Video Tells Viewers If Your Wife is Trans Then "Its a MAN?!? Kill IT"

A You tube video called "Its a man?!"  published December 8th 2012 by "JustKiddingNews" channel violates You Tubes community standards by using hate speech towards trans people.



The video uses language witnesses have reported hearing when trans people are murdered. The video is intentionally demeaning and dehumanizing alternately describing the victim, who was beaten by her husband  as a her, it, him and shim.

You tubes Hate speech community guidelines.

•We encourage free speech and defend everyone's right to express unpopular points of view. But we don't permit hate speech (speech which attacks or demeans a group based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, and sexual orientation/gender identity).



One click on the You Tube video BUTTON ABOVE ^ go to the You Tube site look for the little flag just below the video on the right side, click it and report them. Every click adds power to our complaint.

Hate speech directed towards trans people can come under many guises, political, religious and in this case, comedy. It's not funny to us when the last thing we remember hearing before losing consciousness is "Kill IT". Ask me I know.

Monika Kowalska Interviews Transgender Screen Icon Aleshia Brevard

ABC's 2002 video interview below of Aleshia Brevard sets the stage for today's byline: "We've come a long ways baby".

However interesting the ABC's piece is it doesn't delve into the real issues that define our community's experiences or do Aleshia Brevard justice. For the inside story of the first US trans screen star ever, check out Monika Kowalska's amazing blog, My Transgender Heroines.



Aleshia Brevard.com.

Al Jazeera America. How does That Effect LGBT People?

At first I was elated having used Al Jazeera often in posts. The network has proved itself to me for its unbiased worldly reporting. But then a twitter friend told me Al Jazeera is owned by the government of Qatar.

Qatar, a Muslim country living under Sharia law outlaws homosexuality. Transsexuality in the gulf state is problematic at best. As best as I can tell there seems to be a culture of don't ask if you can "pass" in Qatar . However if you are stopped by the police and they decide you don't pass all bets are off.

So does Al Jazeera report about LGBT issues as well as it does other news? Depends if you are viewing the Arabic channel which has no LGBT news or the English channel which has recently begun reporting LRBT stories.

Source: IGLHRC:Al Jazeera English regularly reports on gay issues. In recent months, its coverage included segments about the gruesome murders of close to 100 gay men by al Mahdi Shi'ite militias in Iraq in 2009, the killing of gay youths in a Tel Aviv club last summer, and India's court decision to decriminalize gay sex.

But Al Jazeera's Arabic network "is not interested in covering gay rights issues the way Al Jazeera English does," says Alizadeh. Comparing Al Jazeera Arabic with Al Jazeera English "is like comparing apples and oranges." Al Jazeera Arabic is geared towards a Middle Eastern audience and does not challenge cultural values or orthodox religion, he says.

Al Jazeera America. How does That Affect LGBT People?

Oregon Ruling Now Mandates Equal Transgender Insurance For Residents

SRS here we come! Yeeha! Giteup! Ondelay! We're moving to Oregon Woot W00T!

Wait wait!! Before you hitch up the mule and haul ass to the Beaver State....

You can get the medical care you need if the same or like procedure is provided for cisgender people by the insurer.

The bulletin specifically states that:

Health insurers must provide coverage and cannot deny coverage of treatments for transgender policy holders if the same treatments are covered for other policy holders. If an insurer covers breast reduction surgery to lessen back pain, the insurer could not deny breast reduction surgery for gender transition if the provider deemed the treatment medically necessary. If hormone therapy is covered for other policyholders, it cannot be denied for gender transition if determined to be medically necessary. On the other hand, an insurer could exclude all coverage of breast implants or penile implants. In short, Oregon law requires equality in treatment.

Health insurers may not have riders that categorically exclude all transgender patients.

The statewide mandate for coverage of mental health services must apply to transgender patients.

The designation of male or female may not be relevant to treatment (ie, a person cannot be denied an ovarian cancer screening on the basis that they identify as male).

