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Prospective Terror in the Tropics: a new Brazilian LGBTI holocaust?

It seemed like a brief reprieve.  Many who have been following the current election cycle in Brazil watched with deep apprehension.  Jair Bolsonaro of the “Social Liberal Pary” (PSL) led the October 7, 2018 presidential election by almost 16 percentage points.  But achieving only 46% of the vote, he fell just short of the 50% […]

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Transgender Registries of Souls: the need for archives of resistance

We might have expected this: another murder of a transwoman “of color.”  That’s true for anyone who follows the continuing crescendo of hate and raises a voice against them.  It’s true for all interested journalists and columnists.  It’s so with those who organize for the International Transgender Day of Remembrance.1 Now it’s the murder of […]

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Twitter’s Olive Branch: mitigation of “dehumanizing speech”

HA HA HA HA HA‼! Americans have become a laughing stock, and it’s not just because of Donald Trump whose speech at the United Nations on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, earned open ridicule throughout the General Assembly.1 The world watches America’s descent into a hell of division and vitriol, the likes of which haven’t been […]

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When the Trans Community Seems Royally Messed Up (Because in Many Ways it Is)

I have a confession to make.  Sometimes I want to strangle the trans community, much like Alice in Lewis Carroll’s tale about her journey Through the Looking Glass when she squeezes the Red Queen into a kitten. As much as I may want to strangle the community I intensely love it.  I think you can […]

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Thine Eyes Grow Full of Tender Care: What I Learned About Love

I want to tell you about the heart from my heart.  Does that sound confusing?  Let me explain. There’s not a whole lot I can reference when it comes to reliable sources on love, because, frankly, I can’t trust many of them.  When it comes to love, I’ve had to start from the beginning again […]

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