LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — [Editor’s note: I normally do not write about crimes committed by trans people, however in this case, relationship difficulties during transition was a major contributing factor in the death, hence it’s newsworthiness.] The 5-year… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Update Feb. 10, 2017: “Laughing at Liberals” host and trans mocker Michael Aaron has been convicted of all 21 felony and misdemeanor charges. From The Oregonian: “Multnomah county Circuit Judge Thomas Ryan found Michael… 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 — 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 — Anchors aweigh! This is a surprising turn of events resulting from Portland Mayor Charlie Hales’ Mississippi travel boycott triggered by that state’s anti-trans/LGBT legislation. The U.S Navy has a new ship named after the… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — In Seattle, Washington, trans woman Lizzi Duff filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court against People’s Bank for denying her service because she sounded like a man over the phone. Although Duff answered… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — A Dallas, Oregon, city councilor condoned violence against trans children earlier this week in a tirade on his personal Facebook page. Micky Garus was upset about federal authorities finding an Illinois school district decision… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Participation hit 2,000 people in the Portland, Oregon Trans March this year according to local media. What stuck me was the difference from 8 or so years ago when a loosely organized transgender march… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Update May 20, 2015. Gov. Brown signs bill into law. It takes effect immediately. From The National Center for Lesbian Rights: “Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed House Bill 2307 into law, making Oregon… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Last week we saw the state of New York require that insurance companies cover gender reassignment surgery or other treatments deemed necessary by doctors of trans residents. In addition, the city of New York… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Earlier today the Oregon Health Plan added transgender coverage to the state Medicaid program following efforts by local trans and LGBT organizations. This builds on the earlier inclusion of pubertal suppression treatment for transgender… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — And in the embracing of their transgender daughter Lynne, the parents, Albert and Leigh, relocated to Portland, Oregon primarily for the resources offered to trans kids in the area. The family’s story is told… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — About a year ago, a Denver Colorado gay bar boot a drag queen after they decided Vito Marzano didn’t meet a “dress code.” The club, Denver Wrangler, caters to gay ‘bears’ and bans exhibition… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Marc Velasquez, sentenced in federal court less than a year ago of defrauding the government out of millions of dollars, has returned to his roots — hucksterism. His latest scam — non-payment of wages… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The saga of Portland, Oregon bar owner Chris Penner ended Saturday after he closed his bar after the seizure of his business accounts by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) to settle… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — George Fox University, a Christian college located in a town just south of Portland, Oregon told a currently enrolled trans student that he would not be able to live with other men on campus… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Trans Mayor Stu Rasmussen of Silverton, Oregon is no stranger to this space. Rasmussen is the nation’s first openly transgender mayor and in 2012, he was re-elected to a fifth term in office. There… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Coincidence, perhaps, but a Oregon business that made national news earlier this year when they refused to bake a cake for a lesbian couple, closed its doors to the public following last week’s state-ordered $400,000… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — I’ve been following this bizarre story since the beginning — the gist: the owner of the bar left a voice mail message for trans patrons telling them not to return. Chris Penner, the owner of… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — At first glance, a Broadway-style musical based loosely on the life of the first openly transgender mayor would seem a bit unusual, but having written about Silverton, Oregon, Mayor Stu Rasmussen a number of times… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon applauded the senate committee’s bi-partisan passage of his trans and LGBT employment non-discrimination bill — more commonly known as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). While Merkley’s bill has ways… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Multnomah County, encompassing the entire city of Portland, Oregon, is the first county in the nation to require gender-neutral, single-occupancy bathrooms in all new county financed construction projects. The county also plans to begin reverting… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber and Delaware Governor Jack Markell each signed into law legislation from their state legislatures giving transgender residents new rights and protections. In Oregon, the surgery requirement was dropped for a legal… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — After an ugly week for trans people in the news, particularly, in newspapers, imagine my surprise when I picked up from my doorstep our local paper and seeing a trans positive story on the front… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Portland, Oregon’s long running LGBT magazine Just Out has ceased publication a second time. The February, 2013 edition was the final issue. Publishers Jonathan Kipp and Eddie Glenn pulled the plug after 9 issues when… Read More ›
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