The Evening Blues - 11-2-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 11/02/2015 - 2:19pm
Hey! Good Evening!
This evening's music features delta bluesman Skip James. Enjoy!
Skip James - Crow Jane
Every time she's beautiful
Submitted by Robyn on Sun, 11/01/2015 - 2:02pmTina Healy is an Australian trans woman. Her mother is suffering from dementia. As a result Tina has to come out to her mother every time she sees her. Fortunately Tina's mother reacts positively every time.
America's First Mass Student Movement
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 10/31/2015 - 6:27pmOn April 22, 1936, half a million college students nationwide walked out of class for the Third Annual Student Strike Against War.
As impressive as that sounds, it is even more impressive when you consider that in the mid-30's there was less than 1.5 million college students.
Tara Hudson transferred to women's prison
Submitted by Robyn on Sat, 10/31/2015 - 4:19pmFrom all outward appearances, Tara Hudson has a drinking problem.
It is not unusual to discover that transgender people self-medicate as we attempt to survive our dysphoria. Sometimes that continues to be a problem after we transition.
On a personal level, I will admit that I spent my entire transition stoned on marijuana 24/7.
Self-medicating can, of course, lead to encounters with the legal system. That appears to have generated a bunch of Tara's past history...which ended up biting her in the ass.
Tara is a make-up artist by trade. Last Boxing Day she imbibed too much, to the point that she was cut off by a bar manager. An argument ensued, during which Tara headbutted bar manager Christopher Dyer and was arrested. She admitted to the crime in Bristol Crown Court.
Despite the fact that she has lived her entire adult life as a woman and has had six years of sex-reassignment surgery, she was sentenced to serve twelve weeks in a prison for men because her passport still lists her as male.
The Evening Blues - 10-30-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 10/30/2015 - 2:52pm
Hey! Good Evening!
This evening's music features Halloween music. Enjoy!
Charles Sheffield - It's Your Voodoo Workin'
Obama's War in Syria is illegal
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 10/30/2015 - 2:28pmIn these days of secret laws, secret courts and secret prisons, it may seem naive and quaint to consider the rule of law applying to the powerful.
Rural California town models support
Submitted by Robyn on Fri, 10/30/2015 - 2:08pmI'm sure that very few of you have ever heard of Denair, CA. It's a "census designated place" in Stanislaus County, CA. Not enough of a hint? It's near Turlock. Doesn't help? That's between Modesto and Merced. Central Valley.
Population was 4404 in 2010. The town encloses a grand total of 2 square miles.
It really epitomizes the phrase "small town." Except the part about the government not thinking it is large enough to be called a town.
Denair calls itself "The Oasis of the San Joaquin Valley."
In 2010 Denair had 10 same-sex married couples/domestic partnerships. 22% of the residences were rentals. 32% of the residents identify as Hispanic or Latino. In 2000 16% of the population lived below the poverty line.
As the Wikipedia entry for Stanislaus County says,
Stanislaus County is not a great place, it's just a place in the Central Valley.
Anry Fuentes lives in Denair. She is a transgender teen. When she she told her mother last year that she was going to come out, her mother kicked her out of their home.
Well my mom kicked me out. I’m not mad at her or hate her. I understand where she’s coming from. She was raised differently, and I can’t judge her for that. If I did regret [coming out] then I wouldn’t be this happy. It's much harder to hide than to come out as yourself.
--Anry
The Evening Blues - 10-29-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 10/29/2015 - 2:11pm
Hey! Good Evening!
This evening's music features blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter James Harman. Enjoy!
James Harman - Ooh Baby
A Bright, Flashing Warning Sign
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 10/29/2015 - 2:07pmImagine for a moment that some salesman offered you a deal.
They are willing to let you loan them money, and would only charge you a nominal fee plus a small rate of interest for the transaction.
In a sane world your answer would either be either, "Uh, no" or you would laugh in their face, depending on your mood at the time.
Pay to loan money?!? That's insane. Not just insane, illogical.
DoE, DoJ step up for Gavin Grimm in 4th Circuit
Submitted by Robyn on Thu, 10/29/2015 - 2:03pm
When last we encountered Gavin Grimm, Gloucester County Schools were still preventing the trans teen from using the boys room and the district had received the blessing of District Court Judge Robert Doumar in Norfolk.
Gavin's ACLU attorneys have asked an appeals court to replace Doumar, who denied his request for a preliminary injunction, because Doumar has made statements that he is "suspicious of modern medical science regarding gender identity." The lawyers say that Doumar has repeatedly referenced Gavin's "mental disorder" and accused him and them of just seeking publicity.
Yesterday the Department of Educations Office of the General Council and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division filed a 40-page friend-of-the-court brief with the 4th US Circuit Court on behalf of Grimm.
