Media Matters have responded to an op-ed in the conservative Washington Times that assailed the campaign for transgender equality, lamenting that “you no longer need lady bits to be a lady” and asserting that the LGBT movement is part of a broader left-wing effort to “dismantle” Western civilization. In an October 9 column, the Media Research Center’s Matt Philbin…
The Capitol Resource Institute’s (CRI’s) Karen England apparently is leading a coalition calling itself Privacy For All Students that’s spearheading a referendum to repeal AB 1266 (School Success and Opportunity Act). Gov. Brown signed this bill into law Aug. 12, and it will become law Jan. 1, 2014 unless enough signatures are gathered to put…
In what may be the very first case of its kind, Argentina has officially recognized the gender of a six-year-girl who was born a boy. England’s The Telegraph reported Friday that Luana, aka Lulu, was born as Manuel but, according to her parents, behaved as and identified as a girl. “By accepting that my son was not…
As the military services are moving each day in the direction of better supporting LGB dependents (spouses, children, etc.), there are Ts in the military family that the DoD is failing to adequately support. We don’t hear much about these Ts in the military family, but within the military family there is no question that…
Marriage equality is currently an issue for military couples with trans spouses, highlighting a Department of Defense (DoD) cultural competence issue. If a spouse changes his or her gender after being married and entered into the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) as a particular gender, then one is that gender until one goes through…
ATLANTA — A new report just released offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the inequities facing transgender workers in the American workforce — from finding and keeping good jobs, to having equal access to job-related benefits, to obtaining adequate health insurance coverage. A Broken Bargain for Transgender Workers is a companion to the recently released…
In a somewhat similar way to Pvt. Chelsea Manning’s choice to willfully violate the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) for what she hoped would be for a greater good, I know what it’s like to willfully violate the UCMJ for what I hoped would be for a greater good. Our choices too were similar…
San Diego is a relatively small town when it comes to art, so I am always rather astonished to learn about a new gallery or art-oriented event that has been active for a while. I am even more surprised when the gallery and/or event in question are showing work that is very relevant to the…
Even though I’m a kind and joy-filled person, I’m always prepared to deal with inappropriate comments or behavior from the government-employed health care services workers. I’m always ready to ask why a medical doctor, nurse or technician’s bigotry is getting in the way of treating a veteran with respect to their service. Yet, I’ve never…
Col. James Pritzker, the heir to the Pritzker fortune, has come out in the open about his personal life. Crain’s Chicago Business reported that the retired Army lieutenant colonel and wealth management CEO stated a memo to employees at the Pritzker Military Library and Tawani Enterprises, that he is now living as a woman named Jennifer Natalya Pritzker. The…
