LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Historically, doctors delivering babies could not always correctly determine the gender of newborns they delivered by just looking, resulting in tragic consequences for perhaps hundreds of thousands of people. Miami-Dade corrections officials, however felt… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — I had an opportunity to observe an 8-year historical record of commentary on Obama’s presidency and another featuring running commentary on sites devoted to an activity/profession that is quite often beyond the reach of… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — I had an opportunity to look at a new transgender care article for pharmacists to be published this January in the medical journal The American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. It urges pharmacists to educate… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Anyone can create a “medical” (or “professional”) organization. All it takes is a website and the creation of a legit-sounding name. People do this all the time to either oppose or support a pet… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATE – August 8, 2016. Anyone knowing of the customers (paper mills, lumber mills, bark dust, etc.) of Pacific Fibre Product and Lemmons Trucking, please post in the comments section. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A photo… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — A Portland, Oregon man who pulled out a gun screaming “everybody get the hell back!” during a Black Lives Matter/Don’t Shoot PDX protest last month, was charged this week with 10 counts of unlawful… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — A cis woman (a woman who was born a female) at a Los Angeles area fitness center took photo of a naked woman and posted it on the internet. Had this been a trans… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — For likely the 7th time since TDOR 2015, a murderer of trans people has been sent to prison. The latest: Josh Vallum was sentenced by a judge in George County Circuit Court, Mississippi, to… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS – This is certainly one of the more bizarro incidents to cross my desk. Here we have representative of a company, who as far I know, did not engage in any prior transphobic activities or… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — And that’s a conservative estimate. Previous numbers ran from 500,000 to 700,000 or up to 0.3 percent of the population. Now it’s 0.6, or nearly 1 trans person per 140 people. This according to… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The now-retired Columbus, Ohio Fire Captain and Pride Grand Marshall, rode the Transgender Youth float during the parade and was honored with the 2016 Stonewall Columbus Grand Marshal Award afterwards. The award was presented to… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — A man arrested a few days after the murder of a Philadelphia trans woman just over a year ago has pleaded guilty. Raheam Felton was sentenced to 22 to 44 years for the murder… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Who is tired of debates with gun nuts? I know I am. But here’s the thing, you don’t have to debate them. Heck, you don’t even have to listen to them. Use your thoughts… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATE – June 12, 2016. Target bathroom explosion is the result of drug use – not trans issues. From an Evanston Police Dept. press release: “Through the course of their investigation, it was determined… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Fifteen-year-old trans youth Jazz Jennings, no stranger to this space or the trans community, was invited to participate in the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists’ annual meeting which included a symposium titled: “Transgender Medicine:… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Lest you think I’m hyping up the headline, let remind you trans people have been killed over lessor things than bathroom usage — and usually by people that don’t command a large audience as… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — No one will disagree that fallout from Bathroom Bills impacts all trans people one way or another, no matter where they live — even if it’s in a relatively safer part of the country,… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Update – May 19, 2016. Name of security guard released. From The Washington Post: Police charged the guard, Francine Bernice Jones, 45, of the District, with one count of simple assault, a misdemeanor. She… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — President Barack Obama: “I think it’s part of our obligation as a society to make sure everybody is treated fairly and our kids are all loved and protected.“ Last week’s sweeping transgender equality order… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The North Carolina anti-transgender ‘Bathroom Bill’ saga has suddenly turned into a television legal drama miniseries. The actual drama unfolding in NC however, requires a suspension of disbelief previously unseen in a TV script…. Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — In what one report described as unprecedented, the Oregon Department of Education this week released liberal trans protection guidelines for educators of transgender students in the state. From the Oregon Dept. of Ed. trans student… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Unprovoked attacks on trans people on subways are sadly, rather commonplace. I’ve already written about a handful in this very space, including one earlier this year. But this one stands out. One that I… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Update May 5, 2016. Alabama town rescinds trans-hate ordinance after the ACLU and SPLC threaten a lawsuit. From The New Civil Rights Movement: “From the The City Council of Oxford, Alabama has just rescinded… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — That’s right, a simple face-to-face conversation with a stranger will have a far more lasting positive impact, even if the stranger is exposed to fear mongering by opponents. In addition, the person conducting the… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — in 2007, a Los Angeles trans woman visiting Iowa found herself arrested for “trespassing” after using a courthouse’s women’s bathroom. The hiring of an attorney resulted in Alexandra Distance Everheart Wilson getting a letter of apology… Read More ›
