Courtney Love, Please Shut Up About Bruce Jenner!
GUYS. I thought we talked about this. I could have sworn we already had a long, drawn out, excruciatingly detailed conversation about why this kind of shit is not okay. After maybe a week or two of total freak outs about Bruce Jenner, I thought we had agreed to shut the fuck up about him and leave him the hell alone.
I love you, Gay Men, but stop saying "Tranny"
Over at the Huffington Post, Parker Marie Molloy calls out cis, gay men for the overuse of the word "tranny," especially in performances, either in drag shows or in wider pop culture (including TV shows like How I Met Your Mother and Glee which feature everyone's favorite gay celebrity, Neil Patrick Harris).
Facing Pressure, Texas School District Lets Transgender Teen Wear Tux
Here's to triumphing over the inane rules that often govern the typical North American high school: after not allowing a transgender student to wear a tux in his yearbook photo, a South Texas school district has reversed course, saying (thanks to pressure from the Southern Poverty Law Center) that the student can wear…
It's not insulting Ann Coulter to refer to her as a trans woman
I know I'm not the first person to say this and I know most of you guys wouldn't do this, but after the thread about Ann Coulter's AMA, yesterday, I thought I would just put out a friendly reminder to please spread the word to your friends and neighbors: it is not okay to call Ann Coulter a transsexual.
Transphobia Is a Goddamn Embarrassment to Us All
In case you missed it, for almost a week now there's been a jolly olde shitstorme a-brewing between a couple of British feminists and a whole lot of angry trans activists and allies. It started off innocuously enough—it could have begun and ended with a whimper if certain parties hadn't been such unyielding, bigoted…
Roseanne Barr Accused of Transphobia After Negative Tweet About Green Party Candidate Jill Stein
Presidential candidate Roseanne Barr (Jesus, typing that) has come under fire from the trans community after one of her Twitter followers referenced Jill Stein's support for trans rights—"[Stein] is also in favour of letting men into spaces where little girls get changed"—Barr tweeted back: "If she has a penis, she is…
Loving Father Wants Daughter Institutionalized Because She's Transgender
A German dad sounds like he needs a lesson from the princess boy's family — he's apparently threatening to put his 11-year-old daughter in a mental institution because she's transgender.
Girl Scout Troop in Louisiana Disbands to Protest Tardy Ban on Transgender Children
In what could go down as the next great instance of parental immaturity since calls for a cookie embargo, mothers in Covington, Louisiana have dismantled their daughters' Girl Scout troop to protest a Colorado troop's decision to accept a 7-year-old transgender girl named Taylor into their ranks. Actually, the Girl…
An Open Letter to the Transphobic Girl Scout
This letter is a response to Taylor, the 14-year-old girl who called for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies because the Scouts allow transgender members. You can watch her video here.
Network Exec Just Doesn't 'Get' Accusations of Bigotry
When you're a network executive, and a major advocacy group is upset that one of your shows is offensive to trans people, the best course of action might be — at the very least — to compose a thoughtful and well-reasoned response. Or, you could be like ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee, who responded to GLAAD's…
The Storied Past Of Northwestern's Sex Professor
Northwestern prof J. Michael Bailey drew fire this week for treating students to a live demonstration of a "fucksaw." But that little how-to wasn't Bailey's first brush with infamy.
MTV Plays Along While Jersey Shore Bashes Trans Women One More Time
Within the first 10 minutes of the Jersey Shore reunion show, MTV revisited Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino's club flirtations in Miami with a lady his roommates believed was born a man. Cue everyone laughing at the disgusting freak of nature!
Degrassi Introduces Trans Character
Watchers of long-running Canadian teen-soaper Degrassi: TNG know that each episode is titled after a song. So it makes sense that this one, devoted to the character of Adam, should be named after Arcade Fire's "My Body Is A Cage."

