random queer things to enjoy amid rain, repairs and taxes
It’s Friday night. It almost feels like spring, which would be great if it weren’t so rainy. Happily, the weekend promises to be a full one - kicking off with a day of trans-related workshops at the Trans Day of Pride. ‘Cause, y’know, what better way to recover from a weekend of workshops in Minneapolis than by plunging into a full day of workshops in Montreal?
I’ve got a couple of random interesting things for ya today, before I sign off and head out for a night on the town… or at least, an evening on the town before I come back home and work on my taxes. (Bitch, moan, complain…)
First of all, tonight, there’s supposed to be a piece on TV at 10:00 on ABC’s 20/20 about transsexuality in young children. As a committed non-television-watcher (with a broken DVD player to boot - I guess my, uh, work on last week’s dyke porn review wore it out), I will not be taking it in, but if anyone watches it, let me know if it’s any good, ya? Mainstream news seems to alternately butcher and glorify trans issues, so it’s never sure what tack they’ll take.
On another note - random, I warned you! - My friend C, a lawyerly type, sent me the following notice. I’m more well-connected in the realm of baristas (yay for five-dollar hot chocolates!) than in that of barristers, but perhaps you know a hotshot queer lawyer who’s fighting the good fight… in which case, nominate away!
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SOGIC Hero and Ally Awards – Call for Nominations
SOGIC, the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference of the Canadian Bar Association, is seeking nominations for this year’s Hero and Ally Awards. The SOGIC awards are designed to recognize excellence within the Canadian legal profession in advancing the cause of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and two-spirited (LGBT) people. This year the Hero Award will be presented to a male recipient and the Ally Award to a female recipient. Nominations close May 15. Awards will be presented on August 14th at the CLC Touchstone Reception in Calgary. Award details here.
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I’m off to brave the rain, procrastinate on my taxes, and drop my DVD player off at the shop on the way to my usual(-ish) Friday night stomping grounds, le Village gai.
Really, I’m not nearly as grumpy as this post makes me sound. I swear. See, I’ll prove it: clothing makes me happy, and tonight I will be wearing my latest gratuitous purchase - a new tie, added to the already excessive collection that seems to grow every time I go through an airport with an hour to kill. I’m grinning already. La vie est belle!
April 28th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
I watched the 20/20 special.
I didn’t think they did a very good job explaining the difference between wanting to be the other sex and being the other sex.
I didn’t like how they suggested that liking pink not blue, liking to wear dresses, liking girl toys, and liking tradional girl activities somehow made you a girl and not a boy. I mean lots of men (gay and straight) like girly things.
No Surprise that B. Walters did a very good job convincing the viewer that society needs to have compassion for the kids in the show.
The show also did a very good job pointing out how rigid society is in general about gender roles and how anyone who doesnt fit these roles can have great problems fitting in.
In general I would have liked a little more science in the show.
I would say that nothing in the show really changed my mind about anything.
I already believed that there are many individuals who would be/are happier living as the opposite sex as they were born (in terms of there outward biology). However nothing has yet to convince me that if society was just more accepting and kinder in general about people living agaisnt gender norms that transitioning would not be neccesary for anyone which is not to say I would be agaisnt anyone choosing to transition anyways.
I know some people would say that by looking at the brain you can tell if someone is female or male. (The biological male sports writer who just came out as a female uses this fact to proof his case-see saturdays sport page) The problem is anywhere from 5-20% of biological males have female organized brains and vice versa.
Again, I am all for anyone changing if they want to or feel a need to. I am just not sure that any one thing actually makes it necessary except perhaps that society sucks sometimes.
hmmm on the other hand I admit I sometimes like it when people call me Erika. And I honestly believe I would have better luck in love if I had a vagina instead of a penis. So I guess I could be wrong about everything.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:38 am
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