Tag Archives: Gender

Clueless

Posted on January 16, 2009 by David

This has got to break some sort of record for stupid. Yesterday, I heard a man equate the sacrifices made by Thomas Beatie so that he and his wife could have children, with the crowd of idiots who trampled a … Continue reading →

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There really are no words for this

Posted on November 20, 2008 by David

Today is the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, an appropriate occasion to consider the profound stupidity of former Governor Mike Huckabee’s claim that there hasn’t been enough violence visited on our community yet. It’s a little hard to believe that … Continue reading →

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More inconvenient truth

Posted on August 1, 2008 by David

People who rely on the simplistic formulation of “male and female” as the mutually exclusive “complementary halves of humanity” to justify their anti-gay and anti-transgender bias have yet another inconvenient news item to ignore. It seems that the organizers of … Continue reading →

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Ignorance kills

Posted on March 29, 2008 by David

So. It wasn’t newsworthy that a 15 year old boy who had been the target of relentless bullying and threats because he was “feminine” was publicly executed by a classmate – nor did the slaying of another “too feminine” teenager, … Continue reading →

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A remarkably good question

Posted on March 9, 2008 by David

Just a small coda to the previous post, as we continue to be astounded by the interest taken by self-identified “Christian” activists in what other people’s genitals look like. From Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, discussing the California version of Maryland’s shower-nuts … Continue reading →

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Conversations we need to have

Posted on January 16, 2008 by David

Update: Pam’s House Blend has picked up the story of the hoax perpetrated by the Montgomery County anti-transgender group. There’s been a lot of chatter about race and gender in the last week amongst the chattering class, hasn’t there? Has … Continue reading →

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As predicted, another teachable moment

Posted on November 28, 2007 by David

The earth is flat; isn’t that obvious? I mean, it’s just so obvious, go outside and look. What!? How dare you suggest I don’t know! You have no right to force everyone to play along with your “world-not-flat” fantasy! I … Continue reading →

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