From Chris at My 2 Cents:

You Are 55% Feminine, 45% Masculine

You are in touch with both your feminine and masculine sides. You’re sensitive at the right times, but you don’t let your emotions overwhelm you. You’re not a eunuch, just the best of both genders.

And I look just like that when I put on my thong and tiara, too.

Posted: June 25th, 2008 under miscellaneous outrage and/or amusement.
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Stop It Episode 9

Did they say Jazen, or Jere?

In other news, I said goodbye to Jennifer and Jacob tonight. Still holding it together. I don’t want to acknowledge my birthday this week, though. I think I’ll pretend it isn’t happening until I go home to Utah.

Posted: May 27th, 2008 under Funny, miscellaneous outrage and/or amusement, personal, theatregeekery.
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If you’ve never seen or heard Ragan Fox deliver his great poetry slam polemic “Heterophobia,” I just discovered that he’s put it up on YouTube.

“Heterophobia”

I first discovered Ragan when I went through my short podcasting phase in 2006. His podcast was consistently excellent, and I only stopped listening when he went on hiatus. He’s back now, and I’ve put him back on my iTunes podcast service.

Posted: April 30th, 2008 under miscellaneous outrage and/or amusement.
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I know I’ve been overdoing the YouTube videos instead of actual content this week. Sorry about that. It’s been a stressful one.

Here are a few of the stories that have been pissing me off.

• The gay panic defense is alive and well. In fact, arguing that a murder was motivated by unwanted sexual advances from a another man earned him a manslaughter conviction, instead of a felony murder. Steven Scarborough will spend, at most, 15 years in jail for beating Victor Manious with a bat and stuffing him (still alive) into the trunk of a car. Manious might have lived if someone had called the police once Scarborough’s hetersexual purity was safe from this evil predator. [via Pam's House Bled]
• The HRC is fully committed to doing right by all members of the queer community. Except when they aren’t. Or when you want to criticize them. Then they encourage police to escort you away from their functions. It was revealed this week that HRC contacted Houston P.D. in anticipation of a transgender protest of an upcoming fundraiser dinner. “HRC has also instructed the hotel security to ask us to leave if we attempt to pass out any written information or ask folks to wear our stickers,” reported protest organizer Phyllis Phyllabuster. I think, if the HRC can’t stand to hear what members of the community it represents think on the issues that matter to them, it shouldn’t be in the business of acting as the community voice. [via The Bilerico Project]
• You know what, I don’t like it when members of the queer community are confused or transphobic in their response to the Thomas Beatie situation (aka “The Pregnant Man”), but I can understand it. It’s never okay to suggest that Beatie should be put to death or encouraged to kill himself as the hosts of the Fox “news” program Red Eye did. Truly, watching the video clip of these terrifying assholes made me sick to my stomache. These are the discussions that get young gender-variant people like Lawrence King killed. [via Towleroad]
• Meanwhile, GLAAD (an organization I genuinely respect and admire) has been sickeningly silent. [via Queerty]

Finally, on a less “outraged” note, Flickr rolled out it’s video hosting service this week. I’m excited because I get to clear up hard drive space by putting several old video clips into my photostream. Unlike other video hosting services, I can later download the original if I need it. Last night, I started uploading video clips from the Giftmas trip home, including this adorable moment of Callie dancing…

Posted: April 11th, 2008 under Mi Familia, miscellaneous outrage and/or amusement.
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So, I never watched America’s Next Top Model, but I love this parody…

Flee to the Cleve, my friends, flee to the Cleve!

Posted: April 10th, 2008 under Funny, miscellaneous outrage and/or amusement.
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Note to self: Do not engage in debates with assholes in the comments of popular blogs. Do Not Engage. DO NOT ENGAGE! DO NOT ENGAGE!

This lesson is brought to you by anti-transgender assholes, anonymous trolls, and David Letterman’s #1 in the “Top Ten Messages left on the pregnant man’s answering machine.”

Thomas Beatie, a transman, recently told his story in The Advocate. Basically, because his wife couldn’t have a child, he stopped taking hormone (testosterone) treatment so that he could get pregnant through artificial insemination. Beatie will be on Oprah today, so I’m sure we’ll hear more about it.

Look, I see it quite simply, calling someone a “freakshow” based on their gender identity, the way they create a family, or for having the courage to openly discuss the things that make them “different” is uncalled for and offensive. That I even have to defend this point of view is appalling. Even more so when I have to defend these ideas with gay men who only weeks ago were upset at the death of Lawrence King.

Posted: April 3rd, 2008 under miscellaneous outrage and/or amusement, queer rights.
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It probably says more about me than the writers at Yahoo! that when I saw this headline, I picked up that the story was going to tell me how to “play” the market with “3 ways” and offered to link me to more advice on how to “beat it.” Throw in the phrases “battered” and “swing” with a photo of smiling tan young people, my mind went right down the gutter.

I’m clearly spending too much time looking at porn.

Posted: March 19th, 2008 under miscellaneous outrage and/or amusement.
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According to Joe My God, the Vatican has announced 7 new mortal sins…

1. Genetic modification
2. Carrying out experiments on humans
3. Polluting the environment
4. Causing social injustice
5. Causing poverty
6. Becoming obscenely wealthy
7. Taking drugs

Let’s put that in some perspective:

Poor, sinful Dubya.

Posted: March 11th, 2008 under miscellaneous outrage and/or amusement.
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I’ve always said the whole nature v. nurture debate was a bit pointless, really. Well, let’s all remember that religion is a protected class in this country while sexual orientation and gender identity are–as a matter of federal law–not. And now, to the video…

Oh, and while we’re enjoying some parody TV, I enjoyed this Onion news broadcast, too.

FCC Okays Nudity On TV If It�s Alyson Hannigan

Posted: March 9th, 2008 under Funny, miscellaneous outrage and/or amusement, queer rights.
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There’s a lot happening tomorrow. A short list of the important things about March 4, 2008.

• Yet another round of important primaries. Although Senator Clinton is already suggesting she plans to stick it out in the campaign until the August convention. Gee, I’m sure glad that I’m not involved with a group planning an event in September who has set their sights on convincing Senator Clinton to attend that event as a plenary speaker. If I were involved in that kind of organization, I might suspect we’d be spinning our wheels instead of moving on and making the best of the time available to us for publicity and contract negotiation.
• The California Supreme Court is hearing argumentson the gay marriage case. Hooray. It’s anyone’s guess how it will play out. My understanding is the CSC is mostly Republican appointees, but they have a strong record in recent years of strengthening gay rights protections. Regardless, the California legislature keeps pushing forward on marriage equality legislation and I believe that if the voter initiative puts the issue on the ballot again, the 10-years-after-Prop-22 citizens of California will make a different decision. (Side note: gay marriage is good for a state’s economic stability)
• My office is handing out end-of-year bonuses and salary adjustments (try not to snicker at that “end-of-year” part… we made it before the end of the first quarter), and I officially get a fancy new title.
• Happy birthday, Chastity Bono.
• And National Grammar Day. Just remember, when your office grammar party gets wild and all the cool kids start dangling their modifiers or splitting their infinitives, try not to forget the true spirit of the holiday.

To celebrate, here’s a picture of a smartly dressed and scholastic-looking Ryan Reynolds. Hunky-dory.

Posted: March 3rd, 2008 under links, miscellaneous outrage and/or amusement, work.
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