The second of four 'men' were arrested yesterday for the savage unprovoked attack on Hollywood transgender woman Vivian Diego. The five were video taped knocking her to the ground from behind then kicking and stomping on her unconscious (for all they knew dead) body. They were then filmed celebrating the attack with one of the slime actually kissing his arm as if his participation required any strength.
Ms. Diego suffered a broken jaw, a shattered cheekbone and two cracked ribs. Her jaw was wired shut, and she was hospitalized for seven days.
The police have not released the name of the second 'man' arrested telling CBS LA said more details will be released today.
Nicol Shakhnazaryan, 21, was arrested on felony battery charges June 20th by Hollywood Division detectives around 8 p.m. Thursday in the San Fernando Valley. Details surrounding his arrest were not released. Shakhnazaryan is being held on $50,000 bond.
A $25,000 dollar reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of other two 'men'. The FBI is aiding the LAPD in the search for the outstanding two suspects
10/25/13
10/24/13
Female Ford Models Elliot Sailors and Casey Leger are the man at work
Casey Legler one of only a few cisgender females working as a male model tells Time in the interview embedded below how she celebrates gender fluidity:
Casey Legler might very well been alluding to the way Huffpost contributor Alex B wrote about her and Elliot Sailors, another female modeling male clothes for Ford in a some what less than celebratory article "Women Modelling Menswear: Cross-dressing for Models Who Wish to Work After the Age of Thirty"
Alex B wrote
We have very specific ways in which we identify ourselves as male or female. Sometimes that can be very limiting. It would be a lovely place if we didn't necessarily judge or jump to conclusions if someone wants to wear pants or if someone wants to wear a dress.
Casey Legler might very well been alluding to the way Huffpost contributor Alex B wrote about her and Elliot Sailors, another female modeling male clothes for Ford in a some what less than celebratory article "Women Modelling Menswear: Cross-dressing for Models Who Wish to Work After the Age of Thirty"
Alex B wrote
What troubles me, however, is the fact that Sailors decided to turn herself into a 'male' model only because she could not get any more work as a female model at the age of thirty-one. It was a pragmatic decision motivated by the desire to continue to model and be distinctive as a model at an age when modelling, for women, is very difficult, due to age discrimination - which does not seem to exist for male models.
10/23/13
Courage Campaign Battled Prop 8 now needs members to say YES to fight for Transgender Students
The right has redoubled there efforts to force a vote on human rights, the right of the smallest most unprotected and valuable part of the LGBT community, Transgender and gender variant students.
Even though trans positive bloggers like planetransgender and The TransAdvocate are doing everything we can its NOT ENOUGH!
The response from the LGBT community and liberal media has been disparate in comparison, essentially leaving the fate of our next generation up to the groups like Privacy For All Students, Capitol Resource Institute, Pacific Justice Institute, and the Traditional Values Coalition to be amplified by the untruths and hate mongering of the right wing media.
WE can start giving the support we must! Courage Campaign a group I joined to fight Prop 8 is asking their members if they should join this fight. You can respond here
I Say HELL YES!
Even though trans positive bloggers like planetransgender and The TransAdvocate are doing everything we can its NOT ENOUGH!
The response from the LGBT community and liberal media has been disparate in comparison, essentially leaving the fate of our next generation up to the groups like Privacy For All Students, Capitol Resource Institute, Pacific Justice Institute, and the Traditional Values Coalition to be amplified by the untruths and hate mongering of the right wing media.
WE can start giving the support we must! Courage Campaign a group I joined to fight Prop 8 is asking their members if they should join this fight. You can respond here
I Say HELL YES!
10/22/13
Dasha Shtern Russian Transgender Woman fired because of Putin's anti LGBT Laws commits suicide
A small crowd gathered in Red Square October 19th to hold a vigil for 22 year old Dasha Shtern the first known suicide of a LGBT person that can be directly attributed to Vladimir Putin's anti LGBT laws.
Cross posted from guseinova's blog found at the Association of Russian Lawyers for human rights:
"The action was held on Red Square in Moscow 19 October 2013: the activists gathered on the square in memory of transgender girl Dasha Shtern, who had committed suicide in Ekaterinburg."
As top-lawyer and human rights defender Masha Bast said , Dasha Stern is the first victim of Vladimir Putin’s “Anti-gay Law”: as Dasha Shtern’s friends reported, she lost work as a municipal employee after signing of the law, she lost the opportunity to repay the hypothecation, the relatives abandoned her.
As Masha Bast stressed, Vladimir Putin had created the system where there is no place for transgender, there is no place for dissidents. Masha Bast considers, that Dasha Shtern is the victim of the indifference of the Russian society.
