20 March 2014

Mass. Senate passes updates to anti-bullying law

Transgender mayor auctions off shoes for city

http://www.wtsp.com

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Casey, Over 175 Members of Congress Call for Executive Order Protecting LGBT Workers

http://www.yourerie.com

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ezs note:  If your congressperson is one of the 175 who signed this letter, be sure to say "thank you".

Chelsea Manning Seeks Legal Name Change

PARKER MARIE MOLLOY
http://www.advocate.com

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Westboro church founder Fred Phelps dies

Daniel Burke
http://www.cnn.com/

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ezs note:  It's just my opinion, but other than news of his death, Phelps should be UTTERLY forgotten.  He comes as close to a genuine Nazi as Adolf Hitler and his like, and should be treated as such.  (And no, I do NOT use the term lightly.)  If I were his undertaker, I wouldn't even bother with a tiny marker.  So there.

19 March 2014

Quotes!

I'm interested in how people create themselves.  All artists do it. I told a lot of visual artists that I was doing this play and they said, "That fascinates me - how do we do that, how we become our art."


    - Edward Albee

My Turn: Transgender measure in Portsmouth is a big step toward equality

 JIM SPLAINE
http://www.concordmonitor.com

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Trans Youth Seek A Community Among One Of The Biggest Bullies of Our Time, the Internet

IGNACIO TORRES
http://fusion.net


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Thugs in Ford Fiesta threw glass bottle at transgender woman (UK)

Joe Sturdy
http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/

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ezs note: I hate to remind you... but I will anyway. Whenever you see a transgender person being accosted, abused, or raped,  contact the police immediately!  We all thank you!

Our campus does not adequately accommodate transgender students

Rebecca Klar
http://www.bupipedream.com

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Broadway Backwards is Back

Winnie McCroy
http://www.edgeonthenet.com


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18 March 2014

Quotes!

The question of ideal beauty, incarnated in breathing male beings, or eternalized in enduring works of art, was leading me to a precipice, from which no exit seemed possible except in suicide what I then considered sin.


     - John Addington Symonds

'To Quote A Queer'

17 March 2014

Nigeria: terrorism, corruption and poverty undermine human rights (United Nations)

http://www.unric.org


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Laverne Cox on artists and directors exploiting trans stars as 'muses' (Australia)

Candice Chung
http://www.dailylife.com.au


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Jerry Davich: Transgender teen slowly lowering his shield

Jerry Davich
http://posttrib.suntimes.com


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LGBT: Parliament sets back adoption rights for same sex couples – Portugal

http://portuguese-american-journal.com


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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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Quotes!

I think that we are becoming more and more linked, and before long, we'll all become one culture. It's happening in every field, not just fashion.  Actually, I think the only hope for peace is if culture is homogenized.


     - Tom Ford

'To Quote A Queer'

16 March 2014

Ugandan gay rights activist says her own mother threatened to hand her into police over anti-gay laws (UK)

Aaron Day
http://www.pinknews.co.uk


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ezs note:  Let your voice be heard - tell the president and legislature in Uganda to REPEAL this odious anti-LGBT law.

GOP gubernatorial candidates vie for supporters

http://www.cbs8.com


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Group looks to establish Wichita chapter of Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network

Suzanne Perez Tobias
http://www.kansas.com


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ezs note: by the way, GLSEN is also good.

Mothers of Suicide Victims: 'Idaho Didn't Protect Our Children'

GEORGE PRENTICE
http://www.boiseweekly.com

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\ezs note: Mothers, fathers, and friends of transgender youth - there ARE things you can do to make your kid's life better.

1. Organizations such as PFLAG are there for you.  You can check to see where the nearest meeting is by contacting their Web address: www.pflag.org

2.  Talk to your children about seeking help.  Your child may not have the abilities to winnow out the losers. ("reparative therapy" is a good example)  You can pick out the good ones.

3. Talk to your child's teacher(s) in a friendly but FIRM manner that she/he is NOT a freak.  If the teacher insists that your child just 'get with the program', suggest that she/he take up welding instead.  At least she/he won't be able to harm any more children.

4. If there is no good program in your area, dial 1-800-273-TALK. There are good people there who are willing to help though the distress you are feeling.

Comment: Stonewall should distance itself from Ben Summerskill’s Lib Dem equal marriage comments (UK)

Mathew Hulbert
http://www.pinknews.co.uk

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Quotes!

I think the word diva has lost its true meaning in today's society.  A true diva is someone who delivers the goods at the highest level possible on a consistent basis, whose success is based on hard work and a deep, true talent.

     - Rick Skye

'To Quote A Queer'

15 March 2014

Poll: 71 percent of Marylanders support transgender rights bill

http://www.lgbtqnation.com


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Gay couples entitled to equal family health coverage, federal government says

Michelle Andrews
http://www.scpr.org


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LGBTs stage pride walk in Imphal (India)

Sobhapati Samom
http://www.assamtribune.com


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Under-reporting of VAW in Tarai (Nepal)

http://www.myrepublica.com


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LGBT group marches openly in Charlotte St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Matt Corner
http://goqnotes.com

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Russian Federation

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Quotes!

