For the first time since I came out, I was friends with someone who just had a baby. The mother and I lived in the same building and I really got to know her when she was pregnant with her child. In fact, we were planning on having me officiate their civil marriage (until we [...]
Defining Gender is Like Defining Marriage
Many times, when I read or re-read the works of transphobic people under the banner of feminism such as Lisa Vogel or Janice Raymond, one has to wonder why these people are so obsessed with deriding transsexuals. Why they want to limit spaces for women to those fortunate enough to have been born cisgendered is [...]
Why Am I So Open About Being Who I Am?
I have received a comment praising me for being so open and for public consumption, I will make my response here and now – I am not afraid nor ashamed of who I am. My being open and public with who I am is a part of my activism, to show that being gay and [...]
Prop 8 Won and We All Lost
When I woke up and went to my computer, I received the bad news from my Aunt Lori who is living in between California and Virginia. California’s anti-marriage equality bill, proposition 8, won in the polls by a slim margin and equal marriage in California has been successfully compromised. Now, the California constitution is amended [...]
On Posting on a Blog
To be honest, I have been trying to post every day, at least one post every day, and considering some of the things I have been coming up with recently – I have been doing a pretty piss-poor job of actually getting any quality content out. Therefore, I have ultimately decided that I am going [...]
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