Emily's virtual rocket

Welcome to Emily's virtual rocket!

This is a news blog which specifically lets you know what is going on in the transgender world.

Also, if you wish, please donate to the "Donate" button on the right side.

Questions? Comments? Compliments? Complaints?

E-mail me at thoreaugreen@gmail.com

If you like this blog, tell your friends about emilysvirtualrocket.blogspot.com!

15 May 2016

Jewish Groups Cheer Obama’s Transgender Protections

›

Ron Kampeas Forward Credit: http://images.mic.com/gcw4bf35gwy3lbpgsxm1ouhxrzufxsitattnnafkkn3lqa0eb1vmdvpuiitbosy4.jpg please ...

A Republican Congresswoman Has Personal Stake in Transgender Debate

›

Lizette Alvarez The New York Times Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen.jpg please ...

14 May 2016

Denmark to become first country not to define being transgender as a mental illness

›

Simon Robb Metro.co.uk Credit: http://vocational.nsh.nsanpete.k12.ut.us/all_pages/students/pages/Teacher_Pages/pages/web_design/fi...

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Can’t Explain What Transgender Means, Has a Total Meltdown: WATCH

›

Sean Mandell Towleroad Credit: http://images.dailykos.com/images/245744/story_image/image.jpeg?1461940118 please press: http...

Transgender mafia boss found dead in 'execution-style' killing (UK)

›

Harriet Sinclair Independent Credit: http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/41/590x/murder-451752.jpg please press: htt...

13 May 2016

Donald Trump Says Transgender Bathroom Issue Should Be Left to the States. Will That Be Enough for Social Conservatives?

›

Eric Levitz Daily Intelligencer Credit: http://stmedia.startribune.com/images/ows_14371740658543.jpg please press: http://ny...

2 comments:

Little Rock Nine’ Student: Transgender Bathroom Debate Is Part of Civil Rights Fight

›

Katie Reilly Time Credit: http://www.history.com/s3static/video-thumbnails/AETN-History_VMS/21/202/tdih-sept25-HD_still_624x352.jp...

Arkansas governor recommends schools 'disregard' Obama's transgender directive

›

Sarah Chaffin KATV Credit: https://malenadugroup.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/very-funny-humor-cartoon-jokes-on-ignorance.jpg pl...

U.S. Directive on Transgender Access Intensifies Debate

›

Richard Perez-Pena and Jack Healy The New York Times Credit: http://www.m-surgery.com/images/bind%20justice.gif please press: ...

10 May 2016

08 May 2016

Mother’s Day 2016: Honoring Mothers Who Stand Up for Transgender Equality

›

Hayley Miller HRC Credit: http://blog.kokofitclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MothersDay.png please press: http://www.hrc...

Chris Wallace crushes NC gov.: ‘Let it go… there’s no case of transgender people molesting girls’

›

David Edwards Raw Story Credit: http://www.relatably.com/m/img/frozen-memes-let-it-go/let-it-go-frozen.png please press: htt...

07 May 2016

Watch: Dan Savage Annihilates Ann Coulter's Anti-Transgender Bathroom 'Bullsh*t'

›

David Badash The New Civil Rights Movement Credit: http://www.davegranlund.com/cartoons/wp-content/uploads/arc766.jpg please p...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

›

Credit: http://travelguide.lufthansa.com/lh/uploads/2015/09/rio_de_janeiro_panorama-1240x480.jpg

04 May 2016

One more hurdle for transgender rights effort

›

Frank Phillips / phillips@globe.com Boston Globe Credit: http://www.picgifs.com/sport-graphics/sport-graphics/hurdle-race/sport-g...

Alabama City Council Recalls Anti-Transgender Bathroom Law

›

Dominic Holden / dominic.holden@buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed Credit: https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/57135398.jpg please press: ...

Students sue suburban school system over transgender locker room access

›

Duaa Eldeib / deldeib@tribpub.com Dawn Rhodes / cdrhodes@tribpub.com Chicago Tribune Credit: https://www.offthemark.com/image/d...

This 25-Year-Old Transgender Woman Is Responsible for That Viral Bathroom Selfie

›

Lauren Duca Teen Vogue Credit: https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/03/24/SocialIssues-Reli...

03 May 2016

Hawaiʻi Transgender Leaders to Deliver Petition to DOE

›

Press Maui Now Credit: http://mikereidphotography.com/Big%20Island%20Hawaii/Hawaiian%20Flowers%20Water%20Lily.jpg please pre...

Transgender Woman Killed in Wichita

›

Sunnivie Brydum Advocate Tyreece Walker Credit: http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/2016/05/03/tyreece-walker-3-x...

CPS updates policies for transgender students and employees

›

Juan Perez Jr. / jjperez@chicagotribune.com Chicago Tribune Credit: https://media.licdn.com/media/p/8/005/083/35c/2be2383.png ...

02 May 2016

Officials raise transgender flag at Boston City Hall

›

AP Boston Globe Credit: http://davidmixner.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c90b153ef01901b67689c970b-pi please press: https://www.bo...

01 May 2016

North Carolina transgender bathroom law prompts boycotts as anger grows (UK)

›

David Usborne The Independent Credit: http://i0.wp.com/fusion.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/NCtranslaw1.png?resize=752%2C762&...

