It was 2003 when I had the last meaningful conversation with my mother. Our relationship was antagonistic since my birth. In her journal about my early development, she wrote about how disappointed she was that I was not the child she wanted. Unlike my brother, I wasn’t super cuddly with…
A 19-year-old, transgender, woman of color is the latest transgender teenager to take her own life. We will never forget Melonie Rose #MelonieRose.
Information on why the disability and LGBT communities need to work together to make the world more accepting.
Dominick discusses one of the greatest threats to independence and self-sustainability in the LGBT disability community (and greater disability community). This is an issue he had hoped to discuss at the first forum on LGBT and disability issues at the White House, which he attended yesterday.
When your rights as a human being are threatened by a politician, you find it hard to not take that personally.
I truly understand I am probably your token transgender friend, but here are a few things to keep in mind in relation to that.
Let’s talk about privilege and what it means to have it, how we can overcome it and why we should acknowledge it.
Many forms of discrimination and oppression are systemic. We need to find our common bonds and work together, as minority groups, to make a difference.
I spent my youth hating myself and fighting everything I was. I was miserable and unpleasant to be around. Then something awesome happened. I learned to accept myself.
This isn’t about anything I’ve done or even protecting Willie. Keeping my grandfather from me is pure selfishness and bigotry. The cruelty continues as Willie continues to hang on and I still am unable to talk to him.
