THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — (UPDATE Dec. 19, 2013 — Frances M. Parsons dies: https://lexiecannes.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/gallaudet-university-professor-frances-m-parsons-dies-at-90 I’m not so sure I buy the whole honorary degree thing, BUT, if we are going hand them out, we ought to make sure recipients… Read More ›
Month: September 2012
ACLU appeals judge’s “You can’t change what God gave you” order for transgender name change
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Sounds familiar? That’s because he’s the same Bible quoting, “DNA-expert” Oklahoma judge I wrote about a few weeks ago. The American Civil Liberties Union has stepped in appealing Oklahoma County District Judge Bill Graves’ refusal… Read More ›
Gov. Patrick, it’s not about sex reassignment surgery or the cost . . .
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — I’m not going to speculate on the specific reasons why Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick decided to appeal U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf’s ruling on transgender inmate Michelle’s need for SRS, other than to point out… Read More ›
Boca Raton, Florida prefers trans people discrimination over taking county money
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — That’s what this has boiled down to. The county of Palm Beach, Florida has offered to give the city of Boca Raton $235,000 to upgrade the city’s hazmat emergency response preparedness, providing the city includes… Read More ›
Asylum panel in Denmark apparently reopens trans woman seeking refugee case
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — There is no English news account of the apparent decision by the Danish asylum panel and I’m working from Danish-to-English translations. Apparently there is good news. First the back story from my earlier report: Fernanda… Read More ›
New Hampshire transgender third grader to pee in peace
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — It’s settled. The battle between the parents of a transgender third grader and the Nashua, NH school district over the child’s clothes and restroom use at school has ended with an agreement between the two… Read More ›
Man arrested in NYC McDonald’s knifing of trans woman’s partner
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A Bronx man whose surveillance photo was distributed by NYPD police following a brutal knifing of Jamar McLeod, a man defending his trans woman partner at a NYC McDonald’s, has been arrested. Police identified him… Read More ›
Bar under state investigation for booting group of transgender patrons changes name, format
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A Portland, Oregon bar under state investigation for booting out a group of trans people who met at the bar for 2 years, changed the 50-year old name of the club — the Portsmouth Club,… Read More ›
[UPDATE: Slasher arrested] Trans woman’s boyfriend knifed by McDonald’s customer after she uses restroom
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [UPDATE: See below.] Yup, another vicious attack resulting from a trans person’s use of a public bathroom. This time it was the trans woman’s boyfriend who was knifed by an irate customer at a Greenwich… Read More ›
Indie filmmakers of transgender film say: “We’re toast. We’re done.”
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — I believe I know a thing or two about the film business — it’s brutal. If “competition” causes one to throw up their hands and exclaim “we’re toast, we’re done,” then perhaps they’re not cut… Read More ›
[UPDATE] After death threats from police in home country, trans woman seeks refugee in Denmark
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [UPDATE: See below.] There is no question that trans people in many countries around the world face violence, torture and death — even from the police. In my opinion, requests for asylum to live in… Read More ›
Courtney O’Donnell: Thanks, Sam (Portland, Oregon, Mayor Sam Adams)
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — (I wrote this for Just Out. You can read the entire article on the Just Out site: In Transit: Thanks, Sam ) From behind the scenes during the era of Mayor Vera Katz and later,… Read More ›
Coming to the Sydney Opera House: “Trannie,” an exploit/hate musical-comedy
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — It’s one thing to share a laugh at our expense behind closed doors, but it’s an entirely different ballgame when one creates an entire theater production for the sole purpose of making money by utilizing… Read More ›
Where to pee? New app for transgender people
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Where’s the nearest bathroom we can safely use? That’s THE question we’d like to ask nearly every day when we’re out and about, but we just mumble in silence instead and look for the lessor… Read More ›
Mayor on transgender rights bill: ‘sex perverts will invade women’s showers’
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Fear and hysterics. This is what Maplewood, Missouri, Mayor Jim White used to mark his opposition to a trans and LGBT anti-discrimination bill being considered during a city council meeting. White said: “Under this ordinance… Read More ›
No, Sabrina, she is NOT ‘still a boy!’
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — With the cameras rolling and a TV reporter holding a microphone, rational people keep their mouth shut instead of spilling their ignorance for all to witness. But Vancouver, Washington, bartender Sabrina Brenneise was quick to… Read More ›
Oklahoma judge cites DNA as reason to deny trans people legal gender ID change
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — If Oklahoma District Judge Bill Graves is also a scientist specializing in the study of DNA, he should submit his research to a peer-reviewed medical journal for scrutiny utilizing the scientific method first. Practicing this… Read More ›
Taiwan considering following European and U.S. definition of transgender
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Specifically, the SRS (sex reassignment surgery) surgery requirement to be legally defined as the gender they identify as will be deleted. While this is some ways from becoming law, it does show that the Taiwanese… Read More ›
Tea Party member behind drive to rid transgender people of legal protection in Omaha
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Transgender people in Omaha, Nebraska, are the target of a group called the Omaha Liberty Project. Their goal is to strip the city’s antidiscrimination protection for trans and LGBT residents from the books. They’re attempting… Read More ›
Deeply conservative South Korean population forces cancellation of transgender-themed TV show
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Opponents of the show ran almost hysterical-like ads attacking the program: ‘children will blindly follow in the steps of transgenders’. While there is no way to know if the cancelled talk show “XY That Girl”… Read More ›
Taunts, struggles drives gifted UK trans woman to her death
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Hands down, suicide is among the most difficult thing for me to write about, but it is such a huge elephant silently stumbling around in the trans world, it does no good to any of… Read More ›
Female impersonator sues jail for housing him with females
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Just when you think you’ve seen it all, out comes this. Carla Brenner, who says he is a man, was apparently was wearing female clothing in court when he plead guilty to thief and was… Read More ›
(UPDATE: Lindsay passes away) Artist who drew covers for “The Phantom” comic books is now openly transgender
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATE Oct. 3, 2016: Lindsay Walker takes her life. From the artists publication Chronicle Chamber: “ChronicleChamber has confirmed with a family friend that, after a difficult period in her personal life, Lindsay tragically ended… Read More ›
German court rules health insurance providers must pay for trans women’s breast implants if needed
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — New precedents are being set in favor of transgender people around the world seemingly every day, the latest: Germany’s Federal Social Court ordered a health insurer to pay for a trans woman’s breast implants after… Read More ›