Over this last weekend, those who relied upon Cragslist adult services got a rude awakening. Without any warning, and with no official statement yet, Craigslist removed the adult services section from all US sites and replaced it with a small censored image.
One friend of mine was extremely startled, as she relies on the ad [...]
Yesterday I received an apology from Christopher Harrity, Manager of Online Production, apologizing for misidentifying my photo as Briana Freeman. It’s quite clear that it was not malicious, but simply a matter of not paying close enough attention while google image searching. He was “horrified” to think that his mistake caused me strife, [...]
Last week a story a story went around the blogosphere of Brianna Freeman, a 45 year old trans woman in Maine, who was suing Denny’s after a manager refused to let her use the restroom. The Advocate ran the story last Friday and – apparently figuring that one trans woman’s picture was as good [...]
Some people pointed out that the video cut out from my kenote speech about 15 min from the end. Well, I checked it out and it looks like there was an error while uploading it. I’ve re-uploaded it, and verified that it’s the size it should be. Enjoy the last 15 minutes. [...]
That was the title of my keynote speech at the Beyond Patriarchy conference a week and a half ago. I recorded it and did a little bit of editing to include my powerpoint slides and subtitles for the inaudible questions from the audience.
Anyway, since it’s a speech and not a performance or a reading, [...]
After discovering her transphobic history, the musical performer Bitch, previously of Bitch & Animal, was unceremoniously told that she would not be performing at OUT/LOUD, a queer women’s music festival which she had previously been set up to headline tonight. The festival released a statement on facebook which had this to say:
Knowing that her [...]
Last year I wrote about my film Doing it Ourselves: The Trans Women Porn Project as an attempt to represent trans women engaged in sexuality the way they wanted to be represented as opposed to what typically lines the shelves of “tranny porn” and also to encourage trans women’s inclusion in more alternative, feminist, and [...]
Bilerico Backpost: This was originally posted to Bilerico May 22nd, 2009.
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/05/a_trans_persons_photo_in_the_hall.php
I’ve heard of administrators or parents complaining when a trans speaker talks to a class, when a teacher comes out as trans, or even when a student does – but I never expected that the mere presence of a photograph would cause a similar reaction. [...]
Backpost: This was originally posted to Bilerico May 11th, 2009.
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/05/tobi_then_and_now.php
THEN
I was getting involved in my second relationship ever after my partner and I decided to be poly.
I identified as bisexual even though all my partners had been women – I knew identity and behavior don’t always have to match up.
I was flirting with the [...]
Bilerico Backposts: This was originally posted to Bilerico June 17th, 2009.
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/06/the_advocate_joins_in_transphobic_media.php
It was bad enough when the New York Post ran the transphobic article “Wedding Crashers” which erroneously describes a trans woman and her cis male partner, Kimah Nelson and Jason Stenson, as a gay couple and how they “duped” the government into giving them a [...]
No Designation is a blog focusing on the political issues of gender and sexual minority communities. This includes discussion of transgender rights and internal community dynamics, as well as discussion of lesbian, gay, bisexual movements, sex-positivity and sexual freedom movements, and the intersections these issues have with other identity politics concerns.
It is written by Tobi Hill-Meyer, who is a writer involved in the organization and function of several LGBTQ organizations and is currently board chair for COLAGE - a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more LGBTQ parents.
Tobi regularly visits campuses to give presenations, workshops and guest lecutres and is available for consulting and speaking engagements.
