One of the ways to maintain perspective in these Crazy Years is to catch your breath and look back to see how far you’ve come. It...

The Problem of Pseudo-visibility
March 31, tomorrow as I write this, is the annual Transgender Day of Visibility. This observance is, in some ways, the most important...

The Not-So-Secret War
Contributor Paige Schult writing for The Hill this week commented on proposed policy changes at the Department of Health and Human...

For further reading
This is, somewhat, off topic for my usual work on this site but there’s also a certain compatibility with my post history that...

Glimmers in the Gloom
It’s sometimes difficult to be hopeful in these Crazy Years. I mean that term somewhat literally. Yes, there have been major...

History Repeating
Sometimes, under the increasingly wearisome burden of the current political struggle in this country, I get the sense that the threat...

Complicated
Once again I wander uncertainly into territory that might get me in trouble. The topic at hand requires clarity and sensitivity to...

It’s All About the Terms
I’ll tie this into trans issues shortly, but the truth is that this particular essay applies far more broadly than just to our...

Picking Your Spot.
There’s a lot one could write about at the moment. There’s the insanely massive Women’s March this weekend (about which...

Inconvenient Facts
This is likely the most difficult post I’ve written for this space if not, in fact, in any space. The subject at hand is one that...