Part I, Part II, Part III, Part VI The Federal government is in chaos—what’s left, that is, after the DOGE treatment and Executive Orders and bizarro heads of organizations have had a go at it. Thanks to Donald Trump’s inability to understand how tariffs work and him being all wishy-washy about it, levying and then […]
Part I, Part II & Part III Long ago, before he realized how expedient we could be and how vulnerable we are, Donald Trump had a moderate view of transgender people. He first spoke specifically about transgender rights when the controversial “bathroom bill” went into effect in North Carolina during the [2016] campaign. Though not […]
Part I & Part II Over the past few years, transgender and nonbinary people have come under increasingly fierce and unrelenting political attack in the U.S. and elsewhere. Such hate-based attacks have been ongoing for decades; three people who have long wished to eradicate us are Janice Raymond, Paul McHugh, and J.K. Rowling—Google them! They […]
Note: What I envisioned as a three-part series of articles has now grown to four. Part II, as described in the first article, is now Part III. My apologies. I thought it important to include this history. Part I There has always been pushback against the identities, bodies, and personal freedoms of transgender and nonbinary […]
Oh, we got trouble, right here in River City—Robert Preston performing Meredith Willson’s Ya Got Trouble in the 1962 film The Music Man Eight years ago, I published an article called The Rise and Fall of the Weimar Transvestites and the Threat to Our Own Trans Community on my personal website and here on TG […]
Rabbah Rona Matlow condemns the use of political violence and condemns in particular the attempt to assassinate presidential candidate Donald J. Trump at his rally in Butler, Pa. While some people experienced Schadenfreude -a wonderful German word defining the sense of jubilance we experience when we see the downfall of others – when they learned of the shooting, Rona takes a closer look at this incident and past assassinations.
The GOP has a plan they are ready to put into effect as soon as they get a president who will back them and help implement the plan. Sophie Lynne outlines what that means for transgender people and wonders if the LGB segment of LGBTQ will be prepared to fight for trans peoples right to exist, or just continue to celebrate PRIDE while transgender people are GOP targets.
Dallas Denny has kindly allowed us to publish her notes for the keynote address she delivered at the third Paradise Conference, which was held in Atlanta from April 18-21, 2024. Her speech explores why Americans can believe transgender people are a menace. Exposure to misinformation and disinformation. When many believe that vaccines are a way to get tiny tracking devices into people why wouldn’t they believe the lies about transgender people?
White Christian Nationalism is the current threat to transgender people and the USA. There. I said it. Yes, this is going to be political. The stakes are too high for otherwise. What is it? Whitehead and Perry (2020) define Christian nationalism as “a cultural framework—a collection of myths, traditions, symbols, narratives, and value systems—that idealizes […]
Right wing evangelicals are busy working to bring their idea of a Christian theocracy in our country to life. They want to impose their religious beliefs on everyone in the USA. The First Amendment of the Constitution says that “. . .Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. . .”. Religion is not supposed to have control of our government yet the right wing evangelicals in the GOP who have been elected or appointed to Congress, state legislatures, and the judiciary, are working to make all of our citizens comply with their beliefs. It’s not a new movement either. This Retro Rerun, written in 1998 by TGF contributor Judy Osborne, tells us that the right wing theocrats were busy at the end of the 20th century working to realize their vision.
Sophie Lynne went to Penn State University to further her education. In just the last few years she’s been exposed to the hate of the Proud Boys, Nazis, right wing pundits speaking on campus, and others who find progress toward peace and love and diversity in our society to be intolerable. Today Sophie reports on what hate is doing to Happy Valley.
Amanita contributed to TGForum with an advice column titled Ask Amanita. She is a gender counselor and activist who advocates for the transgender community. Her spouse is a trans woman. This post is about how her wife’s transition, which Amanita fully supported, caused changes in their social standing in their community. How they had to make new friends when the old ones retreated, and how much the discrimination hurts. Share this post with any cisgender allies.
Haters gonna hate. Hate based on lies and misinformation. The LGBTQ+ community doesn’t have an “agenda” that menaces straight white people. The existence of transgender people doesn’t take away things or threaten white, straight men. But lies spread to get votes cause real suffering. Rabbah Rona writes about the situation and suggests a possible path to rebuke the lies.
Just a few days ago a prominent member of the transgender community announced that transition had ruined her. . . his life. Which sparked a million comments on social media about the idea of de-transitioning. Our Sophie Lynne has some comments of her own to add to the subject.
Sophie Lynne wishes everyone a peaceful holiday but wants you to know that the forces aligned against the trans community have already introduced serious anti-transgender bills. One such bill in Texas treats any attempt at helping a transgender child through gender-affirming care as child abuse and activates government forces to stop the “abuse”. See the text of the bill in Sophie’s post.
In keeping with Veteran’s Day Rabbah Rona Matlow reflects on her time in the service and how she had a revelation that changed her destination in life. She knew that she was meant to rabbi. She also looks at the way the U.S. uses its military might around the world.
Linda was attending a meeting of transgender individuals interested in forming a support group in their area. All was going well until the spirit of cooperation that had prevailed in the organizational meeting was suddenly broken and ‘all heck broke loose’.
Rabba Rona Matlow feels that many of those who consider themselves to be Christians are not following the words of Jesus. They rely on religious texts that vary in meaning from the original texts which were written in ancient languages. The poorly translated texts that make up the evangelical Bible are what those on the right use to justify their attacks on LGBTQ+ people. Rona has studied the original scrolls that indicate God is not interested in what body houses the soul.
Rabbah Rona Matlow feels it is holy work to oppose those who are working to destroy transgender rights. The only way to put a stop to the erosion of our rights is to vote progressive and liberal candidates into office to actually represent the people. Vote, help others to vote. That’s the holy work Rabbah Rona promotes.
While assembling the stories for the new Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Chrissy Gann takes a look at feminism and why it’s important to pay attention when the patriarchy makes moves to limit women’s rights. Chrissy says that cisgender women should welcome the support of transgender women.
Michelle Rogers is a conservative but she has had it. It is obvious that the continual attacks on transgender persons in the political arena by the Religious Right are aimed at one of our rights after another. Their attacks have no basis if facts but are all “fake news” meant to rile people up over the existence of transgender people. Today Michelle expresses how she feels up the continual introduction of bills designed to make life harder for trans people than it already is.
Transgender people have become disabled veterans in a percentage much higher than the general population. As we enter the Memorial Day weekend, we hold all these national heroes in our hearts, and uplift their spirits to wherever they have gone. There are currently 134,000 trans veterans and 15,000 trans Active-Duty service members. While we sacrifice for our country some people refuse to give us respect.
Are you ready for another gourmet experience? Dina’s Diner has specials sure to please. From down home comfort food for the mind, like the existence of indestructible pantyhose, to Sunday lunch with Robert Fripp and his wife, who wears various sexy costumes while Robert plays his guitar, to a recipe for creating fashion forward tops out of tights, and Nigeria’s James Brown, there’s something to please everyone at Dina’s Diner!
Dr. Dana Bevan finds threats to transgender people from the radical right–and from the radical left. In this post she dips into “Premodern” philosophy and the origins and evolution of Modernism and Post Modernism. How does all this affect you in your everyday life? Read on.
Shelley Anne interviews the author of a new book titled Trans Right. The “right” of the title is the conservative movement in the U.S. and the author is the trans woman who transitioned and kept her conservative values. Even as she admits that the members of the GOP all hate her and other LGBTQ people. Learn just what conservative principles she stands by and how she reconciles her need to be her true self with the attitude of the majority of conservatives.
