Tag: transgender
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Motherlode Victorious
The Motherlode has managed to turn around the opinions of many who’ve opposed its presence. When I testified at City Hall regarding the Motherlode’s second attempt to move, the North of Market Planning Coalition vehemently opposed it. The NMPC has since reversed itself…
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Working (parts 1 & 2)
When I asked her what she’d tell the world about prostitution, she told me, “they should make this legal, because it’s something that obviously a lot of people need. If it was legal, it would be a lot safer, a lot cleaner, and nobody would be getting sick behind it.”
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No Wrong Way to be…
Stereotypes become a problem when other people start making our choices for us by saying what we should or shouldn’t do. I have no problem with the femme stereotype; it is my personal choice. I am no more wrong for embracing it than is another woman for not.
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Shame on the LA Times
Those who believe they can successfully shame or threaten a trans person from following their path need only look to Christine Daniels’ tragic end to know that putting the mask back on is not the answer.
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Coal for the HRC
In October 2007, the Human Rights Campaign (the HRC) broke a four-year promise by supporting an Employment Non-Discrimination Act that excluded trans people—after collecting a LOT of donations from us.
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Labeling is a Drag
A guest opinion column in the Bay Area Reporter that protests the misnaming of the inaugural event that became SF Pride’s annual Trans March and recounts the glory of that first march to City Hall.
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Toxic Elitism
the conservative, patriarchal, gender-rigid society delights in seeing us tear each other down. Because, in doing so, we are sacrificing the power of community, creating our own little islands, diminishing our own collective power.
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What Sex Are You?
Sex and gender. What is meant by those words? Interchangeable, right? Okay, so what do you think they mean? Could they have more than one definition? And what would it mean to our concept of man, woman, male and female if they were rooted in a definition whose meaning may be open to interpretation?
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Before Transgender
I knew I could make a living as a transsexual prostitute. I used my intellect to become very successful at it. I could more than hold up my end of a conversation with any john: not many TS hookers were college educated in 1986. Prostitution was a job that I came to love: my johns were the only “Normal” people who made me feel good about myself. They called me beautiful and sexy, and I provided a valuable service to them, which made me feel valuable.