Provisional equality has it's draw backs in money hungry corporate America. What if the insurer decides that breast reduction will no longer be available for cis woman with back pain?

No SRS for FTM.

What if a insurer decides it will no longer cover penal implants for impotent cis men? You got the picture. No beaver state for me. Whats up with that?

"Laurence Anyways" : provocative, emotionally raw look at transgender issues and love

Source Desert Outlook: "When Fred (short for Frederique) meets Laurence at work in Montreal, she instinctively knows their relationship — whatever it becomes — will be powerfully transformative. She is intrigued by Laurence’s good looks, charm and directness, as anyone would be encountering a potential new love for the first time. But as the flashback scene near the end of “Laurence Anyways” shows, Fred has no idea the extent of how they and their lives will change during the next 10 years."

"It doesn’t even seem clear to Laurence (actor Melvil Poupaud) at the beginning of Xavier Dolan’s refreshingly frank, emotional and stylish film that he’s undergoing a transformation from man to woman. His transgenderism is gradually realized, seeping out during classroom lectures that define “normal” and gender identity and a covetous appreciation of the feminine power exhibited by his female students."

"The movie really takes off after its slow start when Laurence can no longer contain the truth of who he is. It comes rushing out like a waterfall while at a car wash with Fred (actress Suzanne Clement), though the audience doesn’t hear it then. Laurence exclaims, “I’m going to die.” (This is one of a couple times when Dolan–who wrote, directed and edited the film–artfully and unexpectedly uses a deluge to symbolize a torrent of emotion.)" Please read Wordsmith Will Dean's brilliant review of the transgender film "Laurence Anyways" found on the Desert OutLook article "Film fest presents provocative, emotionally raw look at transgender issues and love"

MTPC Back Tracking To Public Accommodations Protections

I have always opposed transgender 'equality' bills without public accommodation provisions. It's the single most important thing in our daily lives. Without it we are subject to arbitrarly being thrown off a plane, out of a restaurant or bathroom because of our gender expression. It follows that a potential employyer would take that into consideration.

I opposed the bill passed in Massachusetts for that reason. Gunner Scott and I have had some bad blood over  that bill and his accepting HRC's seed money post ENDA years ago. But thats history, HRC is changing.  So it's time to back track to public accommodations in Massachusetts, which of course I fully support.

Gov signs transgender rights bill: wwlp.com

More power to MTPC in convincing legislators that trans people are now worthy of the most basic of human rights when months ago we were not. The details of the action day can be found at Glaad  or the MTPC webpage.

Missourians for Equality Novel Approach: Please Vote On Our Rights

Referendum.  The word send chills up the backs of most traditional civil rights advocates. The threat of a popular vote is always a consideration when advancing LGBT rights. It's a tool occasionally used successfully by anti LGBT groups to defeat progress we achieve by city council and legislative means.

Voting on a minority's rights by the majority is problematic at best. If it were not for the discrimination faced by said minority the issue wouldn't have come up in the first place.

Or so we thought. The new kids on the block, Missourians for Equality have received State approval to begin collecting the 105,000 petition signatures needed for a state wide vote in 2014.

I asked Aaron Malin, executive director of Missourians for Equality this morning about this novel approach. Malin explained "We see this a viable method since millions of Missourians are already living under such protections the fear factor has disappeared for them. Our efforts will be much like the recent Maine Marriage vote. Addressing the more contentious subject of transgender protections Arron said "A recent poll indicates 64% favor same sex marriage and we think those same people will support gender identity protections as well."

As for religious organizations potential opposition Arron's group is taking a preemptive approach by asking for enhanced protections for religious freedom as well.

As far as the established Missouri group's non support of the ballot initiative Arron replied " Promo is using a different, incremental path towards equality. They have done much of the groundwork but we don't see this happening in the states legislature. We look to expound on Promo's work for a statewide vote. And if we fail, there is always the more traditional path. In any case we see the vote as a good thing."

