LGBTQ* Books You May Want To Read

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman

LGBTQ* Representations in Art, Graphic Novels, and Comics

Artist: Sam Orchard

LGBTQ* Legislature You Should Keep an Eye On:

Senate Bill 1432

(following from AZ Family)

Several weeks after the city of Phoenix voted to extend legal protections to transgender people, a new proposal at the state Capitol could make it a crime for them to go into the bathroom in which they identify. 

The proposal is scheduled for debate Wednesday in the House Committee on Appropriations and would make it a Class 1 misdemeanor for someone to enter a public restroom that is designated for the opposite sex. 

It would be punishable by up to six months in jail and a $2,500 fine. In a hotly debated move last month, the Phoenix City Council voted to give legal protections to transgender people under the city’s anti-discrimination law.

A divided council approved a proposal (5-3), which added gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people from being discriminated against in city contracts, housing, employment, and public restaurants. 

LGBTQ* Petitions Currently Circulating

(From We The People Petition)

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:

Recognize non-binary genders.

Legal documents in the United States only recognize “male” and “female” as genders, leaving anyone who does not identify as one of these two genders with no option. Australia and New Zealand both allow an X in place of an M or an F on passports for this purpose, and the UK recognizes ‘Mx’ (pronounced “Mix”) as a gender-neutral title.

This petition asks the Obama administration to legally recognize genders outside of the male-female binary, and provide an option for these genders on all legal documents and records.

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As of March 18th, 2013, 79,000+ signatures are still needed.

Should you wish to add your signature to this petition, click HERE.

LGBTQ* Webcomics We Continue To Love More and More

Sam, from RoosterTails, continues to inspire us and create comics of solidarity. 

Shout out post to fellow mods still in Virginia(!):

Ryan will be at VaTech on April 4th. -Rebecca

ryansallans:

If you attend Rutgers University - Camden. I will be sharing my transition story and speaking on the topics of sexuality and gender on March 28th from 5 to 7 pm with a meet and greet and book signing after! 

Not a Rutgers-Camden Student? Here is a list of other Universities  I’ll be visiting/speaking at this spring:

• Northwest Missouri State University - March 15
• University of New England - March 27
• Iowa’s Safe School Coalition LGBTQ Youth Conference - April 3
• Virginia Tech - April 4
• University of South Dakota - April 9
• Drake University - April 16
• Equality Forum, Philadelphia - May 2

You can find out more on my website!

LGBTQ* Allies and Individuals We Are Amazed By

Brothers of Phi Alpha Tau at Emerson College

(who have been campaigning to pay for a fellow brother’s top surgery)

Want to contribute? IndieGoGo HERE

Want to know more? Out.com Article HERE

KNOWhomo Friends and Amazing Individuals We Hope You Read About

Personal Post:

Ryan Sallans has been a great confidant and amazing mentor for me over the last 2 years. His book SECOND SON is one I highly recommend to any person of any gender identity. 

I hope you take time to check out Ryan’s page and are lucky enough to hear him speak at some point over the next few years.

-Rebecca

ryansallans:

This spring I will be sharing my transition from female-to-male story along with clinical details related to the transgender community with over 19 institutions and thousands of people. I’ve been doing this work for eight years now and continue to see the demand increase. If your University or institution is looking for a presentation for this fall, please contact me soon. My schedule gets fuller with each year that passes. I promise to inspire, make you laugh….and fill you with hope. http://www.ryansallans.com

LGBTQ* Charts We Wanted To Share

copper-rose:

2 years on T update!

physical changes:

• Hair loss 
• Muscle growth
• More facial hair and body hair growth
• Fat disputation on hips, has no butt..
• Hair.

Other changes:

Mood is hard to say because Of the events that has happened a few months ago. Most days I have anxiety and feel tired other days I feel relaxed and calm, never angry or had raged out.  My appetite is still the same I still eat a lot but doesn’t seem to gain anything from it and is loosing weight.  Face and body acne has gone down A LOT from last year.  Voice still dropping slightly. 

Weight: 108 hight: 5’5 

70mg of T every 10 day.

That’s all I can think of, I will do a better face comparison soon and maybe a voice change video :O   

- Tai