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Nov

19

Needle in a Haystack

I was searching online last night for a bar or nightlife in Manhattan that welcomed t-girls, and came across an interesting, but I guess not altogether surprising, phenomenon:

There is pretty well no way to search for anything tgirl without getting utterly mucked up and mired in pornography and prostitution. The search engines have so much of that crap tied to tgirl, or any synonym, that a search is pretty much useless.

The same, incidentally, is true of blogs.

The vast majority of so-called tgirl blogs are simply ads for porn sites.

Is this an indication of something wrong with us? Or what?

Nov

11

Not All Fun and Games – Lest We Forget

We often take our liberties for granted, especially those of us who live where tolerance is common and sensitivity is expected.

But there is a time to reflect on the price that people have paid in places where differences are justification for oppression, or in times that were not so enlightened as these.

Exhibit #1 Memorializing 2011

Memorializing 2011 lists trans people murdered around the world.

I am struck by the fact that these people died simply for doing what I do any time I feel like it with nary a second thought.

Not unnoticed, at least by me, is the marked preference among assailants for the intimate personal touch of killing imparted by the use of a knife rather than a gun.

Nov

10

Remembrance

Politics and Opinion / Transgender Life Posted by JanieB / 0 comments

We in Canada are proud to say that in our nation’s capital, during the weekend of Transgender Remembrance Day (November 18 – 20), there will be a flag raising at the Ottawa Police Headquarters, honoring the trans community specifically.

It is ground-breaking to be recognized on our own, outside of the GLBT umbrella, of which we seem so often to be a marginal part.

Further significance attaches to the fact that it is the police that are doing this for us, despite the mistrust of many in the trans community of the police.

Nov

07

HalloWhat?

Sexuality and Fantasy / Transgender Life Posted by JanieB / 2 comments

Gabriela is a friend of mine, whom I have gotten to know through exchanging comments here and on flickr. She is smart and sexy and, of course, has experiences and perspectives to offer that are somewhat different from my own. I enjoyed reading about her experience on Halloween, and she has kindly agreed to share it with my readers.

For my first night out alone (without my usual female bodyguard) last Halloween I figured it would be a good idea to dress modest, at least by Halloween standards.No high heels, no deep cleavage, not much exposed skin, no drag-queen-like makeup, no XXL-sized boobies. Everything low-key.