I have added a new page on beauty, which is not my make-up tips, but a reflection on attitudes to beauty and passing among male to female transsexuals. In essence it is a long blog post, but it is such a crucial issue that I decided to make it a page in its own write.
Archive for the ‘Trans’ Category
New Beauty Page
Posted in Beauty, Trans, tagged fashion, feminism, Trans on 13 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Even Less Scribing Than Usual
Posted in Blog, Trans, tagged Equality Bill, trans activism on 5 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My already low scribing to month ratio is dipping further at the moment because my trans matters type posts are mostly going onto my blog that is devoted to the forthcoming Equality Bill that is supposed to be for everyone, but seeks to exclude all trans people except transistioners. A link to http://singleequalitybill.wordpress.com has now [...]
Admiring Lynne Conway (Ada Lovelace Day)
Posted in Trans, tagged Ada Lovelace, DSI, Lynne Conway, transphobia, VLSI on 24 March, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lynne Conway, a women in technology whom I admire, and whose earliest research was done while she was a man called Robert
Petition Against UK Plans for a Trans Identity Register
Posted in Trans, Victims, tagged Identity Cards, politics, Trans, UK on 28 February, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The proposal for a National Identity card in the United Kingdom is controversial enough for the general populace, but it is causing deep concerns in the trans community. Although the government website is keen to point out that ethnic details will not be recorded on the database, they are (unlike Germany) planning to include gender. [...]
Memphis Belles
Posted in Trans, Victims, tagged Memphis transgender murder shooting prostitute on 31 December, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As we enter a new year, 2008 cannot end soon enough for Memphis male to female transsexuals. In July Ebony Whitaker was found shot dead, in November Duanna Johnson was shot in the street, and in December Leeneshia Edwards was shot in the face and is seeing the new year in recovering in hospital. All three were prostitutes and in the Old Year’s Day edition of Pink News, Jessica Green writes that local trans campaigners are blaming their shootings on being forced into prostitution because no one will give transsexuals employment.