Show me Show Me State!


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Video; Russian Duma LGBT Kiss in Met With Violence And Arrests

Гомофобы и полиция попытались сорвать флешмоб против принятия гомофобного закона у здания Государственной Думы. 19 декабря 2012, видео Дмитрия Зыкова для www.grani.ru

Police and homophobes tried to disrupt and FlashMob against homophobic law outside the State Duma. December 19, 2012, Dmitry Zykova for www.grani.ru videos

Arrested at the kiss in was one of my favorite journalists Elena Kostyuchenko who writes for Novaya Gazeta one of the last remaining free press outlets in Putin's Russia.



Read more at Gay Star News

NH AG Issues Opinion: Transwoman Stacie Laughton May Not Run For Office.

Laughton made a huge deal of resigning then stated she was running
again, to fill the seat she had just vacated.

An opinion from New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney issued Monday states that Stacie Laughton may not run to fill the seat she vacated after her past criminal history was revealed earlier this year.

Is this finally over? Laughton says she is planning to remove her name from contention.

I couldn't believe it when Laughton said she was running to fill the seat she hadn't even officially taken. Well, she forced the hand and I just hope this is the end of this mess.
Read more at NPR A.G.: Criminal History Bars Nashua Transgender Woman From Holding Office

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Transgender Is No Longer A Disorder.

Trans Folk Don't believe the headlines. Transgender is still included in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

Nearly every day we see it "Transgender no longer a disorder". That headline has been repeated Ad nauseam in nearly every gay publication until even CNN http://fox8.com/2012/12/27/transgender-no-longer-a-mental-disorder/ is repeating the story, almost word for word.

I have begun to wonder if maybe the people who use our pathologization against us will begin to believe it too, if they read it enough. I'm here to say, we are still patholoigized and no they won't because unlike the trans people who want to believe things are better they want to. They know better than that . As long as we remain in the DSM we will have that chain around our collective necks.

It's a great headline for gay and mainstream media. Its sensational and it lifts the guilt tha gay and lesbians feel for sacrificing us.  We weren't added until homosexuality was removed. Gay people knew there was only one way to advance there agenda and they did it.

 Dysphoria. Granted there's is a slight difference in the dichotomy and if our diagnosis is focused on helping gender dysphoric individuals transition successfully, that an improvement too. But at what cost?

We remain patholigized despite massive protests in Europe and keyboard plunking in the States.

About a half of the 5,000 trans people on the https://www.facebook.com/events/131907566870401/?ref=ts&fref=ts facebook page I begun wanted our complete removal, many of them signing the petition. http://www.change.org/petitions/remove-transgender-from-the-dsm-5 

Many of the remaining folks were happy with the status quo hoping one day there insurance would better cover transition. Many couldn't care less because they self medicate and when and if they opt for SRS, they just get it.

Did those of us who wanted our removal succeed? No, most likely we failed despite my best efforts at getting local people out from behind their keyboards. That was somehow my fault. Not the gay communities. We didn't take to the street at key moments and gain the spotlight as they did twenty years ago.

The facts.

The December first 2012 press release from the APA announced the next bureaucratic step needed to publish the DSM-5 had been taken place by the board voting it's approval.

And the world fell over themselves to announce trans people were no longer listed as "disordered" by in the DSM.

Did I miss something in that press release?

The Message From APA President Dilip Jeste, M.D., on DSM-5 offers no specifics, only justifications and denials regarding the process.

So whats up?

The often quoted Med Page published in May following the last public meeting reports what may not up:

"Gender identity disorder. Individuals who believe their biological gender doesn't match their gender identification will no longer be labeled with a disorder. Instead, if they seek psychiatric treatment, they can be labeled with "gender dysphoria."

