Just when you thought science couldn’t get any better, a new article in Nature is about to shake up our ideas of sex and biology.
Contrary to an old view of sexual development, Michael Clinton and his colleagues at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh say in the March 11 Nature, individual chicken cells can maintain their [...]
I have to thank Twitter for educating me about an issue that continues to have an increasing importance in all societies. Although I was hesitant to start a Twitter account in the first place I now admit it has really broadened my horizons!
One area that I have had my awareness raised by Twitter is in [...]
Confused About Which Condom is the Best? – RH Reality Check
Out Candidate Wins Salt Lake City Council Seat! – Gaypolitics.com
What if Jesus Was a Transwoman? – Womanist Musings
Raping Me Softly – The Abortioneers
Dear Justice Sotomayor: What I Want to Know – Words of Choice
Last week the Endocrine Society announced new treatment guidelines for transgender teenagers. The country’s oldest endocrinology organization recommended that transgender youth be given hormone blockers to delay the onset of the physical changes that result from puberty, and that hormone therapy should only be given to teenagers after the age of 16 so that [...]
The House of Representatives will vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in September. During the August recess, it’s really important that we all keep pushing members of the House to pass a fully inclusive HR 3017. According to Jillian Weiss, we need 218 votes to pass ENDA, and we have 205 confirmed [...]
This is part four of my review of The War on Choice by Gloria Feldt. Click here for parts one, two, and three.
Gloria Feldt’s The War on Choice is a wake up call for pro-choice advocates. Feldt painstakingly documents the strategies that the anti-choice movement has used to push their right wing agenda. [...]
Guest blogger Dr. Jillian Weiss has a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Law, Policy & Society. Currently Associate Professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College of New Jersey, she has conducted research involving hundreds of companies and public agencies that have adopted “gender identity” policies. She publishes a popular blog on the subject of [...]
OMG – I’m SOOOO glad it’s Friday. Here’s your hawt links to get the weekend kicked off in style.
A Clean House is a Sign of a Wasted Life – Feminism Online
Homophobia in Rural America – Gay Rights @ Change.org
Trans Hate Crimes Up in 2009 – The Bilerico Project
A Man’s Right to Choose? – Change.org
Randall [...]
The version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that was introduced to Congress this week includes gender identity . . . for now. But if last year’s battle to include gender identity in the bill is instructive, it’s going to be a long, hard fight to make sure that transpeople are included in the final [...]
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