Watch The Video Interview Where Burgh Vivant Magazine Asked Me if I Was a Lady or a Dame

The lovely folx at Autostraddle dug up archival footage I had almost forgotten. This is the semi-regular post where I ask you for money to support this work. But it’s more palatable with fun historical content especially a video where I describe myself as a dame of blogging. Blogs cost money. I don’t have a […]

Sharon Man Will Go To Trial on Six Charges in the Brutal Murder of Trans Teen Pauly Likens, 14.

Pauly Likens

Content Note: Graphic descriptions of violence, sexual assault, brutal murder of a trans teen. Today, prosecutors in the trial of the murder and dismemberment of 14 year old trans girl Pauly Likens successfully added two charges – Involuntary Deviant Intercourse with a minor and a general homicide charge.  Watkins had been previously charged with murder, […]

Three Weeks Ago, Black Trans Person Kenji Spurgeon, 23, Was Shot to Death in Seattle

Kenji Spurgeon murdered in Seattle

Please note that while we can confirm Kenji identified as trans, there are conflicting reports on whether she identified as a trans person or a trans woman or some other identity. We have opted to use the most neutral language possible to highlight Kenji’s story. We will make updates as they are available. Kenji Spurgeon, […]

Who Runs the World? Cat Ladies? Cat Ladies!

I have seemingly millions of trail camera photos from the colonies and TNR adventures. My cat lady adventures. My misfires. My questionable wardrobe choices. Don’t watch, don’t watch … it will only make your miserable. So yesterday I read that my cousin JD Vance’s 2021sexist and anti-cat comments about Kamala Harris had resurfaced. Have I […]

The Pennsylvania House Passed a Bill Clarifying Marriage Equality a Decade After SCOTUS Ruling, Now Onto the Senate

For years, I have ranted about several facts. Two of them are 1) Pennsylvania legislators have never successfully passed any LGBTQ affirming legislation and 2) they haven’t cleaned up their mess around anti-LGBTQ actions. One such mess is closer than ever to being cleared. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has approved legislation to remove the […]

I Watched Xena: Warrior Princess for the First Time, Seasons 1 and 2

Spoilers for a show that aired 29 years ago. Ahem. Never have I ever watched this titan of lesbian adjacent television before. I don’t know that it was a specific avoidance. Xena: Warrior Princess aired 1995-2001, most of which I was in grad school or starting my social work career. That’s probably why – not […]

Disability Pride Month: Here’s Why You Can’t Fix Me

I was most likely born with a genetic predisposition to mental illness disability. My father has undiagnosed bipolar disorder, my mother unipolar depression. Most of the adults in my family used alcohol to self-medicate. My brother has ADHD which is very adjacent to bipolar. Disability. Disability. Disability. The neglect and abuse of my childhood created […]

But I want you to know, after all these years … honoring my 21st anniversary

The world of queer relationships and queer anniversaries is complicated by the states decades of oppression of our rights to simply create a family with the person we love. For those who came of age after 2015, it may not make much sense. The queer anniversary is a complicated dynamic. We have a lot of […]

Read #TheResearchers Q&A With Arielle Rebekah

The Researchers Investigating Missing, Murdered, Unclaimed, and Unidentified Trans and Queer Neighbors Around the World There is a long history of trans folks being erased after we die. This is especially true for Black, Indigenous, POC, and poor and low-income trans people. We all deserve to be honored for who we were in life, not just remembered […]

Read #TheResearchers Q&A With Noah ‘The Stigma Fighter’

The Researchers Investigating Missing, Murdered, Unclaimed, and Unidentified Trans and Queer Neighbors Around the World Recently, we launched a mini-series exploring the work of tracking and reporting anti-trans violence. You can read the initial post The Researchers: A Closer Look at the Search for Missing and Murdered Trans and Queer People I created a Q&A […]