The Gifts of the Dying: Finding the Elusive Resolution

Lynnea Urania Stuart   How he began his class left some of his students feeling “weirded out” as some of them said.  As soon as he settled the issues of attendance and petitions for admission he rose up from his seat, saying, “This morning I talked to the Ocean.  I asked what I should teach […]

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Conservative Disgrace: Old Innuendos in Trump’s Transgender Ban

By Lynnea Urania Stuart This “President” offered no new arguments.  Congress knows it.  So does much of the United States.  What a significant number of Americans don’t realize is how old and disproven those arguments really are pertaining to transgender military service and their medical coverage.  In fact they had been visited in government over 15 […]

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The Dominionist Collapse: When Transpeople Face Theocracy

Lynnea Urania Stuart   It’s reactive and reductive, embraced by braggart and bigot; and it’s running away with the standard of Conservatism.  Its survival depends upon innuendo more than logic despite the fact that some highly educated people work from the heart of the movement.  Dominionism burst upon Congress in the likes of people like […]

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The Curious Case of the Philadelphia Pride Flag

by Micah J. Fleck In June, the city of Philadelphia raised a new LGBT pride flag featuring two new colors (black and brown) in order to recognize and highlight a particular subgroup in the broader LGBT community: gay and trans people of color. The initiative behind this addition, More Color More Pride, is led by black queer activist […]

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Blessing the Children: Yes, It’s for Transpeople Too.

Lynnea Urania Stuart You can see the difference in their eyes.  It’s something children don’t understand.  But they feel it.  Adults usually don’t understand it either.  Blessing children can be a cathartic exercise for us.  It’s especially so for us who are trans.  In fact it’s a tradition practiced by transwomen traceable over thousands of […]

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