It is the 23rd anniversary of my gender confirmation surgery, which was performed by Dr. Eugene Schrang at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, WI. Dr. Schrang is now retired, but then, so am I.
That's about all the celebrating I shall do on account of the event.
Yesterday, a letter was sent to our less-than esteemed leader.
Dear President Trump,
I'm a little late on this...mainly because I didn't know about it until last night.
From the website:
Yahoo, Apple, Microsoft. More.
Criticism of Trump's anti-transgender maneuver has been swift and vocal.
It's destined to fall on deaf ears, however.
It's ultimately going to come down to the business community to stop it because it's so bad for business.
--Christopher Gergen, Forward Impact
Blake Wells is a student at the Canadian Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario.
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 can't be the only one whose card number is still tied to a 30-year-old email address, long gone, and the password for which has also been long forgotten.
It seems to be a problem that's impossible to fix, since I've spent many many hours on the phone with them, and they've several times told me they'd just delete all my information from their servers. Still there. Still demanding an email that doesn't exist. Even when I don't want to use their services.
The Dean of St. John's College, Cambridge is the Reverend Duncan Dormor. He has published a new paper, Transgenderism and the Christian Church in the book The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons
His paper is discussed by Madeleine Davies at the Church Times.
While a “growing number of Liberal Protestant denominations” are changing their policies, the advocacy of transgender groups and the reassessment of medical evidence may also produce a shift in conservative circles.
--Rev'd Dormor
The Dean concludes that
Over the past 20 years, there has been a very significant increase in the number of liberal and mainstream Protestant denominations which welcome transsexual and transgender Christians as congregational members and affirm their ministry as leaders and teachers.
But...
There is always an important but...
The Dean of St. John's College, Cambridge is the Reverend Duncan Dormor. He has published a new paper, Transgenderism and the Christian Church in the book The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons
His paper is discussed by Madeleine Davies at the Church Times.
While a “growing number of Liberal Protestant denominations” are changing their policies, the advocacy of transgender groups and the reassessment of medical evidence may also produce a shift in conservative circles.
--Rev'd Dormor
The Dean concludes that
Over the past 20 years, there has been a very significant increase in the number of liberal and mainstream Protestant denominations which welcome transsexual and transgender Christians as congregational members and affirm their ministry as leaders and teachers.
But...
There is always an important but...
Just in time for Thanksgiving the University of Delaware's Center for Political Communication has released a new study to support your holiday table debates.
The National survey on rights, protections for transgender people has found that 71% of people favor protection of transgender individuals in schools and 70% favor such protections in the workplace. Sixty-two percent of the public supports allowing transgender people to serve openly in the military.
I'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
