Tag Archive for: transgender

CALL: What We Are Talking About This Week
Notes from our weekly Changemakers Alliance newsletter

On Morality, Transformation, and Vulnerability: A Talk by the Publisher
Historical perspectives about transformative justice, philosophy about human evolution, and stories from the Changemakers Alliance visits to statewide communities for the "Hometown Values & Vision" series.

Next Step Program: How Healing and Transformation Can Emerge From Violence
An elementary school child looked out the window and saw…

Commentary: My Abortion Experience in 1962
I was in a panic. I was sure there were doctors — and others — who would perform abortions for a price, but how to find one?

Breaking Barriers in Minnesota Politics
What political barriers are diverse Minnesota women and LGBTQN+ people trying to open?

Jessica Phoenix Sylvia Reclaims Herself After Men’s Prison
I am not even allowed to have pepper spray. I am a trans woman, so I already feel vulnerable, and now I cannot defend myself.

Sisterhood, Not Cisterhood
Coming out is a big change, and it’s natural to have questions. If you’re close enough to a person, you can usually feel out if a question is okay.

Faith & Fight: Barbara Satin Spent Decades Advocating for Trans Inclusion in Church Communities
As a devout Catholic who spent time in the seminary in her late teens, Satin says she knew that there was little room for women in leadership in the Catholic church and absolutely no acceptance of a transgender person.

CALL: Being Authentic Even When You Are Afraid
We are all survivors of the human condition. All of us are attempting to make our way through the world. If we could go across the room and ask everybody to tell us "what makes you happy, what makes you sad, what challenge you have had in life, what success you have had, what makes you tick" — three things would happen.

VIEW: Commando
Women, find your freedom. Live it. Love it. Be grateful for it.

VIEW: Ellie Krug, “Trash”
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I spent several hours reading the notecards and remembering what it was like to be loved unconditionally.

Ellie Krug: Categories
One of the pecking order determinants: whether you were born with a penis or a vagina. From there, almost everything else flows in terms of power, rewards, expectations, domestic duties, childcare sharing, and sexual expectations.

LGBTQ+ Voices: Then and Now
From Ellie Krug's journey through fear to a 2006 Pride mass commitment ceremony

Ali Sands: Finding Myself Through My Partner’s Journey
It was about three years into our time as a couple when my partner shared a truth about identifying as a man.