The workgroup responsible for dealing with the hot-button issue considered a variety of other approaches, addressed later in this article. Ultimately they settled on a formal diagnosis -- potentially qualifying a patient for insurance-paid treatment if they want it -- but with a less pejorative name than "disorder."

So the name might change but what is the difference between the two words and what does it mean to trans people? The free medical dictionary defines....

Gender Identity Disorder:

"The psychological diagnosis gender identity disorder (GID) is used to describe a male or female that feels a strong identification with the opposite sex and experiences considerable distress because of their actual sex."

Gender Dysphoria:

"unhappiness with one's biological sex or its usual gender role, with the desire for the body and role of the opposite sex.

Not much difference between the two words is there?

Please understand, this is just conjuncture since no further official information available until the DSM-5 is published in May 2013.

But given that one D word is being substituted for another what's the end result?

We remain pathologized by the APA

pa·thol·o·gize

/pəˈTHäləˌjīz/Verb

Regard or treat (someone or something) as psychologically abnormal or unhealthy

Which in my opinion denies us our rightful place among the worlds well adapted productive citizens.

So try as hard as I may I failed, kind of. Who knows. I did give space to those who wanted conversation. But most importantly, those who wanted our total removal from the DSM as well.

But now its just a waiting game. The APA has what it wants, our undivided attention, our money, the guidelines to normality, acceptability and our chances at success in life.

Patrick Bonnett of Omaha Liberty Project Busted. Religious Rights Are Protected.

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The amendment to Omaha's anti-discrimination ordinance protecting LGBT people passed in 2012 is under attack by a organization which portends to represent many local churches. The Liberty Project has begun a petition to rescind the new law.

Patrick Bonnett of Omaha Liberty Project told Channel 6 News, "Ordinances like this lead to unintended consequences and those consequences lead to discrimination against religious liberties, religious freedoms of speech, rights of conscience and we oppose that."

Bonnett's real fear is that non religious business owners (where his bread is buttered) will be compelled to place the city's laws above there own fears. Bonnett hopes by misinforming and fear mongering he will persuade enough people to sign the petition and force a public vote on a minorities rights.

Dispelling the lies. Omaha's laws:

The Liberty Project petition tells potential signers that the law now says:

Source: Liberty Project

Rhetorical question: Would the liberty project, religious bookstores or Churches deny me employment if I asked to sweep there floors before this amendment was passed? How about after it's passage?

In case Omaha's Church's don't all ready do discriminate this the ordnance makes it clear that they do have the right to discriminate against me:

Source: Omaha Municipal Codes.

What about jobs other than ministering?

A church's membership obviously would decline so keeping it clean, mowing or shoveling snow would be considered essential to it's religious activity.

Administration and clerical duties would suffer if a godless transgender person like myself were to sabotage it, so of course that position is essential to a churches religious function.

The truth is most LGBT people have a spiritual belief. Many including myself attend a religious gathering and it has always been our practice to insure those religious rights are protected.

I will ask the good people of Omaha to consider this. Transgender people were spoken about three times in the Bible. Once in the old Testament by God, once by Jesus and once by a angel and to see what the Liberty Project for what they really are, hatemongers.

Anonymous to Release All Steubenville "Rape Squad" Info and Child Porno Found In emails

Anonymous Threatens To Release All On Steubenville's Alleged Football Rape Squad If No Apology is Given to Victim by 1/1/2013.

We wouldn't have known there was a rape had it not been for one courageous blogger investigating the crime in spite of a lawsuit to shut her up. She knew it was being ignored by local law enforcement.



Video released January 3rd 2013 by KnightSec shows young men, one wearing a Steubenville tshirt, joking and laughing about the rape of this minor girl.

