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Ravalli Republic
Ravalli Republic
Serbian flag
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24 June 2017
Liberty to have a float in New York pride parade
Press
USA Today
USA Today
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ezs note: Especially if you live in lower New York, eastern Pennsylvania, western Massachusetts, Connecticut, or New Jersey, make it a point to come on down!
Pakistan just issued its first passport with a transgender category
Lindsay Maizland / lindsay.maizland@vox.com
Vox
Vox
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ezs note: I know, I know, this country has got its problems. But in this one particular area, Pakistan - freakin' Pakistan - has outdone the United States!!!
Thank you, 'President' Nitwit.
23 June 2017
Thoughts and musings (3)
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You can't not be a political being, even when you're announcing that you're not a political being.
- Ali Smith
from The Paris Review
Sometimes, you're lucky enough to hit upon a bit of serendipity, a bit of luck. I was reading an essay by Ali Smith, a writer of poetry and prose. Ms. Smith is a bookish sort, or at least those are the feelings that you'll be left with after reading her conversation. However, in the latter course of conversing, she talks of "political being(s)". I thought about that, rereading the short line, and then smiled.
How do we handle this brief life? I see many people who are perfectly content with skimming the newspaper or the same in a computer, but after about five minutes, they move on to other areas of life. Considering how hectic life is, it's understandable. Ah, but now enter the Age of Trump. I honestly don't understand how one can withstand this blithering fool and not carry a sign in front of the Capitol or city hall.
We all have one day less. For god's sake, make it worth it.
- Emily
DOES EVERYTHING THAT DONALD TRUMP TOUCHES DIE?
Bess Levin
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
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Madrid hosts_ and debates_ global gay pride
Aritz Parra
WBOC 16
WBOC 16
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Mike Pence to Deliver Keynote Address Today at Focus On The Family's 40th Anniversary Celebration (Video)
David Badash
New Civil Rights Movement
New Civil Rights Movement
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California restricts state travel to Texas, other states over LGBT laws
Reid Wilson
The Hill
The Hill
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APNewsBreak: Military heads want transgender enlistment hold
Lolita C. Baldor
StarTribune
StarTribune
1) garden slug, or 2) military commander
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22 June 2017
'He's a total mess': Ansel Elgort slams President Donald Trump... (UK)
Press
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
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Applebee's sued for sex discrimination against transgender hostess
Christopher J. Eberhart
lohud
lohud
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Theatre Rhinoceros: Queer theatre’s enduring home (UK)
Paul Vale
The Stage
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Ann Arbor Schools updating policy on transgender students and immigrants
Lauren Slagter
mlive
mlive
Ann Arbor, MI
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Transgender 'Glee' Actor Charice Pempengco Changes Name to Jake Zyrus
Joyce Chen
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
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21 June 2017
Thoughts and musings (2)
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We all live in extraordinary times. In 1997, the movie Ma Vie en Rose was out, but save for a few crusaders, this film was definitely not for the popcorn crowd. In much of the United States, it still isn't. The difference is, though, is that much of the transgender community is now knocking, knocking, incessantly knocking. Which is why it's so sad to see Transgender On Screen by John Phillips. I had hoped I would come back having read a thoughtful book. What I got, despite its dense read, was a decidedly unintelligent tome.
I will grant Phillips this: the book came out in 2008, giving him a bit of breathing room. However, when I consider Alain Berliner's masterwork. it's not easy to forgive Philipps. What he tries to do - unsuccessfully - is to slap Jacques Lacan's papers on it. And when did Lacan die? In 1981. Shit, I wasn't out of high school yet. I don't wish to go so far as some critics do by painting him with the 'cult of Lacan', but I do have to say that he was a man of his time - not ours.
We all live in extraordinary times. In 1997, the movie Ma Vie en Rose was out, but save for a few crusaders, this film was definitely not for the popcorn crowd. In much of the United States, it still isn't. The difference is, though, is that much of the transgender community is now knocking, knocking, incessantly knocking. Which is why it's so sad to see Transgender On Screen by John Phillips. I had hoped I would come back having read a thoughtful book. What I got, despite its dense read, was a decidedly unintelligent tome.
I will grant Phillips this: the book came out in 2008, giving him a bit of breathing room. However, when I consider Alain Berliner's masterwork. it's not easy to forgive Philipps. What he tries to do - unsuccessfully - is to slap Jacques Lacan's papers on it. And when did Lacan die? In 1981. Shit, I wasn't out of high school yet. I don't wish to go so far as some critics do by painting him with the 'cult of Lacan', but I do have to say that he was a man of his time - not ours.
- Emily
Donald Trump Is a Crook
Jonathan Chait
New York
New York
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Kicking Sexism in the Shins
Jessie O'Brian
Vegas Seven
Vegas Seven
The Shins
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ezs note: To find out the show in Las Vegas, press cosmopolitanlasvegas.com
Transgender North Carolina Musical, THE BODY POLITIC, Announces Full Cast for NYMF Premiere
Press
Broadway World
Broadway World
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ezs note: If you wish to make a donation, press www.TheBodyPoliticShow.com
GOP Congressman: Soldiers Will Pretend To Be Transgender To Get Out Of Combat
Miranda Blue
Right Wing Watch
Right Wing Watch
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A Transgender Groom Sees Beyond What He Ever Imagined
Alic Custer-Shook
The New York Times
The New York Times
Alic Custer-Shook
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20 June 2017
Donald Trump Is Proving Too Stupid to Be President
Max Boot
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
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ezs note: To my friends at Foreign Policy - geez, I don't want to be mean or anything - but how long did it take for you to figure this out? (He's too dumb to sit on the town hall in a ghost town.)
Meet the Transgender Activist Who Confronted Her Political Opponent — in the Ladies' Room
Tim Murphy
Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Arkansas state Capitol
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‘MY EXISTENCE IS RESISTANCE’
Samy Nemir Olivares
The Village Voice
The Village Voice
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Nevada Guard sergeant embraces DoD transgender policy
Tech. Sgt. Emerson Marcus
dvids
dvids
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Ellis Co. commissioner issues apology following comments about transgender inmates
Jonathan Zweygardt
Hays Post
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Hays Post
Ellis County (Hays), KS
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19 June 2017
Thoughts and musings (1)
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So, this is it. I have so many thoughts during the hours, the days, the weeks and, decades, really. I haven't written in such a long time, though. The stroke really did a number on my thoughts and musings. But I feel OK now, really. I think what helped me out a lot was my visit to Real Art Ways. I felt that my mind, as broken as it might be, had a lot to announce to the world. I remember my thoughts about Café Zehner and its raid by the police - and this was happening in 1921, in Germany. How things might have radically changed, how little Adolf would have been relegated to some little hovel, how some aunt would have explained he was quite cracked, really.
My thoughts are silent no longer. A better, more humane world - perhaps.
- Emily
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