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Denise's musings about life in law school, transgender issues, and other odds and ends

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Ism's and Phobias, oh my

Posted on August 14, 2008
Every fiber in my being, every cell of intellect I am fortunate to possess tells me that I should consider the source and dismiss this out of hand and by no means allow my own feelings to be hurt by...

Rethinking Sexism: How Trans Women Challenge Feminism

Posted on August 10, 2008
It's been a long time since I wrote a blog post. And, I guess if I'm honest here, I'm not writing one now. I don't know when, or if, I'll ever blog regularly again. But, that's not the point of...

Happy Birthday, Jami!

Posted on June 20, 2008
Today is my very dear friend's 60th birthday. 60. Can you believe that shit? Wow. I mean 60. I thought it was a big deal when I turned 50 (ONLY 3 years ago!) but she is SIXTY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAMI!...

I DO!

Posted on June 16, 2008
Congratulations to the people of the State of California on this historic day! How cool is it that Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin get to be at the head of the line? 55 years together. In their 80s. Legally married....

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Happy Father's Day!!

Posted on June 15, 2008
Today is a special day for me! It's Father's day! I am -- as nearly anyone who knows me surely understands -- unabashedly proud of my three daughters, and I (often) bore people as I regale them with stories of...

Obama for President!

Posted on June 03, 2008
Barack Obama sealed up the nomination tonight. I am inspired by him and excited about the possiblity of seeing him in the White House. Now, I just have to figure out how I can best support his candidacy and get...

PRIDE!

Posted on June 02, 2008
Yesterday was June 1, the beginning of Pride month here in the U.S. and the day of Motor City Pride held each year in Ferndale (and sponsored by Triangle Foundation). Rainbow Law Center had it's first booth at Motor City...

Recruiting Transgenders for Law School!

Posted on May 27, 2008
Mary and I are leaving for Florida again tomorrow, for 3 days. I was asked some months ago to speak before the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) on the subject "Best Practices in Recruiting Transgender Law Students". LSAC is a...

How do I love thee?

Posted on May 26, 2008
You all know I'm a veteran. I'm proud of my service. I consider myself a patriot (this in apparent direct contradiction to my belief that nationalism is a crime most heinous). But, I abhor war. I believe, sincerely, that there...

Marriage Equality in California!

Posted on May 15, 2008
Rainbow Law Center joins the rest of the country who values fairness and equality in applauding the decision of the California Supreme Court today in the "In re: Marriage Cases" when it said: "Our state now recognizes that an individual's...

Since you've been gone

Posted on May 09, 2008
Sunday, Mother's Day, is the 1 year anniversary of my mother's death. I still miss her every single day. Mary and I went to a concert by Cheryl Wheeler at the Ark in Ann Arbor a few weeks back and...

Our elected officials

Posted on March 13, 2008
Perhaps you think this post is about the scandalous Eliot Spitzer. No. He is simply another liar and a cheat whose crimes hurt mostly himself and his immediate family. No, here I speak about the Oklahoma state rep who gave...

Do you think I'm in the wrong business?

Posted on March 12, 2008
Stolen from GM at Lobal Warming. As she said, I'm not in Spitzer's league, however...

Gun Control, the Pink Pistols, and the Supremes

Posted on March 09, 2008
I just came across this WaPo story about a case currently in front of the US Supreme Court. For the first time in over 70 years the Supremes will decide a case grounded in the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution....

Birthday presents

Posted on March 08, 2008
I am the luckiest person I know. I am going take a small tangent here and elaborate on that. My Girl asserts that she is the luckiest, by virtue of her having found me. I'll grant you that she's lucky....

Travel Month

Posted on March 05, 2008
March is a travel month for me. I fly to Washington, D.C. today to take part in a two-day training and Lobby Day for the Servicemembers' Legal Defense Network in the ongoing effort to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell. That...

As good as cash! (?)

