Archive for the 'safety' Category
Almost A Person
(Part of GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine’s coverage of the delisting of GRS in Alberta)
It came in as registered mail. This was good news of course, so when I’d received the notice, I ran down to the postal outlet to collect the envelope that would have news about my eligibility for surgery. I knew what the [...]
Filed under: media, medical, safety, transgender | 1 Comment
Disposable
It’s not really “murder” if the victim is disposable.
That’s the theme that keeps resurfacing when trans panic defenses are used to effectively stave off any chance of serious sentencing for the murder of a woman who happens to have a penis or a man who happens to have a vagina. We’re supposed to accept that [...]
Filed under: TDoR, hate, media, safety, transgender | 3 Comments
Crossposted to TransGroupBlog and AlbertaTrans.org. Original draft appeared at The Bilerico Project.
I do not take credit for the safecall concept — it has been around for decades, and I first encountered it through the leather community (a version of it has also been present for a long time among escorts). But I do consider this [...]
Filed under: safety, sex-positive, stealth, transgender | 1 Comment
