A place for gender diverse youth and families.
Its been a while since I have been really excited about a new internet thing, but this one takes the cake for me! With my youth work I find often that parents are not educated on Sex-Ed and/or are not willing to have a honest conversation with their children, or the youth are so not…
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A much needed win with all the hits we have been taking from the far right! Before you ask, the first state to do so was California! Only 48 states to go! “New Jersey has become the second state in the nation after California to adopt a law that requires schools to teach about LGBT history in…
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While the subject content of the article is a “duh” to most of us, this one is backed up with numbers from actual studies. So its a good reference when you are trying to prove what we consider the obvious, to others! “The alarming CDC data revealed that 27 percent of transgender and gender-nonconforming…
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NOVEMBER 29, 2016 https://www.amandajetteknox.com/blog/2016/11/29/learn-with-us-or-dont-show-up-at-all Hi there. I’m the mother of a transgender child and the spouse of a transgender woman. I choose to share parts of our family’s story because it gives people an inside look into what it’s like to learn someone you love is trans (or, in my case, two someones), support them through transition,…
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Steller: Transgender cyclist’s win in Tucson was fairer than it seemed Tim Steller Arizona Daily Star Updated 5 hrs ago A lot of people reacted the same way when they heard a transgender woman won this year’s El Tour de Tucson. “That’s not fair!” I felt similarly. I have nothing but sympathy for people whose…
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The Tucson Police Department (TPD) is starting a new program called Safe Place, where members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community can go if they’ve been the victim of a hate crime or fear they might become one. TPD is looking for businesses to sign up and agree to let people stay…
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Yesterday the Supreme Court announced that it will review Gavin Grimm’s case involving his school’s policy to bar him from the boys’ restroom because he is transgender. This means that the nation’s high Court will hear argument about the rights of transgender people under federal law during the Court’s February sitting beginning February 21, 2017 and…
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