Anonymous sub-group KnightSec, which has released a preliminary dox outing the identities of other students at Big Red High School who they say dubbed themselves the "rape crew" but are being protected by the teachers and parents in the small town. More people and info will be exposed if those involved don't publicly apologize in the next few days:

KightSec Pastebin:
Greetings Citizens of the world, We are anonymous, We are knightsecc. Around mid-August 2012 a party took place in a small town in Ohio known as Steubenville. At this party are a list of men named in the prelimenary dox below who took part in the kidnapping and rape of a 15 year old girl. This video is to document the proof for the masses. The town of steubenville has been good at keeping this quiet and their star football team protected. Their school website shows how high the football team is held in regards to education with no links to academics what-so-ever. Even the founder of the school website Man o War offers his opinion here, "enough with the hyperbole, how can she be "scarred for life" if she supposedly can't remember anything?" On this fateful night a life was changed forever as a group of the football players of Big Red High School, dubbed themselves "rape crew" and began taking advantage of an underage girl. The girl was sexually assaulted, molested, raped, and drug unconcious from party to party. This is a warning shot to the school faculty, the parents of those involved, and those involved especially. A preliminary dox is being released on some of those involved, while a full size dox of everyone involved including names, social security numbers, addresses, relatives, and phone numbers is being compiled as you watch this video on every single member of the football team, those involved, the coaches, the principle, and more. This dox will be released unless all accused parties come forward by new years day and issue a public apology to the girl and her family. Make no mistake, all you need is a google search engine to realize we are serious in what we do. You can hide no longer, you have attracted the attention of the hive. We will not sit idely by and watch a group of young men who turn to rape as a game or sport get the pass because of athletic ability and small town luck. You now have the world looking directly at you.

michael nodianos,
Cody Saltsman,
Jake Howarth,
Jordan Banks,
Ryan Vodich,
Harold Malone,
John Linn,
Dashon Redman,
Anthony Craig,
Evan Westlake,
Mark Cole,
Malik Richmond,
Trent Mays,

Current principle and faculty, you would be wise not to sheild the guilty.

Op Roll Red Roll. Engaged. January 1st. Expect us.


@Kyanonymous
@doxsex
#knightsec
#oprollredroll

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R E A S O N

VICTIM............. 16-year-old girl

Charged:
Malik Richmond
Trent Mays
Photographed/Video:
Anthony Craig
Evan Westlake
Mark Cole
Made a video play by play and disseminated it.
Michael Nodianos
Ex boyfriend – Reportedly the one that set the victim up for this brutal attack
Cody Saltsman


REASON.............. http://behindtheyellowtape.me/2012/08/31/steubenville-high-school-rape-case/
REASON.............. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/sports/high-school-football-rape-case-unfolds-online-and-divides-steubenville-ohio.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&smid=tw-nytimes&partner=rss&emc=rss&


D O X

TARGET............. Trent Mays
AGE................ 16
Zodiac Sign........ Pisces
HEIGHT............. 5'3"
WEIGHT............. 152
LOCATION........... Steubenville, OH / Bloomingdale, OH
SCHOOL............. Steubenville High School
SPORT.............. FOOTBALL PLAYER
SPORT.............. WRESTLER
MYSPACE............ http://www.myspace.com/tmoney_12
FACEBOOK...........
TWITTER............ @TrentMays_12
LINK............... http://www.rollredroll.com/12.html
LINK............... http://www.flowrestling.org/coverage/247774-59th-Annual-OVAC-Wrestling-Tournament/video/582831-152-lbs-semi-Trent-Mays-Steubenville-vs-Danny-Colby-Wheeling-Park
LINK............... http://www.ncsasports.org/football-recruiting/oh/steubenville/steubenville-high-school/trent-mays


