Transgender men and women have double the jobless rate of the general population – and transgender people of color up to four times the national rate – advocates say the hiring is only one step in an uphill battle against the discrimination, stigma and lack of legal protection that hamper their joining the workforce and gaining …
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Let’s take a deep breath
Rachel Dolezal, former NAACP official in Spokane, Wash., went on “Today” — uh, today — and reiterated that she identifies as black. Dolezal’s parents recently went on record to say that the family is (mostly) Caucasian, though their daughter has identified as African American for some time. The Interwebs has gone wild with this in …
Have you seen #MyVanityFairCover?
It’s a wonderful thing that Caitlyn Jenner is getting the conversation going about the trans-community of men transitioning to women, but we should also remember that a significant portion of transgender folks make the same transition without the same resources as Ms. Jenner. And they do not all look like Ms. Jenner, either — nor …
To people who want to slap Caitlyn Jenner with the Bible…
As a review: What did Jesus say about homosexuality? Nothing. So let’s review what Jesus said about transgendered folk: See what I did there? He. Said. Nothing. So we don’t need to judge and our comments aren’t that interesting, are they? Those predictable wing-nuts who cherry-pick Bible verses for a living …
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