For I was young, I missed the draft by some years. I still don’t know the direction I would have chosen. I’m not sure that, even now, the old hatreds aren’t still left unanswered for some that lived through that era. Funding for the VA, which should be robust given the promises made seem to…… Continue reading Is Life so gifted now to me?
Category: Politics
Winter
I find myself discouraged with the world, whether the politics and war in Ukraine, or the politics here at home where I appear to be living in Ray Bradbury’s fahrenheit 451 with the conservatives defining reality by objecting to that which they don’t like. Even going so far as to impose a life sentence in…… Continue reading Winter
The Non-Binary Life
Admittedly I’m revisiting this, but maybe I’m allowed to be human and have a rant now and again. Trans folks transition because to alternative is often to remain horribly depressed, gender dysphoric and even suicidal. We have a serious medical condition and we take steps to solve that and pay a huge price for taking…… Continue reading The Non-Binary Life
Transgender Erasure
The president cannot erase us, we are people #wewillnotbeerased
The Delegalization of being Transgender in America
Here in Massachusetts, back in 2016, a final comprehensive bill was passed by a supermajority of the legislature that gave transgender people equality of access to all public venues. These didn’t just include the often derisive bathrooms and locker rooms but such places as restaurants, public transit, shopping centers, in other words any place a…… Continue reading The Delegalization of being Transgender in America
What’s wrong with the US?
When Pakistan passes a transgender right’s bill and the United States president is doing his best to role back what few federal protections were passed under president Obama, there’s something drastically wrong. It is literally, not figuratively now the case that a transgender person would have more protected rights in Pakistan than in much of…… Continue reading What’s wrong with the US?
Working for a Cause
Ten years ago if you told me I’d believe in a cause and be wearing rubber from my sneakers going door to door promoting it I would have said you were crazy. It wasn’t so much that I believed in nothing, it was more a lack of energy combined with a feeling of what can…… Continue reading Working for a Cause
To Take a Knee
Up to now the protest on the part of the football players has been somewhat abstract for me. I have been sympathetic for sure, but it didn’t touch me directly. I was appalled at how a clear statement about the continuation of bigotry, prejudice and inequality under the laws of the USA being peacefully demonstrated…… Continue reading To Take a Knee
Rosh Hashanah 5778
My rabbi inspired me to speak out, not that I’ve been silent. Our society and our current administration troubles me deeply. The parallels with pre WWII Germany in finding scapegoats for our troubles (Mexicans and Muslims) rather than admit that these are complex problems that have no simple solution. In keeping with this blog I’ll…… Continue reading Rosh Hashanah 5778
All the reasons people can’t accept us
I’m refining an answer I started on Quora. I went ahead and posted it but I was not content. It is just a really complex issue. The original question had to do with trans “hysteria”. I don’t know that we will ever fully know what causes people to be transgender in the details. We will…… Continue reading All the reasons people can’t accept us
My Gifted Life 