Queersplaining

Some important stuff is happening at The United States Supreme Court on October 8th. The question: does the 1964 Civil Rights act protect LGBTQ folks from employment discrimination. Lots of folks are pretty nervous, and I am too.

So I talked to an attorney who specializes in this sort of thing and asked her what she thought. Her surprising take is that she thinks we'll win. Listen to find out what she thinks might happen.

Check out Jillian's law review article here

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Ashton P Woods is a man with a lot going on and a lot to say. He was good enough to give me some of his time when we were […]

Ashton P Woods is a man with a lot going on and a lot to say. He was good enough to give me some of his time when we were at Skepticon together.

http://www.ashtonpwoodsforhouston.com

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This past weekend, I had the privilege of attending Skepticon in St Louis. Among other awesome things that happened, I moderated a panel called “What if They Disagree?” How do […]

This past weekend, I had the privilege of attending Skepticon in St Louis. Among other awesome things that happened, I moderated a panel called "What if They Disagree?"

How do we handle it when there seems to be an internal disagreement among a marginalized group. What is our place as allies in trying to advance the causes of racial justice, gender justice, and so on, when we're confronted with conflicting views from inside those groups. There is right and wrong, but no group is a monolith. Its a difficult question, and one we tried to tackle in this panel discussion.

Check out these important links!

Ashton P Woods for Houston 

Atheists Talk Podcast 

Free Hearts, Free Minds 

Heinous Dealings Blog 

Ex-Muslims of North America 

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Our culture is a jerk for how few tools it gives us to think deeply about ourselves.  A full transcript for this episode can be found here Relevant links: Alyssa’s […]

Our culture is a jerk for how few tools it gives us to think deeply about ourselves. 

 

Relevant links:

Alyssa's article: https://the-orbit.net/alyssa/2016/03/08/baby-problem-steps-porn-edition/

Her blog: https://the-orbit.net/alyssa/

Miss Mako (the YouTube channel Alyssa refers to): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdZQ4Vo7-54mx15dQRONKzg

The Comics Site: http://www.tgcomics.com 

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A full transcript for this episode can be found here This week, something a bit different. I get lots of messages from folks asking for advice on one thing or […]

This week, something a bit different. I get lots of messages from folks asking for advice on one thing or another, and I love talking with folks and bouncing ideas off of them and helping them through whatever they're dealing with. I figured I'd make an episode of it!

If you think this is a cool idea, shoot me a note at [email protected] with your advice questions, and maybe I'll do another one soon!

Here are the links from Anonymous' question about evidence for transness:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321258.php

https://whatweknow.inequality.cornell.edu/topics/lgbt-equality/what-does-the-scholarly-research-say-about-the-well-being-of-transgender-people/

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We’re all looking for something. For some people it’s spiritual, physical, emotional, psychological… For some it’s anatomical. My wife helped me find something I hadn’t realized I lost this week. […]