police bias
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Today in hundreds of cities and towns across the world transgender and gender-nonconforming people and their allies pause to honor our fallen heroes. The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was founded in 1998 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith—a transgender graphic designer, columnist, and activist—to memorialize the murder of Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts. It occurs annually on…
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VenusPlusX relaunches!
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[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://youtu.be/59E_KMP-gbY” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Welcome back to VenusPlusX. As most of you know at the beginning of 2013 Dan set off suddenly and unexpectedly for the hereafter (Wikipedia, The Advocate, Huffington Post). We had just finished our jointly authored book about the erotic connection to spirituality. It’s working title is The Unseen Journey, and we hope to publish it…
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A “how-to kit” at Philly Trans Health Conference
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Dan Massey and I are here at the 11th Annual Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference with 2500 trans and genderqueer folk and their allies. On the conference’s last day, we will be presenting, “Ending Police Bias and Anti-Trans Violence: A Grassroots Approach.” We will be joined by Ruby Corado and Kiefer Paterson in outlining our successful approach to bringing…