LETS GO DO THAT LESBIAN THING NOW
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An Exciting New iPhone App for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Folks!
Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes’ LGBT Health and Wellness Project, Out for Health, is pleased to present their Pee in Peace App! This app is designed to help transgender, gender non-conforming, and other individuals who do not readily fit into expected and conventional norms of gender presentation, easily locate single stall or gender neutral bathrooms in Ithaca, New York!
The idea for this app came about after a survey conducted by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission found that nearly 50% of respondents reported having been harassed or assaulted in a public bathroom. Because of this, many transgender people avoid public bathrooms altogether and can develop health problems as a result. It has become Out for Health’s commitment to work toward removing the barriers to accessing safe bathrooms.
About the app:
Pee in Peace is the premiere interactive map of MOST single stall and gender neutral restrooms in Ithaca, New York. Because public restrooms can pose some risks (from cleanliness to safety), Out for Health has done the work for you so you can pee in peace! For anyone who needs quick and easy access to a private bathroom - from caregivers for people of a different sex, to anyone who just prefers a private place, and especially for transgender and gender non-conforming people who may have a specific need for safe and private restrooms. Everyone deserves a place to pee in peace, right here in Ithaca, New York.Features:
- Interactive map of nearby single stall and gender neutral restrooms.
- GPS ‘near me’ search for the closest bathroom.
- Quick access to walking or driving directions to get you there fast!
- List includes when restrooms are open and key features, including if the restroom is accessible.
- Notes section provides special directions for restrooms at local college campus locations.
Out for Health is also working toward adding more locations!
If you know of a restroom that should be included please use the feedback button in the app to alert them!Requirements:
- Location data is used to provide walking and driving directions to restrooms and is not collected or stored by the app
- Network connection is required to update locations and availability
- Network connection is required to provide driving and walking directions
About Out for Health:
Out for Health is Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes’ LGBT Health & Wellness Project, providing outreach, education, and information to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people, their health care providers, and the community at-large about the importance of inclusive, welcoming, and respectful care for LGBT people. Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes takes pride in assuring that their diverse patients and communities have access to the sexual health, wellness services, and information they need. They proudly stand side-by-side with their LGBT communities as fellow activists, allies, and people committed to health, wellness, and social change.See, now this is one of the many reasons I want a smart phone. I would totally use an app like this and help it add locations in my area if I had a smart phone.
This is genius, for those who can make use of it.
Testosterone injections are not the reason why my body is not “female.”
It’s not female, because I have agency over my own body. I say it’s not female; therefore, it’s not female. Period.
^^^
The only reason a body is designated as female or male is because someone decides to label it that way. By labeling my body female, I am doing the same thing the doctor did when he labeled my body male. Either label is just as “real”. Thing is, I’m kind of a better authority on the subject of my own body.
Gay Resumes Get Fewer Calls
After being told a thousand times that cis white gay men were the most privileged people on the planet, definitely more privileged than Christian
white straight men, a professor goes and performs a study like this:Harvard University researcher Andras Tilcsik sent two realistic but fictitious CVs to 1,700 white collar job openings, such as managerial positions.
One CV mentioned relevant experience in a university gay society as a treasurer, while the other listed experience in the ‘Progressive and Socialist Alliance’.
Mr Tilcsik said that since employers are likely to associate both groups with left-leaning political views, this would separate any ‘gay penalty’ from the effects of political discrimination.
The results showed that applicants without the gay reference had an 11.5 per cent chance of being called for an interview. However, CVs which mentioned the gay society had only a 7.2 per cent chance. The difference amounted to a 40 per cent higher chance of the heterosexual applicant getting a call.
When I look for jobs I also wonder about whether I should effectively out myself on my resume. Apparently, I shouldn’t, although it’s kind of hard not to mention previous work experience on Bilerico and PageOneQ since I worked on both sites so long and learned a lot from my involvement in both projects.
There’s a school of thought that it’s best for everyone to come out in every part of their lives since that’s the only way things will advance, although I’ve noticed that proponents of that tend to have jobs where being queer is an asset (like working in LGBT media). I remember going to a certain straight person’s lecture and being told that everyone should come out, and if they lose their job, well, don’t worry, you didn’t want that job anyway. She was married to an oil exec and never worked a day in her life.
I definitely won’t fault any LGBT person who doesn’t want to out themselves to a potential employer, especially in this economy. Jobs aren’t that easy to come by, homophobia isn’t over, and an employer who only wants to employ straight people will find it easy to do so.
But the data is good to know for those of you out there who are deciding whether or not to de-gay your resume.
How to REALLY Make Love to a Trans Woman
by Kate LBT
[Poster’s note: This poem is a response to the poem that’s been popular here on tumblr, ‘How To Make Love To a Trans Person’]
There’s a poem floating
around out there
Saying how you should
make love to one of usIt’s nice, it’s lovely,
It makes me want to screamThere’s nothing really
all that complicated about me
Just throw me up
against a wall
and touch me all over
especially the places
where I scream
or whimper or cry “MORE”Those flat little breasts
with their perky little nipples
are aching to be grabbed
licked
sucked
touchedClaw my back
burn red into my shoulders
My spine
My ass
With your fingernailsThe rest of my body
Even the parts
I’m less comfortable with
Would rather be touched
Than untouchable
I need it
I am a sexual
Being too and
This thing is
Not going to
Fuck itself!My skin, smelling of girl
(and this morning’s shampoo
and body wash)
wants to feel your
teeth
fingers
toes
arms
legs
breasts
belly
cock (or whatever you want me to call it)
anything you have
to make it feel goodIt’s your touch I crave
not your understanding
It’s your breath I want
not theses on how bodies don’t matter
This body DOES matter
If we’re together
In the same bed
I want you to understand
I need you to understand
I WILL you to understandThere’s nothing complicated
Just throw me against the nearest
Hard surface and
Fuck me until I meltLove,
meOh my. I think I need to go be alone with this poem for a bit…
Hurricane safety for trans* people
I could see how this could relate to LGBTQ in general as well.
Hurricane Irene Is Coming: Guide to Making Shelters Safe for Transgender Evacuees
From North Carolina to New York City,thousands of people have already evacuated their homes to escape Hurricane Irene’s path. Among them are transgender people who, like others, don’t have anywhere else to turn to except for evacuation shelters.
Considering the unique difficulties transgender evacuees encounter, NCTE, Lambda Legal, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force have issued these simple guidelines to assist shelters in making their spaces safe for transgender people.
Download the resource and share it with evacuation shelters in your area.
NCTE has also created a Hurricane Preparedness Kit for transgender individuals who are displaced by storms. This resource includes information about what to do when preparing for a storm, and what to bring if you are evacuated.
If you are facing harassment or discrimination in emergency shelters and other evacuation programs because of your transgender status, please call the Lambda Legal Toll-Free National Help Desk at 866-542-8336. To file a discrimination complaint with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of Equal Rights, call 202-646-3535.