Posted on March 01, 2008
One of the unexpected perks of this new law practice (can you believe it's almost a year old now?), is that people actually appreciate what we do. Since we began, we lost one case that we believe we should have...

Celebration of Life

Posted on February 26, 2008
We had Theresa's "celebration of life" yesterday. I was simultaneously moved and annoyed by it. There were two groups of people there -- her blood relatives and her lesbian community of friends. I would guess that there was about an...

Goodbye, Dear Theresa

Posted on February 23, 2008
And just like that, she's gone. I miss her already. Monday is the memorial service. Now, we have to care for her partner. How do you console someone who's just lost her life partner?Life is too damn short.

To kill a Trannie - Part II

Posted on February 23, 2008
As if I weren't already sick of death. The week before Creating Change here in Detroit one of our local television stations reported the murder of a "Cross-dressing prostitute", with a subtitle of "Man dressed as a woman found dead"....

I am so tired of death

Posted on February 23, 2008
Most of you know me as a very optimistic person. I laugh easily and often; I love life. But, for what seems like an eternity now I have thought about death and what's on the other side of it. I...

Gay and Married -- in New York

Posted on February 20, 2008
Jami posted a question in comments about a ruling from New York state's highest court that said (unanimously) that the state must recognize marriages between same-sex couples performed in jurisdictions -- specifically Canada -- where it's legal. She referenced this...

To kill a Trannie

Posted on February 19, 2008
This article showed up in my inbox; I'm afraid I don't know where it was originally published, so I don't have a link: How to kill a transperson February 15th, 2008 By Ceridwen Troy On Saturday, Sanesha Stewart, a transwoman...

Creating Change and the City of Detroit

Posted on February 07, 2008
As my Girl and I prepare to attend the 20th anniversary of Creating Change to be held in Detroit this week, it is with great excitement that we read the following announcement from Triangle Foundation (full disclosure, I was just...

Happy -- Holidays, Christmas, New Year, Anniversary!

Posted on December 29, 2007
Warning: Long, catch-up post follows... Nope...not dead. I apologize to anyone who has been checking my blog only to find it not updated for these past 3 weeks. It's just that life has been crazy busy -- in a good...

Middle of Hanukkah -- a late Christmas tree

Posted on December 08, 2007
We now have our house all decorated for the holidays (we have no religious paraphernalia (except a random angel ornament) in our decorations. This is a completely secular holiday to us). My Girl has a tremendous stash of holiday decorations...

To think I'd let my daughters fly on this airline...

Posted on December 06, 2007
Spirit Airlines claims this ad was an innocent mistake. I might (but probably not) believe them if they could identify the island chain by name and exact location. By the way, I had to Google the term MILF to find...

Which way to go?

Posted on December 05, 2007
I recently represented a young (18) trans-woman who wished to change her first name to something that seemed to her to be more feminine. The judge initially denied her request (asserting that it seemed to him she was changing it...

Comments

Posted on November 29, 2007
When I quit blogging (so I was only gone 9 months -- did you miss me?) I decided to turn on the feature that requires comments be moderated. I'd never done this before, but I began to get so many...

A nice break

Posted on November 28, 2007
Today is Wednesday. The fact that it is Wednesday is important only to illustrate how nice our Thanksgiving break was. We quit work last Wednesday afternoon when I headed to the airport to pick up my two youngest daughters (that...

You've still got a little "man" in you...

Posted on November 25, 2007
One of the things I hate about telling people I'm transgender is that they seem to automatically then assume that every characteristic or trait that I have that does not conform to a stereotypical female is because I'm transgender. For...

Obviously...

Posted on November 25, 2007
Random posting has begun. I may (or may not) post more often. We'll see. Posts here will probably be largely about being transgender, lesbian, generally queer-related, or other political commentary. I maintain a blog over at Rainbow Law Center for...

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Posted on November 19, 2007
November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this date and its significance, I urge you to check out the Remembering Our Dead website. Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was first held to...

