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Life, Law, Gender

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

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Last Entry: August 14, 2008 at 21:29:19

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...

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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...

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