TARGET............. Ma’lik Richmond
AGE................ 16
HEIGHT............. 6'4"
WEIGHT............. 197
ADDRESS............ 1331 Wellesley Ave Steubenville, OH 43952
PHONE.............. 740-283-4919
PHONE.............. 740-282-0866 http://phonereported.com/number/740-282-0866
Caller ID.......... Nathaniel Richmond
Carrier............ AMERITECH OHIO
Phone Type......... Landline
City............... MINGO JUNCTION
State.............. OH
LOCATION........... Steubenville, OH
HOMETOWN........... Chicago, Illinois
SCHOOL............. Steubenville High School
CLASS.............. 2015
SPORT.............. FOOTBALL PLAYER
SPORT.............. Basketbal
MYSPACE............ http://www.myspace.com/118902937
FACEBOOK........... https://www.facebook.com/malik.richmond1
EMAIL.............. m**********n@yahoo.com
PHONE.............. +*******9992
FATHER............. Nathaniel Lee Richmond
DOB................ 09/09/1965
EMAIL.............. naterichmond55@yahoo.com
EMAIL.............. n********6@yahoo.com
FACEBOOK........... https://www.facebook.com/nathaniel.richmond
EMPLOYER........... Grans Goodies
POSITION........... CEO
HIGHSCHOLL......... DuSable High School Class of 1983 Chicago, Il
MOTHER............. Daphaney Mslove Birden-Richmond
MARRIED............ June 15, 1996
LINK............... http://www.berecruited.com/high-schools/ohio/steubenville/steubenville-high-school/boys-basketball
LINK............... http://www.maxpreps.com/athletes/Ba_4n2_sL0S45tseDV6XAA/basketball-winter-11-12/profile-malik-richmond.htm


TARGET............. Michael Colin Nodianos
AGE................ 18
HEIGHT............. 5' 7"
WEIGHT.............
ADDRESS............ 4031 Argonne Ave Steubenville, OH 43952
PHONE.............. 740-266-2179
LOCATION........... Steubenville, OH
ALIAS.............. alias addie_was_here http://imgur.com/JNGhF
Phone.............. 614-266-2179
Address............ 808 Buena Vista Blvd Steubenville, OH 43952
Old Address........ 4031 Argonne Ave Steubenville, OH 43952
MYSPACE............ http://www.myspace.com/290281501
TWITTER............ @Nodidamus
YOUTUBE............ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8AlHrrB11o&feature=youtube_gdata
SCREENCAP.......... http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/641/5203091110.jpg
FATHER.............. Michael J Nodianos
MOTHER.............. Lisa L Nodianos


TARGET.............. Anthony Craig
This Fag "wrestling" pussy footing it:
http://www.flowrestling.org/coverage/238278-58th-annual-ovac-wrestling-tournament-2011/video/434310-damon-outwardmartins-ferryvs-anthony-craig-steubenville


TARGET.............. Evan Westlake
http://www.rollredroll.com/13.html


TARGET.............. Mark Cole


TARGET.............. Cody Saltsman
http://www.rollredroll.com/10.html
AGE................. 17-18
LOCATION............ Steubenville, OH
SCHOOL.............. Steubenville High School
Youtube............. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrw6rbwXmg4RRjAQLeSnlBQ
Google+.............https://plus.google.com/111802047558911127680/posts
Twitter............@cody_saltsman


TARGET.............. Samuel W. Kerr
TITLE............... Juvenile Judge

2012 planetransgender Top 7? Not a Super Star Studded Review. Just Us.

planetransgender 7 top posts for 2012.

Why 7? Because the number 10 is everyone else's TOP POST number. Why 10 anyways, it's too many? And I will tell you how many page views each post got, lets see one of the top 10-ers do that.

1. 6693 pageviews:
Tegan Smith Handcuffed Dragged Off Plane at Dallas Love Field "for being trans" Went viral thanks to you. And thanks to you airlines may reconsider pulling one off us off their planes on account of our trans-ness.

2. 5157 pageviews:
The Alice and Dana L Word Hot Lesbian Sex Scene YouTube Allowed . I thought that post would never be knocked off the poll spot. It was a little bit misleading as it was a love scene and not so much sexual. But I'm a blogger, so hey it's hot love.