Superheroes

Posted on November 14, 2007
Your results: You are Spider-Man Spider-Man 95% Superman 80% Supergirl 67% Wonder Woman 67% The Flash 65% Batman 55% Hulk 55% Robin 54% Green Lantern 35% Iron Man 35% Catwoman 25% You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have...

Veteran's Day 2007

Posted on November 11, 2007
I've written before about my feelings toward Veteran's Day and my honoring of veterans. I've also written before about my feelings toward Don't Ask, Don't Tell (long-time readers may even recall that I worked for the ServiceMembers Legal Defense Network...

Mixed Emotions

Posted on November 08, 2007
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) passed the House of Representatives yesterday, by a largely partisan vote of 235-184. The Act, which protects workers from job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, passed without the transgender inclusive language which would...

Letter to the Editor - DADT

Posted on November 01, 2007
The following is a letter I just submitted to both our local newspaper and Detroit's Free Press. In additon, I plan to march in our local parade, wearing my rainbow colors and carrying a placard calling for the end of...

Do you care? If so, please take action

Posted on October 21, 2007
Why 'Gender Identity? in ENDA matters to me Of all the nouns that can be used to describe me ? including woman, attorney, spouse, parent, homeowner, business owner ? it is often the noun ?transgender? that sticks with people. And,...

United ENDA

Posted on October 06, 2007
As a member of the board for the Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project (WRAP), I was proud to sign onto the following press release (I might have had a hand in writing it): WRAP Opposes Stripped-down Version of ENDA The Washtenaw...

Gender Identity or Expression at the University of Michigan

Posted on September 20, 2007
Well, after years of effort and pressure, it looks like the Regents of the University of Michigan will vote today to finally amend the University?s bylaws to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression (see President Mary...

Rest, my Mom

Posted on May 11, 2007
November 19, 1931 -- May 11, 2007 10:46 AM She held me at the moment of my birth. Today, I held her at the moment of her death. The last words she heard on this earth was Augie and me...

I passed

Posted on May 05, 2007
Pardon the interruption to my hiatus, but I had to post this for all those who went through this with me:

It's Time

Posted on April 08, 2007
My wish for you: Peace, love, compassion and forgiveness. I started this blog 3 years ago this month. I've written 700 posts since I made the transition from AOL (my first blog post is here) and I've had over 2,300...

And WE'RE Immoral?!

Posted on April 02, 2007
I was unable to attend this year's Servicemembers Legal Defense Network annual dinner due to my mom's illness. However, I wanted to see what happened so I hopped on over to SLDN's blog and followed a link back to Pam's...

Poll - AFA style

Posted on April 01, 2007
I haven't posted a poll in a while; and this is the first ever American Family Association poll I've ever posted, so I thought now was the time to correct those oversights. :) Click here to take the poll. Results...

Worldwide travel

Posted on March 27, 2007
Courtesy of She Says. Wow. I have a LOT of traveling to do!

Ignorance wins the day

Posted on March 24, 2007
My Girl and I stayed up last night and watched the Largo City Commission's sham proceedings as they pretended to give Steve Stanton his day in court. Karen Doering of the NCLR made her case and made it well; Steve...

Good luck, Steve Stanton!

Posted on March 23, 2007
Like everyone else, I've been following Steve Stanton's case in Largo. For me, the case holds a bit of extra significance as I used to own a home in Largo and I used to work for a company with a...

Trip Report

Posted on March 18, 2007
So much to report, so little time and space. After 15 days and nights away from home (and away from a high speed internet connection; I'm so spoiled and addicted) we're home. It has been an extraordinarily trying and emotional...

Comments, comments! It's my birthday for cryin' out loud!

Posted on March 07, 2007
This post is a blatant call for comments. Please! I need comments to validate my existence here. Are you listening? ::grin:: Today, I am 52. Yesterday, I was 50. The day before that I started law school and the day...