Yet do I marvel at this curious thing
To make a poet black, and bid him sing!

     - Countee Cullen

'To Quote A Queer"

14 March 2014

YOU make a difference!!!

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YOU did it! This is the 3,000th blog!  I know, sometimes it can feel a bit lonely.  But there are people all over the planet who think the way you do. Here's the ginormous list:

United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Germany
India
France
Australia
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
Italy
Ireland
Belgium
Brazil 
Russia
Taiwan
Spain
Philippines
New Zealand
Finland
Japan
Poland
Turkey
South Korea
Argentina
Norway
Sweden
Pakistan
Mexico
Austria
Singapore
Hong Kong
Greece
Denmark
Portugal
Malaysia
United Arab Emirates
Switzerland
Peru
South Africa
China
Indonesia
Czech Republic
Romania
Kuwait
Qatar
Jamaica
Colombia
Thailand 
Iceland
Israel
Egypt
Ecuador
Hungary
Bangladesh 
Serbia
Chile 
Croatia
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Morocco
Cote d'Ivoire
Slovenia
Jordan
Estonia
Guam
Belarus
Sri Lanka
Guatemala
Venezuela 
Nigeria
Slovakia
Oman
Nepal
Bahrain
Lithuania
Tunisia
Algeria
Trinidad and Tobago
El Salvador
Senegal
Vietnam
Cambodia
Iraq
Costa Rica
Kenya
Ghana
Luxembourg
Panama
Palestinian Territory
Yemen
Dominican Republic
Uruguay
Moldova
Puerto Rico
Bolivia
Syria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Macedonia
Maldives
Reunion
Malawi
Albania
Kazakhstan
Malta
Sudan
Kyrgyzstan
Libya
Mongolia
Paraguay
Azerbaijan
Iran
Guernsey
Antigua and Barbuda
United States Virgin Islands
Latvia
Isle of Man
New Caledonia
Guyana
Mauritius

Thank you.  Thank all of you.



Transgender people in Quebec ERs? (Canada)


Jillian Page
http://blogs.montrealgazette.com


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Courthouse protesters demonstrate against transgender-phobia

FRANCIS McCABE
http://www.reviewjournal.com


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Downtown Northampton will soon get a rainbow crosswalk

 CHAD CAIN
http://www.gazettenet.com


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Boston LGBT group unlikely to march on St Patrick's Day after talks collapse (UK)

Kayla Epstein
http://www.theguardian.com


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Same-sex marriages expected to boost travel, hospitality industries (Kenya)

Patricia Reaney
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke

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Quotes!

We destroyed and annihilated them (Iraqis) ... We destroyed the infrastructure.  We dismantled their abilities to defend against outside invaders.  We didn't even do that to Germany in World War II.  You don't do that unless your plan is to stay - to occupy.

     - Jeff Key 

CONGO CONSIDERING ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL

 JOSEPH EHRMAN-DUPRE
http://www.towleroad.com


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ezs note:  If you are from the Congo, are visiting there on business or pleasure, or just have a penchant for humanity, please contact the Congolese legislature and urge them to vote NO on this anti-LGBT bill. Thanks!

13 March 2014

Friday Kaimin transgender suicide

 Megan Marolf
http://www.montanakaimin.com

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UN: Nigeria's anti-gay law may harm public health

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com


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Transgenders face uncertainty as health care deadline nears

 NATALIE PACINI
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu


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Community Responds to Task Force Recommendations

John Riley
http://www.metroweekly.com


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All new! (well... kinda...)

I am using "To Quote A Queer" for your enjoyment, pleasure, and thought. There is one thing that held me back.  It's that the quotes range from the very liberal (the late Gore Vidal) to the very conservative (David Brock).  It's simply a fact that this will anger some.  The only thing I can say to people who hold such views is to read about a month's worth of quotes.  What is demonstrated (I hope) is that a full range of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender views will be represented. So enjoy!

The forms in writing... do change, but they change as slowly as the forms in Darwin, whereas the pendulum of tone from one generation to the next keeps moving briskly.

     - James Merrill

09 March 2014

Young-adult author Kirstin Cronn-Mills homes in on transgender experience

Mary Ann Grossmann
http://www.twincities.com


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LGBT community hopes for fresh thought after polls (India)

http://www.firstpost.com


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WATCH: One Gay Man's Touching Plea for Equality in Utah

JASE PEEPLES
http://www.advocate.com


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Activist speaks on transgender youth in sex trade

Laura Rasmussen
http://www.westernfrontonline.net


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The quickly shifting language of the transgender community

Britt Peterson
http://www.bostonglobe.com


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