Cross posted from guseinova's blog found at the Association of Russian Lawyers for human rights:
"The action was held on Red Square in Moscow 19 October 2013: the activists gathered on the square in memory of transgender girl Dasha Shtern, who had committed suicide in Ekaterinburg."
on photo: Masha Bast near Kremlin, 19 Octoder 2013, Day of Remembrance: Dasha Shtern
The organizers said, that originally the event was planned outside the building of the Plenipotentiary representative of the Sverdlovsk region in Moscow, but the character and scale of the tragedy led them to the walls of the Kremlin. The activists lit the candles and laid the flowers to the portrait of Dasha Stern near Kremlin.
The organizers said, that originally the event was planned outside the building of the Plenipotentiary representative of the Sverdlovsk region in Moscow, but the character and scale of the tragedy led them to the walls of the Kremlin. The activists lit the candles and laid the flowers to the portrait of Dasha Stern near Kremlin.
As top-lawyer and human rights defender Masha Bast said , Dasha Stern is the first victim of Vladimir Putin’s “Anti-gay Law”: as Dasha Shtern’s friends reported, she lost work as a municipal employee after signing of the law, she lost the opportunity to repay the hypothecation, the relatives abandoned her.
As Masha Bast stressed, Vladimir Putin had created the system where there is no place for transgender, there is no place for dissidents. Masha Bast considers, that Dasha Shtern is the victim of the indifference of the Russian society.
Remind, October 19 - International Day for TG depathologization, this day there are public events, calling exclude the category "gender dysphoria" and "gender identity disorder" of new versions of diagnostic and statistical manual of the American Psychiatric Association , the International Classification of Diseases, WHO, from national statistical classification and medical guidelines.
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SexMind's Mcalc Transgender Friendly Gender Neutral Menstruation Calculator
Sex Mind a group that describes itself as a interface between humanity and medical professionals is on Indigo seeking crowd funding for the development of a menstrual cycle app for mobile devices.
Why? With the advent of dads having children why shouldn't we have apps that treat us respectfully?
From the Indego site:
"There is a large amount of people in the world who do not identify with the traditional conception of gender, or who don´t express their gender in the same way as others. A gender neutral app like Mcalc is the perfect alternative for people who menstruate and have a hard time using overly feminized apps, or simply, for people who don´t want their tracking app to assume their gender and their sexual orientation. Aside from that, Mcalc helps to promote the inclusion of the LGBTQA community in the app market , joining plenty of other apps that have been supportive from the start."
Sex Mind has already released a beta version for Android. What bothered me was that I couldn't find a link to that app on their Tmblr or any other sites run by Sexmind. I found it by googling Sexmind and down loaded the app to my Android.
The App worked the first I used it but then it quit accepting input. Even if it is in Beta thats not too impressive but then nether are the reviews.
Being a trans woman I have never had period but one of my partners did make timing hers my business. And I think its a great idea from my experiences presenting as male. I don't think there are too many manly trans men who would appreciate the flowery designs or being misgendered on the other apps I downloaded.
Its defiantly a idea who's time is due. (pun intended). Maybe the funding will help them have the resources to work the bugs out.
10/21/13
ACT drops Transgender and Intersex people from the marriage equality bill at last moment
The Australian Capital Territory or ACT dropped transgender and intersex people from the territories new same sex marriage law. According to Out in Perth the changes were made so the bill would have a better chance of standing up to the federal government’s promised High Court challenge.
ACT Attorney General Simon Corbell had told the ABC that the government is following the advice of constitutional law experts and provisions for transgender people will be added at a later date.
“We recognise that the views of a number of constitutional experts are that we should put that issue beyond doubt and the terminology that’s applied in our bill.”
“If our bill is upheld we will certainly move at a later date to expand its scope,” Mr Cordell said.
Australian trans and intersex people express their frustration at being excluded at the last moment. Trans Health Australia had this to say about it on facebook:
Listen to Professor George Williams, constitutional law expert at the University of New South Wales explain to ABC why he believes these changes challenge proof the law Click here (opens in a MP3 window).
ACT Attorney General Simon Corbell had told the ABC that the government is following the advice of constitutional law experts and provisions for transgender people will be added at a later date.
“We recognise that the views of a number of constitutional experts are that we should put that issue beyond doubt and the terminology that’s applied in our bill.”
“If our bill is upheld we will certainly move at a later date to expand its scope,” Mr Cordell said.
Australian trans and intersex people express their frustration at being excluded at the last moment. Trans Health Australia had this to say about it on facebook:
Trans Health Australia · 892 like this
17 hours ago · "
Listen to Professor George Williams, constitutional law expert at the University of New South Wales explain to ABC why he believes these changes challenge proof the law Click here (opens in a MP3 window).
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