30 April 2016

Backlash, praise for Target's position on transgender issue picks up steam

›

Kavita Kumar StarTribune Credit: http://www.griffinshoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Target-logo.jpg please press: http:...

Why we must learn to live with the elephants

›

Credit: http://lifeasahuman.com/files/2012/02/4_MG_0317-sm-550x365.jpg Because they are among the most humane creatures on earth....

29 April 2016

Group starts petition opposing transgender policy at New London-Spicer schools

›

Carolyn Lange The Bemidji Pioneer Credit: http://img.memecdn.com/ignorance_o_2061509.jpg please press: http://www.bemidjipio...

Feds list schools that sought exemption from discrimination statute

›

Tim Devaney The Hill Credit: http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/images/2014-04/120229112209-us-department-of-education-buildi...

Ted Cruz, Attacking Donald Trump, Uses Transgender Bathroom Access as Cudgel

›

Trip Gabriel The New York Times Credit: http://f.tqn.com/y/politicalhumor/1/S/h/a/6/Cruz-Likability-Problem.jpg please press: ...

28 April 2016

Who Is Curt Schilling Talking To? Himself

›

Robert Silverman vocativ Credit: http://blogs-images.forbes.com/cartoonoftheday/files/2016/04/160421Tornoe.jpg please press: ...

The Pearl of Africa: An Interview with Africa's First Openly Transgender Star Cleopatra Kambugu

›

Les Fabian Brathwaite Out Credit: http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/the-pearl-of-africa-cleopatra-kambugu-thailand-jonn...

27 April 2016

B.C. court intervenes in parental dispute over transgender child (Canada)

›

Press thestar.com Credit: http://i.cbc.ca/1.2983949.1425608416!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/prince-geor...

ACLU Considers Legal Challenge To Anti-Transgender Restroom Law In Alabama

›

Dominic Holden BuzzFeed Credit: https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/54399327.jpg please press: https://www.buzzfeed.com

Transgender girls at B.C. legislature to back human rights code bill (Canada)

›

Press Winnipeg Free Press Credit: http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/explore/island/cities/tourismvictoria/victoria_bc_capital.j...

How other stores are handling transgender bathroom policies

›

Hadley Malcolm USA Today Credit: https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/56966039.jpg please press: http://www.usatoday.com

26 April 2016

An HIV Prevention Pill for Transgender Persons

›

Scott LaFee and Lisa Loeb Stanga UC San Diego Health Credit: http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/107091...

1 comment:

Iranian Transgender Youth Reveal Parents Reaction to Their 'Inner Disorder'

›

Press Sputnik News Credit: https://cryptome.org/info/iran-protest/pict2.jpg please press: http://sputniknews.com

Transgender teen fights back after suspension for using 'wrong' bathroom

›

Emanuella Grinberg CNN Credit: http://wmbf.images.worldnow.com/images/16608003_BG1.jpg please press: http://www.cnn.com

I voted today... DID YOU?

›

Voting is in Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania Credit: http://www.unitedvoices.com/wp-content/uploa...

25 April 2016

Teen Boy Says He Was Kicked Out Of Ted Cruz Rally For Being Transgender

›

Mary Ann Georgantopoulos BuzzFeed Credit: http://f.tqn.com/y/politicalhumor/1/S/k/b/6/ted-cruz-trust.jpg please press: https...

Transgender magazine editor murdered in Bangladesh (Australia)

›

Press SBS Credit: http://cdn.patch.com/users/73734/2015/03/T800x600/201503550cd2339af0c.png please press: http://www.sbs.com...

Transgender rights: Where 2016 candidates stand on bathroom bills

›

Michael Walsh Yahoo! Credit: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/images-SSCweb/TransActivePoster-colorEnglish.png please press...

24 April 2016

How Gov. Daugaard navigated his way to big decisions

›

Bob Mercer Rapid City Journal Credit: http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/9065941e142eb769bb76794c742e08d1e14ee558/r=300/http/www.gann...

New police appeal after missing Leeds transgender woman is captured on CCTV (UK)

›

Press Yorkshire Evening Post Credit: http://www.movehub.com/sites/default/files/main_images/leeds.jpg please press: http://w...

Chris Wallace destroys myth of transgender predators: ‘This is a solution in search of a problem’

›

David Edwards Raw Story Credit: http://cdn.quotationof.com/images/chris-wallace-2.jpg please press: https://www.rawstory.com...

New school rules give transgender students 'right to be who they are'

›

Kathy Bocella philly.com Credit: http://yb.cmcdn.com/yearbooks/6/0/e/6/60e6f9e309805ae7da30f24af167c4d9/440/0007.jpg?h=a99f08963b8...

Christie: I likely wouldn't sign transgender bathroom law in N.J.

›

Brent Johnson nj.com Credit: http://blogs-images.forbes.com/robertwood/files/2015/03/Chris-Christie.jpg please press: http:/...

23 April 2016

Ottawa Morning's Hallie Cotnam wins award for story on family of transgender girl (Canada)

›

Press CBC Credit: http://www.cbc.ca/ottawamorning/assets_c/2010/05/sitenavlogo-thumb-268xauto-59822.jpg please press: http:/...

Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

›

Credit: http://www.corpo-events.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pays-de-la-loire.jpg

‹

›

Home

View web version

About Me

Emily Shorette

View my complete profile