Can it be Friday again already? I guess so. I dropped the pups off at their “Doggy Day Care” this morning - they’ll be there until I get back to town on Sunday to pick them up.
I’m headed to Washington DC today for the Out for Work conference. I’ve done it every year since it started - partly because Riley and Niko are such nice guys and partly because I really enjoy working with students. It looks to be a cool wet weekend in DC so I hope I’ve packed appropriately. The good news is that the airline sent me an email last night indicating that they’ve upgraded me to First Class. I haven’t flown First Class for quite a while so I’m actually looking forward to that.
The State Department’s strict surgery requirement for changing gender. A narrow definition of parents as “mother” and “father” only.
NCTE continues to work with the federal government to remedy these policies and many others that fail to reflect the needs and experiences of trans people. In the meantime this resource will help people dealing with passports today.
Newport Beach. CA (Sept 22. 2008) – Queercents () a personal finance blog serving the lesbian gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community announced the launch of its series on transgender finances.
This groundbreaking series written by Ashley A. Wilson helps address the needs of the transgender community with personal and relevant posts about finances. In the coming weeks. Wilson shares her thoughts with readers about the unique financial situations impacting transsexuals:
By day. Wilson is a fundraising and development consultant serving not-for-profit organizations. She has a BS in Journalism from Temple University and an MS in Library and Information Science from Drexel University. As a Queercents contributor. Wilson writes in a practical hands-on way intended to help the transgender community navigate the complex world of transitioning and acclimate to a financial life in a different gender. Money matters in more ways than one!
If you live in the Washington DC or Baltimore areas. Equality Maryland will be having their 6th annual Jazz Brunch on Nov. 2 (). The reason I share this here is that the special guest at the event will be Isis the transwoman from “America’s Next Top Model”. Congrats to Equality MD for getting Isis for this event and for all the work they do on behalf of the broader community. They even have an impressive “” on their website.
And of course there is the amazing work they did to defeat the effort to repeal discrimination protections for trans people in Montgomery County (). There is an extended section in the article dedicated to the support that HRC provided for the effort and what affect it has had (if any) on perceptions and relationships following last year’s ENDA battle:
The victory came nearly one year after the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) passed the U. S. House of Representatives without transgender protections. The removal of the trans provision angered many activists who criticized HRC for refusing to oppose the gay-only version of the bill.
Jim Kennedy of Teach the Facts a group that promotes fact-based education in Montgomery County schools said HRC fiercely defended the local trans rights measure.
“The HRC who did not really support the transgender part of ENDA really got involved in the Montgomery County battle and contributed a lot of money and resources,” said Kennedy. “So that is a shift and it’s important for them to do that.”
Jeremy Pittman. HRC’s national deputy field director said that HRC did not see the Montgomery County transgender legislation as a way to make amends for ENDA.
“This is exactly the same kind of work we’ve done in supporting state level initiatives for providing LGBT equality for years and we would have given the same level of support regardless of what happened last year with the ENDA battle,” he said.
Pittman said HRC provided $5,000 to help fund the case that went to the Maryland Court of Appeals and $20,000 to help start Basic Rights Montgomery a coalition formed to support the trans rights measure.
“The Montgomery County law shows continued progress in support of transgender rights,” said Donna Cartwright communications director of Pride at Work an AFL-CIO constituency group. “I think there’s always been a great deal of collaboration between gay and transgender groups but it’s heartening that this cooperation and solidarity continues.”
Apparently. Isis will have some time on her hands. She was one of two women booted from the show in the most recent episode. Still don’t think she’s going to be disappearing any time soon. ()
During an interview I did in Phoenix last week one of the questions was about the challenges of being a transgender activist. Part of my answer dealt with the fact that our community is so broad and diverse it is actually a community of communities that it’s hard for any one or two or three people to try to articulate the breadth of it all. This is reflected in a story in today’s Southern Voice titled.
Transgender — an umbrella term for people who don’t fit into the established gender roles set up by mainstream society — is often the word used to describe cross dressers post-operative transsexuals people transitioning from male to female and those transitioning from female to male.
“Anyone who is gender variant can fit under the transgender umbrella,” said Cat Turner business manager for the Southern Comfort Conference the largest transgender conference in the nation held annually in Atlanta. This year’s conference with the theme “Celebrate Life,” is set for Sept. 30-Oct. 5.
More and more young people are casting aside the gender binary. Turner added and simply identifying as queer or genderqueer. By taking on the label genderqueer they don’t specifically identify as male or female.
Speaking of Southern Comfort - it’s less than a week away! I look forward to it every year and this year promises to be the biggest and best yet. I’m looking forward to seeing friends I don’t get to see very often (like Elizabeth) as well as make new ones. It’s truly an experience.
Last year I mentioned that I was considering applying for a part-time retail job. I did that yesterday - I applied at one of the large book stores locally. It’s not really a money thing although this entire cross-country moving drama is proving to be a huge money suck. Some extra cash would come in handy. It’s more than that though. There are deeper needs at play - I don’t know that I can articulate it - and I’ve come to know me very well over these past few years. It’s not like I’ve got oodles of free-time on my hands but I think I can find a way to make this all balance. We’ll see.
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