Tag Archives: Transgender Issues
On Moore, Burchill and those opposed
TweetFor anyone not yet acquainted with MooreBurchillTransGate (it’s catchy!), a summary of the offense taken so far reads as follows: Throughout life, culminating in Nov 2012: Susanne Moore takes offense at the fact that women continue to be patronized, under-represented, reproductively-controlled, hyper-sexualized, sexually assaulted, and are then criticized for being angry about it. Jan 8th 2013: [...]
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Respect isn’t a finite resource
TweetThe venerable Lindy West and Mary Beth Williams have both weighed in over at Jezebel and Salon about a recent back and forth between Suzanne Moore, Julie Burchill, and the public regarding an article Moore published last week about female anger, in which she wrote the following: “We are angry with ourselves for not being [...]
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The Sun’s Always Rising: Tom Gabel’s Coming Out
TweetThis was originally posted here on my WordPress blog. I recently talked about how punk rock and sobriety had a big effect on my life, and the appeal that punk had because of its foundational ideals of acceptance of all people. Black, white, gay, straight, fat, skinny – there wasn’t any room for to judge people over [...]
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Against Me! and a transgender rock star
TweetWell, today’s the day everyone learns about my favorite band. Against Me! have been around for years (and they’ve been really excellent, fairly consistently), but their singer Tom Gabel has just come out as transgender in this Rolling Stone article. There have already been numerous responses of support on Facebook,other social networking sites, and even [...]
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Crowdfunding SRS