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Book:  Straight talk about Gays in the Work Place by: Liz Winfeld


I was reading this and this paragraph stood out too me much too hard.  Its in Chaper 5 called Meaningul Education and Policy about Gender Idenity.

As I mentioned in Chapter 1, the "T" in LGBT stands for transgender.  In this chaper we will learn why its not precisely correct that transgender people be lumped in with the issues of sexual orentation in the workplace, because being transgendered has nothing more to do with a person's sexual orentation then not being transgender does.  However, there's nothing wrong with transgendered people being aligned with the gay community, even though, to their discredit and my distaste, some gay people think that there is something wrong with this alignment.  These are gay people who think including transgender issues in the fight for civil rights or work place right makes it more difficult for gay people to get what they believe they deserve.  I find it perplexing and ridiculous that people who are fighting for inclusion can try to make it difficult for others to join in that very same fight. 

OMG - isn't that what we are trying to do as Transgendered and Transsexual people - fight for the same rights within the same community?????  Last time I checked.  Yet no one thinks we belong there for whatever reason that is. 

This book is a great book - I would recommened it to anyone to read it.  This chapter was amazing and thats just the first paragraph.

Lets rock on together and get it all done and done the right way for the Queer Community -  Unity for all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hey there everyone!

It's been quite awhile since I've posted in here, but I really need some help/advice/opinion/whatever you can offer.

This is mainly for FTM individuals, and anything you can offer would be so greatly appreciated.

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Laser in Seattle and General Electro Question

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X-posted to transgender, mtf and tgseattle.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a laser place in the Seattle area? I really need to get on the ball about this. Yesterday morning at 7am I woke up to the sound of the apartment fire alarm going off so I threw on my most androgynous clothes and looked down a lot (of course, I was half-asleep since I had gone to bed at 5...) to avoid anyone noticing my unshorn face. That whole embarrassing scene (not that anyone said anything) shocked me into action -- I need to get this done.

Also, I was thinking about combining laser and electro. I have heard that if you do a laser session, wait two weeks and do electro, then it'll work better. However, I am worried about growing my facial hair out enough to do electro while still being able to pass. Is there makeup that will hide my facial hair better while it is long and the redness from laser and electro or do I have to become a reculse? I'm so nervous and lost...

Transcending Boundaries/The Americas’ Conference on Bisexuality

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This fall, Transcending Boundaries: Celebrating the Spectrum of Sexuality, Gender, and Sex will hold its fourth conference for bisexual/pansexual, trans/genderqueer, and intersex people and our allies. We are pleased to announce that this year's conference will be held in conjunction with the 3rd America's Conference on Bisexuality, a biennial conference for bisexuals and those interested in bisexuality from all over North, South, and Central America.

This year’s conference will be held at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel in East Hartford, Connecticut, USA, from November 4 – 6, 2005. For more information, please visit: http://www.transcendingboundaries.org/. Workshop submissions are eagerly accepted through Saturday, September, 10th. For more information, or to download a submission form, please visit: http://www.transcendingboundaries.org/workshops/index.html. Hope to see you at the conference!

Applying for a job on the brink of transition

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