“A Victory for FIERCE”
Daily Dose of Queer reader Spinster posted the below update in the comments section of "NYC Community Board 2 Meets Tomorrow to Consider Christopher Street Pier’s Curfew." CB2 passed this resolution, a program with a trial period until 6/30: Pier…
The Next Carnival of Bent Attractions – and – Jen to Host the 11.20.06 Blawg Review
Jay Sennett is hosting the next edition of the Carnival of Bent Attractions on April 10th. Submissions are due by 12:01AM on April 2nd. Also, Jen, the host of the current edition of the Carnival of Bent Attractions, will be…
NYC Community Board 2 Meets Tomorrow to Consider Christopher Street Pier’s Curfew
image from Melissa Sklarz, a transgender activist, says in "Gay and Loud" in this week's Village Voice that the battle over a curfew for the Christopher Street pier "has turned into a full-fledged culture war." While FIERCE!, a gay-youth group,…
“Psychotic Is Very Trendy”
I don't think Nathanael Blake is very happy about Oregon State University's admission forms becoming more gender inclusive. And how sad that he feels the director of the OSU student government's Queer Affairs Task Force would have him hauled away…
Just a Girl
I came across this 2002 article after I published my last post. Here's a quote (emphasis mine) from Daisy Bernal, one of Gwen's friends, which I'm sure is similar to many others out there that Lifetime may have based the…
Television for All Women
Just a Girl, a Lifetime movie in the works, is based on the story of Gwen Araujo, a trans teen murdered in 2002, and her mother, Sylvia Guerrero. Just a Girl will star Mercedes Ruehl as a single mother whose…
Homo A Go Go 2006
Homo A Go Go takes place August 1-6, 2006 in Olympia, WA. Homo A Go Go is one of the programs of the 501(c)3 non-profit organization, Queer Arts in Action. Homo A Go Go is a biennial queer music, art,…
More on Lesley Stahl’s Nature vs Nurture Report
I previously posted about Lesley Stahl's 60 Minutes report "The Science of Sexual Orientation" here, and posted contact info for the show here. Yesterday Southern Voice published "‘60 Minutes’ and the ‘Queen Gene'" by Wayne Besen, the author of "Anything…
San Francisco’s 2nd Annual Transgender Job Fair
Bay Area Reporter: San Francisco Transgender Empowerment, Advocacy, and Mentorship will hold its second annual transgender job fair Wednesday, March 22 at the LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market Street, from 1 to 4 The event, co-sponsored by the center, will…
Being Trans in Prison
Rosa, a trans woman who has been living in men's prisons for the past eight years, tells us, in Tali Woodward's "Life in hell" in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, "At one time I was raped by five individuals." The…