Transgendered Resource Links and News Links

http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/DiseasePrevention/Hotline/TransRRList.pdf
Virginia transsexual resources...not sure what this is...looks like a list of places in Richmond, Va. The list was last updated Dec. 14, 2010, so it's current.

And the following link is a report released in 2007. Gonna keep looking to see if I can find anything about them taking corrective measures.
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epidemiology/DiseasePrevention/documents/pdf/THISFINALREPORTVol1.pdf

http://www.vdh.state.va.us/std/Research%20Highlights/TG%20Focus%20Group%20Report%20final%201.3.pdf
2005
Virginia Transsexual Health Access Report

http://fantasiafair.org/Pioneer_Awards_Banquet.aspx
People working towards Transgendered rights (ceremony for transgendered honorees)

http://www.tavausa.org/History.html
Transgender American Veterans Association

http://www.tgea.net/groups.shtml
Transgender education association also has something in list for Falls Church, Va. maybe a place for networking?

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/virginia/va-transgender-inmate-in-solit.html
Tranny in solitary confinement in prison for fear male prisoners would rape her. Probably in jail cause she had to resort to drug dealing to survive.

http://www.tgender.net/taw/speakers.html
The contact info for the speaker in Virginia is listed...perhaps contacting would open speaking opportunity?

http://trans411.org/
Tranny resources

http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights_hiv-aids/transgender-veteran-wins-sex-discrimination-lawsuit-against-library-congress
Tranny wins sex discrimination case against Library of Congress

http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Diversity/Specific/Sexual_Orientation/Organizations/
Useful list of links, not sure how many still work old site (2001)

http://www.nolo.com/lawyers/attorney/june-d-w-kalijarvi-4284.html
Washington D.C. lawyer who handles LGBT rights and employment discrimination

http://www.diversityinc.com/content/1757/article/7024/
1st tranny presidential appointee

http://www.thetaskforce.org/enda07/ENDAtoolkit_c4.pdf
ENDA toolkit (useful information--how to guide)

http://www.transgenderlaw.org/
Transgender law center

DADT Repeal is Awesome, But We're Not Done!

Follow the link below to an article on Change.org that asks everyone to remember the Transsexual service members who are not subject to DADT or its subsequent Repeal.


http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/repealing_dont_ask_dont_tell_doesnt_end_all_discrimination_in_the_military


Even countries purporting transgendered tolerance have moments of pure unadulterated hatred:
http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/transgender_airline_passengers_prepare_to_be_strip_searched_twice
At the end of the article you will find a petition to hold the transphobic officers accountable for their unacceptable behavior.

I Dont Get Why We Aren't Helping Unemployed and Homeless Transgendered Veterans

Ok, this may take a minute, but let me walk ya thru it: I am an unemployed homeless transexual veteran. How is that for a minority? I have been everywhere looking for a job. I did not get a job, but I have gotten some looks. I guess they don't believe it when they figure it out. Oh well.

I have also tried to go to the VA's homeless veterans counselor and he has told me, "Sorry there is nothing we can do". I have been to the shelters and they wont take me in because "where would they put me in with the males or females?"

I love this country, I really do. I spent 4 years and 3 tours in the Persian Gulf fighting for this country. All I have to say is WTF America? I may be different but I have payed my dues. No criminal record, nothing on my DMV record and all I get is a hard time. Why should I stay in this country if there are others willing to help me? I cant even get into college because no one will take the time to help me. I am not dumb by any stretch and I am willing and able to work. Well, maybe, I will just turn into another tranny prostitute, I mean that's what these people want right? That way every night when they are driving to go out to dinner they have something to look out the window and sneer at and then laugh--and they call us sick? People, I promise you this...I am not leaving this country...ohhh no! I am staying and I'm gonna force them to hear me and see me everyday for the rest of thier lives...thats right ya pissed me off and I am not going away. Instead, I am staying and fighting for our equal rights. I am bullheaded and got plenty of fight in me. If you are reading this and want to help...speak up and let America hear you. Thats our problem ...we have no voice...well guess what? I never shut up and I am about to show this country, congress, and all the haters. Fuk'em all!

Now What ?

Well, I am now not just unemployed but homeless as of Dec 15, 2010. I am an unemployed homeless Vet. I have left 10 voice messages for the "homeless Veteran" counselor at the VA (Veterans Administration) and he still has not returned my calls. Lovely, huh? I know there is only 10 million of us that will be sleeping in shelters or on the streets this X-Mas, but give it a few more years and if our congress continues this way there will be more. When is it enough? When will the American people rise up together (regardless of color, creed, gender and all that useless packaging we put ourselves in) and take our country back? Those congressmen and women were put there for the people, by the people, not for the rich, by the rich. Anyways, see ya all on the flip side. I am off to a new and never visited world for me. Really, just another chapter in my adventurous life.

Assistance for an Unemployed Tranny

Well, my unemployment has run its course and our "great politicians" have failed to extend it yet. I have been searching for places that may be able to offer me food and housing assistance until I finally get employed but wouldn't ya know it....none of them are willing to help. Social services won't help because I don't have kids. The shelters are all full and overflowing. The V.A. has set an appointment for me but that's not guaranteed either. One good thing is they are all offering me food--now that I don't have a fridge to put it in. Maybe I will get lucky and be arrested for being homeless and then I will get my very own bed, shelter, and food.

Some shelters have denied me because I am transgendered. Where would they put me? Next to a family so I could corrupt their children's minds? The more I live, the more I notice how much they really do hate us (trannys). I don't understand it. How could one human being be so hateful to another? Just because people like me are different doesn't mean we will corrupt your children or give you the "tranny disease".

My heart is full of hurt. It hurts for all who have been punished for being themselves. The very ones that have the courage get the very short end of the stick. Well, World, you will never get rid of me, you will never defeat me and I will never hang my head in shame. I am stronger than you. I am smarter than you. And, my heart is bigger than yours. So, in conclusion: you can stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

Fw: Yahoo! News Story - Montana GOP policy: Make homosexuality illegal

Sarah found this one:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100918/ap_on_re_us/us_gays_in_montana

So much fun seeing how interested the citizens and their political "platforms" are in the private affairs of other citizens.

Sarah once asked me, "why are people so interested in what I do in the bedroom? I don't think about them having sex. So, just because they're perverts, I've got to suffer?" Or, something like that.

All I can say: who knows why mainstream America is obsessed with so-called "deviant" sexual potentialities? Perhaps, the repressed libido forced through propaganda and Puritanical upbringings? But, really, who knows?

"Christian" Religicrits at it Again

Okay, here I go....you know what chaps my ass? These ignorant far-right Christian religicrits (read Glen Beck and friends) want a fire-and-brimstone sermon, well, I have one for 'em. The reason why they are so hateful is because they have to get up every morning and look at their own ugly faces. These people hate everyone not like them (i.e., people that hate themselves and their lives). The Christian Bible teaches love and respect, not hate. On a daily basis they chastise the GLBT community telling others that "gays are all going to hell." Bunch of damn religicrits. Hate, I thought was a sin in and of itself ...so is judgment.

In addition, I am a Male-to-Female transsexual. I am sick of getting to the third interview during the job application process, signing all that paperwork to do a background check, and then when they find out I was born male they toss me right out. I wish somehow I could change their sexual orientation to make them just like me so they would know how it feels. You can't get a fair shake at anything in society these days...GRRRRRRR!