NYC Board of Health: Medical Transition Required to Alter Birth Certificate
Last month, I linked to Jen's post about a proposal to give trans people born in New York City the option to alter the sex on their birth certificates without taking any steps towards medical transition. The New York City…
Tomorrow: Vote for Jen, and then Vote for Jen!
Jen's Transcending Gender is a 2006 Weblog Awards Best LGBT Blog Award finalist! A Life Less Convenient, the site her book A Life Less Convenient: Letters To My Ex is based on, is a 2006 Weblog Awards Best Medical/Health Issues…
Mary Cheney Pregnant and Due in Late Spring
Mary Cheney and her partner, Heather Poe, are expecting. And it looks like that's the most detailed news you're going to get for now. Mary Cheney, 37, and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, 45, are expecting a baby,…
Submissions Needed for an Anthology about Western Privilege and International Travel
From Bruin Christopher Runyan: Less Than Settled: Critical Perspectives on Travel and Privilege **CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS** What compromises do activists, organizers, and those actively pursuing social justice make when traveling internationally? How does the experience of living in a global…
Employment Opportunities at NYC’s LGBT Community Center
The following positions at New York City's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center are now open: * Community Organizing Specialist * Community Organizer (Public Policy and Government Relations) * Director of Outpatient Treatment Program * Information and Referral Specialist…
The Gender-Play-Doh Kit
Click to view larger image. PG Toys has introduced its first toy, the Gender-Play-Doh Kit. Product description: Gender play is positive and healthy for children. PG Toys is making this kit in hopes of supporting kids in their exploration of…
California Domestic Partner Law May Soon Apply to Straight Unmarried Couples
Bill would expand domestic partner law in California: Responding to the growing trend of couples raising children out of wedlock, a San Francisco lawmaker plans to introduce a bill today that would give young and middle-age heterosexual couples who are…
_Nobody Passes_ Book Launch
If you're in or around the Bay Area, stop by one of these two free celebrations of the launch of Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity. Tuesday, December 5, 2006 6 San Francisco Main Library 100 Larkin…
BETTY: Heroine Holidays (NYC Performance Featuring Emily Saliers and Gloria Steinem)
BETTY: Heroine Holidays will be held on December 21st, December 22nd, and December 23rd at The Public Theater. Join BETTY in a Winter Solstice celebration of wine, women and song, three nights long. The Rock/Pop band - whose theme song…
World AIDS Day edition of the International Carnival of Pozitivities
The International Carnival of Pozitivities is "a blog carnival for people living with HIV/AIDS around the world." From the carnival's online home: "The intent of this carnival is to provide an international forum for interaction among those of us who…