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An LGBT Medical Rating System: A response to Washington’s latest decision

By Lynnea Urania Stuart   It’s like another bowl of the seven last plagues, but instead of being poured out by God, it’s poured out by a double-tongued White House.  This week’s executive decision to create a “Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom” within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reads like a […]

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The Coffins: the struggle for human rights amid consolidation of power

By Lynnea Urania Stuart   People called it the “sick man of Europe” before World War I when it was still an Ottoman Empire.1  Despite revival as a constitutional republic under Kamal Atatürk, and a trend toward secular Europeanism, Turkey now has become increasingly isolated from the West, its entry into the European Union in […]

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THE LGBT BELLWETHER: The world watches trans and LGBT rights in Russia and Amerika

By Lynnea Urania Stuart I have a confession to make.  I love Russians.  Really I do.  I even lived with Russians for a month in the former Soviet Union when a group of mine were speaking in public theaters and Russian schools and my time with Russian friends remains some of my fondest memories.  I’ve […]

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Paranoia and Red Herrings: a Look at Anti-Transgender Conspiracy Theory

By Lynnea Urania Stuart   It’s the stuff of great radio.  In fact it’s so great it has done more damage than Orson Well’s Mercury Theater that inflicted national panic in its version of H.G. Well’s War of the Worlds.  It has done more damage because it has contributed to societal divisiveness through sensationalism and […]

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2017: The Year in Review for the Trans Community

By Lynnea Urania Stuart   This year has been a profoundly scary roller coaster for the trans community.  We’ve seen incredible successes, suffered incredible defeats, protested like heck, secured great allies as well as great enemies, and sparked outrage like few can do with greater finesse than transpeople.  Enemies have risen and fallen.  A media-advanced […]

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