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 »
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
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.
