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On remembrance
Last Thursday, November 20, marked the tenth anniversary of the recognition of International Transgender Day of Remembrance. The day was originally conceived following the violent murder of Rita Hester in Boston. The negative media coverage and police treatment of the Hester case — which remains unsolved to this day — prompted the outcry from the…
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Big city livin’
A lot of people have been asking me what life has been like since moving to the “big city” [i.e. Chicago] and I suppose the time has come for something resembling a more standard update on my life in the past several weeks. I just yesterday returned from a weekend trip to Madison to partake…
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Have friends getting gay-married anytime soon?
It’s been a busy few months for this ghey, but sanity has finally returned and Reality TV Makes Me Cry is now coming to you live from a new location — Chicago. I may not have cable yet, nor is my Internet connection the most reliable, but I intend to update this blog as frequently…
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Breathe me
It’s been a while since I last wrote on this blog, and the two-week hiatus has left with me with far too many thoughts to condense into an entry that’s even remotely cohesive, though I will try my best. Valentine’s Day was this past Thursday, and as I celebrated my singledom with a group of…
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