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How not to behave in the men's room
Catherine Newman, the blogger at the Ben & Birdy blog has written an open letter to a man who chased her son (Ben) out of the men's restroom because the man apparently couldn't identify Ben as a...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Women’s Liberation
When I started to write this blog about the sex vs. gender debate, I was going to write a nice, intellectual piece, fully referenced, stating my position. But as I sat down to write it, I realized...
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Limbaugh's Grand Slam Against Women, Lesbians & Obesity, Once Again, Lands...
In the latest, Rush Limbaugh Game, Limbaugh 'hit it out of the park' managing to bash women, lesbians, and obesity all in three quick sentences. His disgusting remarks, broke a few records in misogyny,...
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New abortion laws
(Click to enlarge)As noted here on Daily Kos yesterday, the fetal heartbeat bill passed in North Dakota might not survive a legal challenge, but other radical laws may have the effect of shutting down...
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World Bank recognizes junk food is cheaper
So if I want a 99 cent soda instead of spending four bucks on juice, I'm not alone. I don't drink soda often because I usually drink tea. But good foods like fruit and juices and healthy vegetables...
View ArticleToday's #HCR Moment: Kansas to Quarantine HIV/AIDS Patients
It's hard to imagine typing that headline in 2013. But before we get to the legislation itself, I keep thinking about Frank. Back in 1990, Frank came into my office. He had AIDS, and although that...
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Sex, Gender, and Body:NSFW Open Thread
I admit it I'm here with my cat on my chest scrambling to put together a post.Of course in Snowballs eyes scrichies can't wait. On the plus side his 15 pounds are great ab work.Obviously the major...
View ArticlePrincess Diana's stint as a Drag King
Yes we in the LGBT world get to embrace her tighter as one of our own. She was out for an evening and wanted to visit a leather bar. So BFF Freddie Mercury improvised a disguise so Her Highness could...
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The Medicare/Medicaid SNAFU
On Friday Horace posted about the opening on Thursday of a 30-day public comment period about the coverage of sexual reassignment surgery by Medicare and Medicaid Services (CSM.gov).CMS.gov prefaced...
View Articleredefining "normal" sex
The author of this blog is arguing that the progress in normalizing same sex behavior is another nail in the coffin of what moralists and religious fanaics have been defining as "normal" sex. I...
View ArticleNYT Revises Pioneering Female Rocket Scientist's Obituary in Response to...
Wow, talk about not having a commitment to your principles. Call it Stroganoff-Gate.First the New York Times published this obituary on Saturday of pioneering rocket scientist Yvonne Brill, who died at...
View ArticleAnd women too, but innocent and pure
Ah, the afterthought, women, "but innocent and pure..."Are women not generally "innocent and pure"?The line is uttered by Shakespeare's good guy in the Tempest, Gonzalo, a foil to the evil...
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Remembering LGBT History: F. O. Matthiessen, 1902-1950
If you've taken any cultural and intellectual history courses that focus on literature, or courses in American studies, or advanced courses in American literature before 1865, you know who he is,...
View ArticleJust need to vent a bit
I'm reaching a point in my life where I'm very confused about things. On the one hand I feel more and more like I identify as being transgender, and on the other hand I very much want to have a woman...
View ArticleTell Me What To Do (with my vagina)
Here's hoping some GOP congresscritters will view this and give us women some tips on what we should do with our oh-so-mysterious bodies. (/snark)Complements of Political Subversities. Thanks, Gals!
View Article"Soft" Spirits
Girls as "soft spirits," innocent and pure. Men who are incapable of being pure. What?Why? Why can't men, why can't the male sex be pure?Medieval!I stumble into the unwieldy internet....
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ALEC + Pharmaceutical Co. Made Being HIV-positive a crime
A recent article from the American Independent caught my attention the other day...then it was picked up and republished by Salon yesterday. These articles help us to dissect how the American...
View ArticleIt's all about sex
Great news, America! We're Number 1! Again. You already knew that, I know, but you won't like this one. We are the most sexually repressed country in the world. Maybe you're thinking that you...
View ArticleMy favorite socialist
One hundred and twenty-six years ago Anne Sullivan, forever to be remembered simply as Teacher, gave Helen Keller a voice. You remember the poignant scene immortalized in film with Patty Duke and Anne...
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Jailed for failure to disclose trans status
Transpeople are up in arms in Scotland.Actually, they are not armed, so maybe the phrase does not apply. But many of them are concerned and angry. They have been angry enough to sign a petition.The...
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