THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — What is this? Open season to unload hate in the name of God? I had to add another pastor to the photo array. Just a few days ago I wrote a post about two pastors… Read More ›
Month: May 2012
[UPDATE] Anti-LGBT Rights Governor to Speak at Prominent Deaf Civil Rights Group’s National Conference
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [UPDATE: The governor announced that he will not be able to speak at the conference.] The following is an article I wrote for The Huffington Post. If you wish, you can read the article directly… Read More ›
[UPDATE] clercjr – VRS Fraud ARCHIVES
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [UPDATE: clercjr aka Dan Foster dies. See below.] Sadly, clercjr, a trustworthy tracker of all federal cases of VRS fraud has decided to end his blog due to health reasons. This comprehensive tracking by clercjr… Read More ›
Up next for new transgender Thai politician — a PhD, and perhaps, member of Parliament
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Newly elected in a Thai provincial election, Yollada ”Nok” Suanyos, or Nok Yonlada, (both names have been used in news reports) by all accounts, is a trans woman on a mission. Propelled to the top… Read More ›
Hatred rears its ugly head after DOJ asks university to accommodate transgender student
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — “Watch out, you ladies at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith: Those feet under the stall next to you might just belong to a 38-year-old man.” starts the article in The Daily Caller, written… Read More ›
Yep, it’s still dangerous to be transgender in America
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — While many of us are already sharply tuned into the current state of being transgender in this country, Gunner Scott, the director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, does a pretty nice job summing it… Read More ›
Expanded housing advocacy project for transgender and LGB homeless launched in St. Louis, MO
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Taking a page from the existing TransHaven Project — an emergency and winter shelter for homeless trans people — the newly launched St. Louis LGBT Shelter and Housing Advocacy Project aims to provide shelter that… Read More ›
Courtney O’Donnell: Why I Did an About-Face and Boarded the Jenna Talackova PR Train
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — (From my article in The Huffington Post:) Transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant Jenna Talackova cracked the top 12 in the final night of the pageant. Although she didn’t win, I was rooting for her… Read More ›
Transgender soccer player scores big against prejudice
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Miranda Salman, knocked out of a sport known for “masculine ethos,” returns again, this time as a woman, and ends up as one of the top players on an all-women soccer team in Mexico. Salman… Read More ›
[UPDATE – Thousands protest pastor] Pastors call for the death of LGBT people
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [UPDATE-Over 1,000 people protest hate pastor. See below.] “Build a great, big, large fence . . . put all the lesbians in there. Do the same thing for the queers and the homosexuals and have… Read More ›
WARNING: Violent “cross-dressing” prostitutes on the loose in Atlanta says NBC’s WXIA 11
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — They have rocks and knives — RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! Geez, talk about irresponsible journalism. If I were to fill in the blanks, We’d have a whole other story here — documented studies of trans… Read More ›
Transgender beauty contestant Jenna Talackova cracks top 12, doesn’t make top 5 – photos
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [UPDATE The Miss Universe Canada pageant is over. She made it to the top 12. Congrats to Jenna. More below.] While Jenna Talackova’s story is familiar to everyone, rivals now are complaining the spotlight is… Read More ›
UK ad watchdog bans “spot the stallions from the mares” TV commercial
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — “Spot the stallions from the mares”? Yes, it is what you think. A television commercial which prompted viewers to spot transgender women in a crowd was banned by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority. The spot… Read More ›
Prison guard transits to female, keeps job at tough male-only prison
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Nearly twenty years on the job and Andrea Roussel decided it was time. It’s difficult to think of another more dangerous workplace to be at while transiting, but Roussel, a former football player and wrestler,… Read More ›
Chloe Sevigny portrays a transgender contract killer in UK’s “Hit & Miss” TV series
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Exploitation? Maybe. But I’m willing to give this series a shot because Sevigny portrays a pre-op trans woman taking hormones. She’s fitted with prosthetic penis to bring a bit of realism to the character and… Read More ›
Brooklyn trans woman dies in suspicious apartment fire
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A passerby saw the flames and banged on doors and everyone in the building got out except Lorena Escalera who was found her bed by firefighters using thermal imaging. She was declared dead at the… Read More ›
[UPDATE] Against Me! transiting frontman follows well-worn transgender path
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [UPDATE – Laura Jane Grace debuts! See below.] Punk rocker Tommy Gabel’s transiting announcement may be new and sudden to many people, but the path Gabel has taken to reach this point is familiar to… Read More ›
Photographs of trans women during Paris’ transgender-outlawed period under Charles de Gaulle to show in NYC exhibition
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — That’s right, it’s news to me, too. In the late 1950s when General Charles de Gaulle ruled France, police arrested and beat trans women for being ‘men dressed as women outside the period of carnival’. That… Read More ›
[UPDATE] Lincoln city council passes trans protection ordinance, CA pro-transgender amendments debated
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [UPDATE – Lincoln city council passes trans protection ordinance. See below.] Just the idea that numerous locales and states are considering trans protection bills or ordinances at the same time is sign that times are… Read More ›
Transgender teen in semi-final for Miss England
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — In a community that is often lacking in upbeat news, I’m embracing the positive impact transgender beauty pageant contestants can have for trans people and their allies in the media. On the heels of Canada’s… Read More ›
Deaf video relay fraud felon Larry Berke dodging jail term
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A federal judge granted convicted felon Larry Berke a THIRD delay in beginning his 2-year prison term. Does Mr. Berke understand that federal prison is not a country club and one doesn’t schedule a visit… Read More ›
U of Arkansas officials stops transgender student from giving lecture to class
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Excuses are a plenty from the University of Arkansas Fort Smith administration, but it does seem the transgender status of student Jennifer Braly has university officials dancing about with contradictory stories. Never mind that Braly… Read More ›
Transgender student-teacher fired for supposed violation of “code of professional conduct”
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A trans student-teacher, a senior at Wilmington College in Ohio, was fired from his job at Hillsboro High School by superintendent Rick Earley for violating the Licensure Code of Professional Conduct for Ohio Educators. (The name… Read More ›
Sex offender status complicates trans woman’s Dallas hospital bathroom usage citation
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A trans woman was cited earlier this week for using the women’s restroom at Dallas’ Parkland hospital. Reports conflict of the actual timing, but at one point Paula Witherspoon showed authorities a note from her… Read More ›
UPDATE: Trans woman CeCe McDonald may soon be released from prison
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — UPDATED Jan. 6, 2014 — CeCe’s release date likely Jan. 13, 2014. See below.) It appears possible that CeCe McDonald may soon be released from prison. While I’ve been unable to track down news media… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS 