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Bird of Paradox has moved to www.birdofparadox.net/blog/ 4 Aug 2010 | 08:47 pm
So I’ve had this new blog site for a couple of weeks now and have been trying to get it looking presentable before announcing it. Well, it’s pretty much functional now, although I’m still sorting out...
“Not even a beast would do such things” – one woman’s experience of transphobic violence in Kyrgyzstan 3 Aug 2010 | 11:07 pm
It’s nearly a month since I last wrote about the injustices and danger faced by trans women in Kyrgyzstan and in the meantime, Anna Kirey, Senior Advisor and Board Member at Labrys Kyrgyzstan and I ha...
Some are more equal than others 3 Aug 2010 | 02:46 am
Zöe has a must-read post called simply Equality? over at her blog, in which she takes a look at the changes the Equality Act 2010 (direct link to PDF) will bring and concludes that: It means that the...
Yes, I’m trans. Why is that such a problem for you? 31 Jul 2010 | 11:33 pm
I begin to wonder if the increase in cis people’s awareness of TS/TG people has a downside, in that they’re finally beginning to see us everywhere. Kind of like when someone says, “Ooh, there are load...
Destiny Lauren murder trial: update, 30 July 2010 31 Jul 2010 | 01:35 am
Camden New Journal carries an update on the trial of the cis man Leon Fyle, accused of the murder of Destiny Lauren. I’ll just record the relevant parts of the report for now; they speak for themselve...
Indonesia: Fatwa against SRS announced 30 Jul 2010 | 08:23 am
A number of fatwas has recently been issued by the Indonesian Ulemas Forum (MUI) on a range of subjects, from the ‘correct’ praying direction [via CNN], civet coffee [via AFP], TV gossip shows [via AF...
Josie Romero: daughter, sister, trans child 26 Jul 2010 | 01:15 am
The recent New York Times article, When to Out a Transgendered Dater?, written by a cis man posing as an ethicist, was notable more for its display of blatant cisupremacism and noxious subtext of anti...
Destiny Lauren murder trial: update, 25 July 2010 25 Jul 2010 | 09:15 pm
The trial of the cis man Leon Fyle, accused of the murder of Destiny Lauren, began this week at Snaresbrook Crown Court. Mr Fyle is alleged to have murdered Ms Lauren in her own home in north London, ...
we’ll be right back after this break… 24 Jul 2010 | 05:48 pm
Apologies for the lack of posts this last week, I’ve been a bit distracted. I hope to get back to regular blogging fairly soon, probably after the weekend. In the meantime, Lisa has a post up over at...
Feeding the troll, part 2 17 Jul 2010 | 07:37 pm
My old friend Butterflywings – whose attempts at internet trolling I wrote about here – has submitted a couple of comments to my previous post. They have absolutely no relevance to that piece, of cour...
