THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — This would be laughable if it wasn’t for the fact that trans people represent a very vulnerable segment of the population. Fortunately a witness helped the police capture two of them — both Santa Ana,… Read More ›
Month: August 2012
Bonheyo federal VRS fraud case: GUILTY!
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Bridget and Jerome Bonheyo both have reached a plea agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to plead guilty for their part in a scheme to defraud the federal government. They’ve each pleaded guilty to one… Read More ›
Trans woman shot to death in Miami — police lacking leads
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Miami Police say Dewayne “Deja” Jones was shot to death Sunday morning. Neighbors heard gunshots and shouting — including someone yelling “give me your purse!” Jones was killed 7 blocks from where Jones lived, reportedly… Read More ›
U of Louisiana president defends Transgender and LGBT Studies program in face of heavy political opposition
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is refusing to drop its lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies program despite a political firestorm from the right insisting that they do. The university’s president, Joseph Savoie, says… Read More ›
Booted saggy pants-wearing passenger’s lawyer calls CD/transgender passenger “repulsive”
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Airlines don’t have a clear and specific dress code for passengers — the general rule of the thumb airlines use to deny boarding to passengers for supposed dress code violation is ‘they’ll know it when… Read More ›
Is this child endangerment? What say you?
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — I witnessed a man, with a broken right arm, operating an adult-sized ATV, using his left hand to operate the throttle (located on the right side) carrying 3 kids, likely all under 6 years old…. Read More ›
Trans man in jail with felony conviction for “forging” his gender on marriage license
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Just bits and pieces here — it does appear trans man Levi Gammons has been in prison for nearly a year on this felony conviction. Apparently his troubles started shortly after the end of his… Read More ›
Transgender model for Toyota — yea or nay?
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Exploitation or savvy marketing? We’ve had this ruckus before. If done wrong, we’re stereotyped. If done right, a heck of a lot of positive publicity for us. This time it’s Toyota. They’re coming out with… Read More ›
Dominos continue to fall: FAA dumps transgender pilot psychological exam policy
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — With the numerous recent legal rulings and policy changes humanizing transgender individuals, we’re setting a tremendous precedent to rid the books of trans-discriminatory policies and rules at all levels of the government. These rules and… Read More ›
Hank Williams Jr: “We’ve got a Muslim president . . .”
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Somehow I don’t think telling 8,500 people at the Iowa State Fair one heck of a whopper using an incendiary topic of like Muslim is entertainment. Maybe at a Rush Limbaugh rally. But at a… Read More ›
Chicago police believe second trans killing not related to earlier killing!
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — How can they not be related? While one was stabbed and another shot, months apart, perhaps by different people, the fact of the matter is this: the killing of trans people are becoming so common… Read More ›
The latest on restructuring at Gallaudet University: new memo from the Provost
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A new memo from Stephen F. Weiner, a Provost at Gallaudet University, addressed to the staff and faculty, is making its way around the internet and I’d thought it post it here in its entirety…. Read More ›
Courtney O’Donnell: Prominent Deaf Civil Rights Organization Thumbs Its Nose at LGBT People a Second Time
The surprise thumbing of the nose at us by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) during their national conference last month amounts to yet another slap in the face for LGBT people. This time, however, we’ve learned three crucial… Read More ›
Courtney O’Donnell: Boy Scouts and Transgender?
If you blinked, you might have missed it in the local news. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) got another very public black eye and this time it was an order from the Oregon Supreme Court for the public release… Read More ›
State investigates bar after owner tells transgender patrons not to return
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Did a supposedly LGBT-friendly bar really kick out their regular transgender patrons? It took a while for all the details to come out, but now after putting the pieces together, I think the bar owner,… Read More ›
The Male Gaze, a constant presence in a trans woman’s life
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — The object of desire. One of the things trans women come to realize somewhere along the transition path is the constant stare from cis males. Also known as the Male Gaze, it is a sort… Read More ›
Upcoming trans study says men in military twice as likely to identify as female
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — I’ve no reason to doubt the claim, especially since the researcher’s earlier papers touched on the same topic. However, the study by George Brown has not been released yet, nor do we even have a… Read More ›
Obamacare bars discrimination against transgender people
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — It is now official policy — any medical entity receiving federal dollars cannot discriminate against trans people. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently stated the Affordable Care Act makes it illegal to… Read More ›
South African trans woman, gay man found dead in same area – hate crime feared
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Neighbors discovered the body of Vuyisa Dayisi, aka “Norizana”, a trans woman living in Duncan Village, South Africa, the morning after they heard a struggle the previous night. They mistook the noise for a racket… Read More ›
Investigation into police beating of Australian trans woman launched
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — New South Wales (Australia) police have begun an internal investigation after four Redfern Local Area Command officers battered and bruised trans woman Indi Edwards in her home earlier this year. Following a call to an… Read More ›
Transgender ‘The Matrix’ director debuts by saying: “Hi, I’m Lana!” in a movie trailer for new Tom Hanks film
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — I know, I know, I’m seemingly taking the low road here by dropping the names of celebrities to attract attention to the transgender cause in general and this article particular, but you know what, it… Read More ›
Illinois trans individuals can change birth certificate without full SRS; Trans Alaskans can change DMV gender marker without SRS
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A court-supervised agreement allows transgender people in Illinois to change birth certificates gender marker without full sex reassignment surgeries provided their physician signs off the vital records affidavit. John Knight of the ACLU: “This agreement… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS 