Category National

The Balls on Ida Hammer

Oh, this just keeps getting better and better: “Speaking of her long-term partner – a man – she said: ‘He already sees me as a woman. That’s not going to be too big of an adjustment.’ The 34-year-old – who was raised a Mormon in Utah – applied for pre-authorization for her male-to-female sex reassignment […]

Awwww Bless Ida Hammer and His Dick Removal Surgery

So, I was going to ignore this news item when a friend passed it along. Victory! Transgender Woman Wins Insurance Coverage for Sex Reassignment Surgery As you might imagine, I have hundreds of friends and acquaintances who email me various items on gender identity and other anti-woman developments.  I am truly grateful to receive these tidbits […]

Hello, Orwell

Guilt and shame are powerful tools for control, and are used with regularity by so-called leaders of the GLBTQWTF Movement and their lemmings against Gays and Lesbians who don’t sign onto the Movement’s Party Line on Gender Identity.

A Pregnant 14-year-old = Raped

A 14-year-old girl who is pregnant was raped. Fla. Stat. § 794.03.  Unlawful to publish or broadcast information identifying sexual offense victim  (“rape shield law”) No person shall print, publish, or broadcast, or cause or allow to be printed, published, or broadcast, in any instrument of mass communication the name, address, or other identifying fact or information […]

Does My Uterus Make Your Rights Seem Irrelevant?

When the Rubber Hits The Road, When The Bullet Hits The Bone

Much has been written about the decision of U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf, sitting in a Massachusetts federal court, to order the State of Massachusetts to give  murderer Robert Kosilek a “sex change” due to his gender-identity disorder. In a telephone interview with the Associated Press, Kosilek said that “(t)his is who I am. My essence is female … To […]

This is Why We Need Women-Only Space

In this video, a white, “formerly” male heterosexual person calls for Rachel Maddow  – out Lesbian Rachel Maddow – to be tarred and feathered.

GUEST POST: Weighing in on MichFest

What I would say to a trans*sister, whoever you are: I first went to MichFest in 2002, and it was wonderful and amazing. When I left, my feet stood on the earth more solidly, and my gaze was level. When I first heard about various trans* conflicts on the Land, I stopped and thought about […]

Compulsory Heterosexuality, Queerified

Much has been written over the last 15 years regarding the issue Transgender inclusion within the Gay and Lesbian Movement. The argument for inclusion originates in the notion that we are all Queer, that we are all read by the larger heteronormative society as Queer, regardless of how our own identification varies on this theme. […]

Females: Silenced By Trans*

As Females, we have devoted much time to supporting Trans* causes. Why are we doing this, when it seems clear that Trans* does not extend us the same respect? Abortion: Here. Here. Here. Here. Here. Free Speech: Here. Here. Rape: Here. Birth Control: Here. Add your own links to comments, articles and the assorted detritus […]