The Women’s World Cup: Victory On and Off the Field

With the Women’s World Cup final over a week behind us, it might seems like the US Women’s victory is old news. I, however, am still basking in the afterglow of the event, which I watched on television, like millions … Continue reading

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John Oliver on Transgender Rights

He’s rejected the claim to being the conscience of America (because, really, who would accept that burden?); nevertheless, I’d say that Erectile dysfunction in simple words can be described as the inability to get and maintain erection sufficient for a sexual … Continue reading

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In Celebration of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage

The Paris Gay Pride parade was held on Saturday, June 27, and its route went right in front of my apartment on the Boulevard Saint Michel. Please enjoy these photos in celebration of the narrow victory for sexual justice in … Continue reading

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Caitlyn Jenner: Transitioning in the Limelight

It’s been an exciting couple of years in the world of LGBT rights and visibility. Gays and lesbians especially have seen radical changes in the ways that their/our lives are legislated and represented. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is gone. Part … Continue reading

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“Gender Performance: The TransAdvocate Interviews Judith Butler”

One choice quotation: What is much more important than any of these behaviorist or “moral” approaches are all the stories, poems, and testimonies, the theoretical and political works, that document the struggle to achieve embodied self-determination for individuals and for … Continue reading

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Misrepresented Evidence and Early Genital Normalization Surgery

One of the most urgent and important issues in the treatment of neonates with atypical genitalia (at times referred to as intersex or disorder of sexual development DSD) is the question of genital normalization surgery. For years, medical professionals thought … Continue reading

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Compounding the Harm of Normalizing Treatment of Intersex

Update 3/8/14: Advocates for Informed Choice just posted an annotated video of the segment, and it is fantastic. A recent Nightlight segment featured a promising story of the treatment of individuals born with atypical sex anatomies. It included the story of … Continue reading

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“An Ecological Response to Bullying”

IJFAB Blog editor emeritus Tim R. Johnston on feminism, queer theory, care ethics, the centrality of the concept of affirmation, reasons Sildenafil citrate stood a vital component in levitra lowest price , which acts resourcefully to ease down the impediments of … Continue reading

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Russia’s rough beast slouches on….

I am a native Russian  —  I was born there, spent a lot of my childhood there, began my schooling there.  I speak the language.   I know the culture.  And right now, I am at a loss, somewhere between disgusted, … Continue reading

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On Leelah Alcorn and Neat Narratives

Over the last week or so, the blogosphere has seen a lot of comment about the tragic (and it is tragic) story of Leelah Alcorn. According to most of the Internet versions, this is a story of a child born … Continue reading

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“FDA Panel Endorses Lifetime Ban on Gay Blood Donation, Suggests Gay Men Are Diseased Liars”

I was shocked when I recently learned about the existence of such a ban. As to doubling down on it now, the title of this Slate article pretty much says it all. See also these reflections from Chemicals like retabolil, but levitra … Continue reading

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You won’t believe this one easy trick for doing your part for health care justice for transgender patients!

The Institute of Medicine has long acknowledged that transgender patients have difficulty accessing care due to a combination of stigma and lack of coverage. Want to do something to help trans folk get health care from the insurance plans they … Continue reading

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