Hochul!

Robina Asti (Wikipedia)

Robina Asti (1921 - 2021)

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ezs note:  If you have a notable transgender person who is not listed, please don't hesitate to bring it to Wikipedia's attetion!

Laith Ashley (Wikipedia)

 

Laith Ashley

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At a time of anti-trans sentiment, a New York lawsuit brings hope for the community

Jaclyn Diaz

NPR

Broome County, NY (Binghamton)

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Michael Kors (Wikipedia)

 Michael Kors

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Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)

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James Baldwin (Wikipedia)

 

James Baldwin (1924 - 1987)

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banned books - In The Night Kitchen

 

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by Maurice Sendak

This is a series of banned books, e-published by the American Library Association. (www.ala.org)  I neither endorse nor criticize the books; I do suggest that you READ.  archive.org will lend you the e-book an hour at a time. 

Christine Quinn (Wikipedia)

 Christine Quinn

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Rufus Wainwright (Wikipedia)

 

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This 24-year-old wants to be the 1st transgender legislator in N.Y., joining elected officials in several other states

Ben Adler

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Queens, NY (NYC)

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George Cukor (Wikipedia)

 

George Cukor (1899 - 1983)

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Sylvia Rivera (Wikipedia)

 

Sylvia Rivera (1951 - 2002)

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New York governor signs 'safe haven' law for transgender youth

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Albany, NY

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ezs note:  Now it's our turn, Gov. Lamont.  (ahem...)

Elisabeth Marbury (Wikipedia)

 

Elisabeth Marbury (1856 - 1933)

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Carl Van Vechten (Wikipedia)

 

Carl Van Vechten  (1880 - 1964)

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