If I can’t go to Planned Parenthood for a routine pap smear without being screamed at and harassed by Christian protestors then Stephen Miller shouldn’t be able to eat his fucking salad without being called an asshole.
- Ally Maynard -
SheKnows Media and a 32-year-old transman named Hennessey have joined forces to create a new video to educate people about us.
Hennessey is an actor and co-host of the podcast Kill Me Now with Judy Gold.
When I write about the plight of transgender kids, it is not unusual to encounter a comment or two from people who think it necessary to share their opinion that it is impossible for a child younger than 5 to know his gender.
It is also not unusual to encounter articles by people with little to no experience working with transgender kids expressing the same or similar opinion.
When I wrote yesterday about a transgender child who was being mistreated by a Chicago-area hospital, I was not surprised to encounter a comment questioning the reality of young transgender children. It is a not-infrequent occurrence.
People who are not transgender have a difficult time understanding an issue that is so far from their own existence. That's why people who are different have such a hard time trying to fit into our society.
New Scientist has a new article on the relationship of science to the concept of gender: Science is catching up with society on transgender issues.
The refusal of officials in Texas to accept the fact that some kids are transgender (and what that means to how they should be treated) is raising concerns as the school year rapidly approaches.
Three days ago the Human Rights Campaign released a video featuring four fathers of transgender children talking about their experiences.
The fathers are JR Ford of Washington, DC, Joe Ghartey of New York, Wayne Maines of Maine, and Keith Thomas of North Carolina.
I feel like today requires something uplifting. And I found this:
Meg Vogel has produced a short video. She talks about making that video here.
The World Press Award-winning video Raising Zay is here...and on the other side.
Immigration Officials Making Secret Deals With Private Prisons to Lock Up More Mothers and Children-- New report sheds light on how local contracts are boosting private profits from family detention.
"War in our time is always a war against children. And if the children of other countries are to be granted an equal right to life with our own children, then we must use our extraordinary human ingenuity to find nonmilitary solutions for world problems." - Howard Zinn.
The Methare Ghetto Kids dancing in Nairobi