3. 3030 pageviews:
RadFem Cathy Brennan, Lawyer, Maliciously OUTS 17 Y.O. Transgender Youth To His High School . Brennan will stop at nothing to prove she was offended by a trans person using the word 'rape' even if it was a unfortunate utterance in jest by a child.

4. 1873 pageviews:
This Pussy Writer Riots Against Putin's Russian Orthodox Inquisition. Before Pussy Riot gained superstar status with sting there were only us, the grass roots humanists blogging about there plight. Now I can't even get on Amnesty International Interactive wall. True anonymity is achieved.

5. 1841 pageviews:
Meteor Drag Queen Performer Paul Ryder: The Transphobia YOU spread HAS tried to Kill Me. A highly controversial post I will do again and again as many times as anyone, even someone from under the umbrella profits and worst yet gloats from enhancing transphobia.

6. 1589 pageviews:
Cathy Brennan's "Sorry about Your Dick". Yes Brennan made the top 7 twice. One thing for sure, Brennan knows how to step on it. Yes Brennan you stepped on your dick twice in 12. Hard. Crushing stomps even.

7. zero views:
Sooo, I only posted 6 so sue me, but you got to get in line. Anyways thats it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your readership. We have made a difference adding 100,000 pageviews this year, many coming from those of us who wish to stay informed but some came from our enemies, and they are impressed so keep coming back. And don't forget, not that I ever said this publicly before, opposing views are welcome. I am not the only one on this planetransgender.

Justice For January! Kill a Trans Woman & Get Bail? Friends Say NO!

Charles Jameson Neel charged with killing Transgender woman January Marie Lapuz may get bail before his trial. Friends of January Marie Lapuz Say NO!

UPDATE: I have searched the web and have not been able to verify this but one of the rally attendees said bail was denied.

Transgender woman January Marie Lapuz from Santiago, Isabela Philippines immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia to escape what has become known as a very transphobic country only to be murdered Sept. 29 at the age of 26.

Bail in Canada can be denied if "detention is necessary for the protection or safety of the public. This includes whether there is a substantial likelihood the accused will commit a further offence or interfere with the administration of justice.

This precisely what frightens the BC trans community. The crime was violent and resulted in the death of January. This was a real woman, live flesh and blood with hopes, dreams and passions as January's Facebook page reveals. Does her murder not equate to that of a cisgender woman?

Persons charged with a criminal offence in Canada have a constitutional right to reasonable bail unless there is some compelling reason to deny it. These reasons can be related to the accused's likelihood to skip bail, or to public danger resulting from the accused being at large. In stark contrast to many other jurisdictions granting a constitutional right to bail, in Canada the accused may even be denied bail because the public confidence in the administration of justice may be disturbed by letting the individual, still legally innocent, go free pending the completion of the trial or passing of sentence (Criminal Code, s. 515 (10)(c)). :Wiki Bail Canada

The Justice for January protest is before this alleged murderers bail hearing is scheduled so if you are in BC you will have a opportunity to demand equality and justice for January.

Justice For January! Kill a Trans Woman & Get Bail? Friends Say NO!

India: Rape Victim Dies, Government 'waiting on reaction' To Act

As the world mourns the death of the young woman brutally assaulted, raped and thrown from a moving bus transgender people worldwide wonder. How will this affect trans people in India? Will the government need a riot to punish the perpetrators? And what about the social climate that not only allows this to happen but punishes the victims as well?

My hope is that this will help awaken India to the root causes that allow a society to ignore rape. India's misogynistic, patriarchal and transphobic society must change. Respect for woman isn't optional, it's necessary if India is serious about stopping this from reoccurring.

The Indian gang rape victim whose assault in New Delhi triggered nationwide protests died of her injuries on Saturday in a Singapore hospital, potentially threatening fresh protests in India where her case is a rallying point for women's rights. The 23-year-old medical student, severely beaten, raped and thrown out of a moving bus in New Delhi two weeks ago, had been flown to Singapore in a critical condition by the Indian government on Thursday for specialist treatment. Al Jazeera's Divya Gopalan reports on the latest from New Delhi.

