THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT –This case is widely known for bar owner Chris Penner’s leaving a phone message for transgender regulars of his bar in Portland, Oregon, then known as the P-club, telling them not to come back because they’re… Read More ›
Month: January 2013
Pro-trans kids group gets puberty blockers a covered item in the Oregon Health Plan
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A Portland, Oregon trans kids organization, TransActive, has succeeded in getting puberty suppressing treatment added to the Oregon Health Plan and Oregon Healthy Kids program in what is reported as a first for any government-funded… Read More ›
Lawsuit prompts state of Oregon to provide sex reassignment surgery insurance coverage for state employees
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — An out-of-court settlement to a discrimination lawsuit filed by a transgender Oregon Court of Appeals clerk has resulted in sex reassignment surgery insurance coverage for all state employees. In addition, the state will pay Alec… Read More ›
(UPDATE: Trans prisoner paroled) Federal appeals court orders Virginia trans inmate’s sex reassignment surgery lawsuit to proceed
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — UPDATED – Jan. 18, 2014: Ophelia Azriel De’lonta is to be paroled. From the Associated Press: “A Virginia prison inmate who has asked a federal judge to force the state to pay for a sex-change… Read More ›
NBC says Boy Scouts to drop gay ban; no info on transgender scouts
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — While there has been no official word from the Boy Scouts of America, NBC’s sources say a vote is scheduled soon within the organization and it is likely to pass. There is no information on… Read More ›
Trans-Mayor
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [I wrote this for Just Out.] On Election Day 2012, a transgender Oregonian drew national attention for the second time by winning a fifth term as Mayor of Silverton, Oregon. Stu Rasmussen first drew media… Read More ›
Five arrested in killing of Milwaukee trans man
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Trans man Evon Young, missing since January 1st, is now believed murdered, buried somewhere in a landfill. Police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin have arrested five people in connection with his death. According to an admission by… Read More ›
UK’s Telegraph newspaper publishes yanked Julie Burchill transgender hate piece
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — In the midst of this ongoing explosion in the transgender community over the Julie Burchill trans-hate piece that was pulled from the UK’s The Observer newspaper, another UK paper, the Telegraph, has recently republished it… Read More ›
(UPDATE 3) It’s over, no SRS for Michelle Kosilek as U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear case
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF CANNES — UPDATE May 5, 2015: It’s over. No SRS for Michelle Kosilek. The long saga of transgender inmate Kosilek ended this week when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal. From the Boston… Read More ›
Transgender embarrassment at airports to end — TSA to yank nude body scanners
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — One day people will be looking back at this era in airport security and ponder ‘what were they thinking?’ Airport personnel then were looking at nude body images, outing many transgender people! The days of… Read More ›
UK’s “Observer” owns up to transphobic article publication blunder
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — While the massive fallout from Julie Burchill’s now-pulled transphobic article continues, the United Kingdom publisher is owning up to what is, as Observer readers’ editor Stephen Pritchard, described as ‘a collective failing of editing by… Read More ›
LAPD says ‘Western Bandit’ transgender killer may be back
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — The Los Angeles Police Department says they believe the “Western Bandit,” a violent serial robber who also killed a trans woman named Cassidy in November 2011, has resurfaced, pulling an armed robbery on Jan. 8th… Read More ›
Prominent psychiatry expert: ‘no such thing as transgender’
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A Toronto psychiatrist, Dr. Joseph Berger, is saying that trans people working for equal civil rights are just appealing to people’s emotions rather than stating scientific facts. Berger says that terms such as terms such… Read More ›
Trans woman murdered near Fortaleza, Brazil
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Based on a translated news report, Brazilian trans woman Cecilia Marahouse (or Mara House) was shot reportedly 6 times just outside of Fortaleza on January 11th. Marahouse was a performer and was well known in… Read More ›
Trans woman gets honorable discharge after 31 year AWOL; trans man wants to stay at all women’s college
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Trans woman Elizabeth Tremblay, who was arrested last September for deserting the Marines 31 years ago, was given an honorable discharge from the Marine Corps. Tremblay was stationed at Twentynine Palms at the time she… Read More ›
[UPDATED] Int’l trans community comes to the defense of UK doctor; transphobic article published in “The Guardian”
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [UPDATE: Transphobic article pulled. See below.] In recent days the international transgender community has responded angrily to two different incidents, both potentially impacting the well-being of trans people in the United Kingdom in a negative… Read More ›
FOX-TV’s Bill O’Reilly, Megyn Kelly mocks transgender inmate’s appearance
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — In some ways, Bill O’Reilly, a commentator for FOX News and host of The O’Reilly Factor has outed himself by revealing he does not research facts before he speaks — O’Reilly did not even know… Read More ›
D.C. cop who fired at trans people in car while standing on hood sentenced to time served
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — I’ve been following this story since the incident first occurred. Kenneth Furr, a Washington DC police officer who was convicted of assault last October in a bizarre incident which found him standing on the hood… Read More ›
Forced sterilization of trans patients following sex reassignment surgery ends in Sweden
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — It’s hard to imagine this kind of law was still on the books in such an educated European country, but nonetheless, the practice of sterilization ended this week after a Swedish court of appeal ruled… Read More ›
Oregon trans woman elected to the Democratic National Committee
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Oregon’s Laura Calvo, a Democrat Party activist and former sheriff deputy is the first transgender person elected to Democratic National Committee. Another trans woman, AnmBarbra Casbar Siperstein, the first one to serve on the committee,… Read More ›
State of Oregon tells insurance companies no more transgender discrimination
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — In December, 2012, the Oregon Insurance Division announced sweeping new protections for transgender Oregonians. This is an apparent follow-up to a 2007 law that bans discrimination against LGBT people. Private insurers will find loopholes to… Read More ›
Transitioning trans teacher told she was “worse than gay” and banned from public events
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — An instructor for 32 years at St. Francis Prep in New York City, Mark Krolikowski, was also later fired from the school. The Catholic school’s attorney stated that “[h]is employment was terminated for appropriate non-discriminatory… Read More ›
Courtney O’Donnell: Readers’ Top 12 Transgender Stories of 2012
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT – [I wrote this for The Huffington Post] During 2012 I wrote approximately 400 articles for The Guerrilla Angel Report, the vast majority of them transgender-related. [Read this article at The Huffington Post site here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/courtney-odonnell/transgender-stories-2012_b_2361282.html… Read More ›
While trans model Andrej Pejic rocks high fashion world, a bigger story lies under the surface
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Transgender model Andrej Pejic is being reported as the first transgender model on the cover of a high fashion magazine. Of course, with all the sources being tabloids, we’ll take this with a grain of… Read More ›
(UPDATE) Bizarre saga of trans woman Stacie Laughton continues
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Updated March 13, 2015: New Hampsire’s first transgender lawmaker arrested for hospital bomb threat. From the New Hampshire Union Leader: “Stacie Laughton, the state’s first openly transgender legislator, was arrested Thursday by Nashua police… Read More ›