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Over the weekend the Denver Post ran a story on Marci Bowers who is expanding her practice to help victims of female circumcision, also known as genital mutilation which can result in a lifetime of complications so painful and horrific I’m not going to list them here.
For those who don’t know in 2003 Bowers took [...]

Can you imagine how terrifying it would be to be pulled over and have your license photo and gender not match your current appearance?  What if you get arrested, what sort of holding cell will you be put in and will you have to fear for your safety?
Wanting to avoid situations like this Colorado Springs [...]

I have a pretty boring and unremarkable style of personal gender expression; I don’t think anyone has looked at my appearance and wondered about my gender. But not everyone is comfortable with the same old predictable gender norms society pushes them towards.  Via PamsHouseBlend comes the experience of two girls in Charlotte:

Harassment and oppression from [...]

My name is Greg Archer. I tell stories. I get out of my own way. Try it—especially the latter.
Click on this link for the latest Man-On-The-Street banter. Or watch the video below.

The film’s website (twospirits.org) sums it up pretty well:
Fred Martinez was nádleehí—someone who possesses a balance of masculine and feminine traits—a special gift according to his traditional Navajo culture. But his determination to express his truest identity tragically cost him his life. At age sixteen, he was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in [...]

I try and avoid posting something without comment but The Onion tends to stand on its own.  This was my favorite quote however:
If you want your child to depict a male dominated profession be vary careful not not to chose one that’s been co-opted by the gay community like a fireman, cop, cowboy… otherwise they’ll [...]

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via PamsHouseBlend

Last Friday the Colorado Civil Rights Commission held a hearing to examine the scope and how to implement a bill the legislature passed last year which extends nondiscrimination protections for trans folk in regards to public accommodation.
Today the Denver Post editorial board issued an editorial supporting protection for trans Coloradans:
It’s difficult for the average person [...]

Update: Myspace has pulled the profile.  Good job folks.

This sick page appears to have been written by the brother of killer Allen Ray Andrade and contains some disgusting and shameful trans-bashing:
People THINK that they know my brother based on the ONE mistake that he made last year. Well, you don’t. See, he’s a BROTHER, SON, [...]

Examiner.com is a Denver news/blog/info site which pays local experts to write regular blogs on their subjects of expertise.  Examples include a Denver Fashion News Examiner, Denver Coffeehouse Examiner, and a Denver Old Homes and Neighborhoods Examiner…
Congrats to Matt Kailey on becoming Denver Transgender Issues Examiner! His main page with all his posts can [...]