Did M16 Cross Dressing Spy Gareth Williams Die Of Employer Harassment?

Some things seem too embarrassing to admit. Trans people living authentically will attest that the internal battles we wage with ourselves are multiplied in intensity by social stigmatization.

The pressure to keep our true selves secret comes from many places and if our employer adds to that sentiment it can seem to be too much to deal with.

In 2010 the "MI6 codebreaker Gareth Williams was found naked, locked into a Red North Face sports bag. Most speculated at the time it was a hit.

Most media focus is on his  "pictures of drag queens on his computer and had £20,000-worth of designer women's clothes in his flat along with women’s shoes and wigs".

"He browsed self-bondage websites and sites about claustrophilia - the love of enclosure - on his computers and phone and was looking at fetish websites days before his death."

Friends and family were upset at speculation that Mr Williams may have been gay and speculated that "some agency specialising in the dark arts" was behind his killing.

I wish the mainstream media would stop sensationalizing and ask the question, did Gareth Williams commit suicide to escape the pressures his employer would have undoubtedly brought to bear?

Was this a murder to keep Gareth Williams silent or a suicide?

Kuwait: 16 Woman Await Trial for Being Transgender

قانون صدر في الكويت سنة 2007
يجرّم كل من تشبه أو لبس لباس الجنس الآخر بالسجن سنه وغرامه 1000 KD
بالإضافة إلى الاعتداءات والتحرشات الجنسية التي يتعرض لها هؤلاء المساجين والتعسف بالاحكام

"2007 Law issued in Kuwait in criminalizes both resemble or wearing clothing of the opposite sex year in prison and a fine of 1000 KD.
In addition to assault and sexual harassment suffered by these prisoners and abuse verdicts."

They hunt us down for fun. Imagine yourself on the way to the market and blue lights suddenly pulsate behind you. Pulling over you your heart stops as the police quickly open your door and throw you against your car.

I haven't done anything wrong you shout as a fist smashes into you. You are being assaulted, imprisoned for the crime of being transgender in Kuwait. But the worst is yet to come. Rape. Torture. Being sold into slavery.



16 people are being held in Kuwait jails some for nothing more than having soft skin or a feminine voice. Most of the detainees have been arrested for ‘Imitating the Opposite Sex’, a ambiguous law which gives Orwellian power of arrest to law enforcement explaining why some of the detainees claims that that they were  arrested while dressed as a man and latter forced to put on women's clothing.

This is the country that we "liberated" with American lives?

Read the Human Rights Watch report Kuwait: End Police Abuses Against Transgender Women

Teaching Channel Video: How To - Pregnant Man

Published Dec. 23rd on You tube by the Teaching Channel.



We are queer, we are here. We are your mothers and fathers. Our roles in family will not be determined by religion, goverment or society, have never been, will never be.

H/T @OurTransLives for the Barbara Walters video found on Trans Lives Matters Daily

Why Wait He's Here A Christmas Message

Good Morning lovely family.

It's Christmas eve and for the first time in my life I will actually celebrate the Christ child's birthday.

It's been a rough rocky road to get 'here' and although this is not by any means my final 'destination' it beats the hell out of were I was at this time before.

And I have you to thank. I cherish every visit to this humble blog. You lift us up when you come here, raising our voices for equal treatment as humans. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

But none of this would have been possible for me if not for the Christ. I see her looking at me now, smiling admonishing me for saying hell in a post about her. She's there in our lives if only we take the time to witness her miracles. Sadly, many don't and it amazes me that they don't see what I do.

They are the ones who we know so well, hate blinders in placed.

If you are black, yellow, green white, cisgender or trans, tall, thin, man, gay, woman or gender queer there's one thing we know. God loves you. Jesus Loves You. The holy spirit surrounds you.

I love you my transgender family. Merry Christmas.

Kelli Anne Busey