Vermont

Putting the Green Party on the Map

Now that Bernie is focused on the Democratic Convention and the party platform, it's time for me to look for alternatives for President. Trump is out. I am not hip to the "survival of the fittest" Libertarian thing and lastly, four more years of neo-liberalism with her smugness is beyond comprehension.

Tearing us apart

 photo AJ_zps0bwbcw3e.jpgVermont is one of the states in which transgender people theoretically have equal rights.

I'm sure that's what AJ Jackson thought when he sheepishly walked into the boys' bathroom at Green Mountain High School in Chester, VT recently.

But the way some of his classmates see it, A J was still Autumn Jackson, a girl in boys’ clothing, who had violated an intimate sanctum, while two boys were standing at a urinal, their private parts exposed.

And that has led to students channeling their parents.