Thoughts from a long-term vegan — Content notes: Weight, suicidal ideation Happy Solstice — Summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, Winter in the Southern — to my readers. For Pride Month, I was recently interviewed by Hope Bohanec for a podcast episode on “Trans Vegan Voices”. Episode 58: Trans Vegan Voices HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! We are celebrating Pride today with two amazing people, Mckenzee Griffler and Pax Ahimsa Gethen…hopefortheanimalspodcast.org

Uniformed officers have no place in our parade. — Happy Pride Month to my fellow queer and trans folks. I’m watching the drama over Mayor London Breed’s stance on police and San Francisco Pride from the sidelines this year, as I left my job at the San Francisco Office of Transgender Initiatives a month ago. For the record, I…

I genuinely want to understand why you stay with an oppressive institution. — Today, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone publicly informed a San Francisco resident that she is no longer entitled to receive Holy Communion. That resident is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, an avowed Catholic and supporter of abortion rights. This announcement was Cordileone’s latest salvo in a war of words the two…

This week, a wave of fear and anger swept across the country when we learned that the U.S. Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade. While the leaked decision is a draft, not final, the right to abortion seems all but certain to be left to individual U.S. states…

The gender binary hurts everyone, but is breaking bones a cure? — Last week, BuzzFeed posted an article that went viral, about men who are shorter than average stature getting surgery to increase their height. The limb-lengthening procedure involves deliberately breaking bones in the patient’s legs. He Was 5'7". After Surgery, He'll Be 5'10". When I first met Scott - not his real name - in early March, he was gently pushing a walker ahead of him. I had gotten…www.buzzfeednews.com

Having a non-binary gender option is great, but I doubt I’ll be switching. — Last week, the United States began offering a third gender option, “X”, on passport applications. This update was announced by the Department of Homeland Security on the Trans Day of Visibility, March 31, as one of a number of planned changes to make air travel easier for trans, non-binary, intersex…

And why I’m done arguing on this point — Every trans advocate has heard a variation on these words, usually delivered with the smug satisfaction of one convinced they’ve made an unassailable argument: “You can’t change your chromosomes. XY=male, XX= female. Period.” These words are frequently used to deny the legitimacy of trans people. They tell us that no…

And why it won’t succeed — Tomorrow Spring arrives in the Northern Hemisphere, but I am not feeling particularly joyful. Along with worries about war and the ongoing pandemic, I’m watching the attacks on trans people by US legislators and other government officials with a growing sense of alarm and dismay. As of March 2022, bills…