LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — In a bizarre incident that involved being shaken down by youths associated with a Zimbabwe political group after she used a women’s restroom, trans woman Ricky Nathanson of Bulawayo found herself then turned over… Read More ›
Month: January 2014
UPDATED — Supreme Court in Maine rules in favor of trans student Nicole Maines
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS –Updated Dec. 1, 2014 — A final order has been issued in the Nicole Maines lawsuit. From the Bangor Daily News: “A final order has been issued in a transgender student’s lawsuit against the Orono… Read More ›
(Update – Trans widow wins appeal) Social Security Admin slams trans widow, 92
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATED Feb. 24, 2014: A trans widow who was denied survivors benefits found the Social Security Administration reversing their stance. The money she was due was deposited into in her bank account earlier this… Read More ›
New study: Family rejection, violence — cause for high transgender suicide attempt rate
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Researchers conducting further analysis into the 2011 National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS) revealed pretty much what we already suspected — trans people who experience violence and family rejection are at higher risk for suicide… Read More ›
Kuwait cracks down on trans women, again
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — In a kingdom known for the severe oppression of women, it is no surprise when Kuwait once again stepped up enforcement of a 2007 penal code that called for the arrest of anyone ‘imitating… Read More ›
Meet filmmaker Mark Wood, the deaf community’s ‘Ed Wood’
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Embarrassingly bad. A writer for Gallaudet University’s student newspaper summed up deaf filmmaker Mark Wood’s film catalogue with those two words. Never were two words more appropriate than its usage to describe his films…. Read More ›
Transgender hate mongerer Bryan Fischer does “science”
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Acknowledged hate group leader Rev. Bryan Fischer hopped on the coattails of FOX News’ Keith Ablow’s ‘transgender isn’t real’ proclamation with a bit of “science” of his own: “Who are the people operating in… Read More ›
Did Caleb Hannan’s transgender exploitation trigger a suicide?
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — During the research for an article about a golf putter invention for Grantland, writer Caleb Hannan uncovered a detail that wasn’t quite related to the story he was pursuing — the inventor was transgender…. Read More ›
Trans woman’s 3-year name change battle with bank results in $6,800 compensation
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Three years after first attempting to make a name change on her bank account, Deirdre O’Byrne of Dublin, Ireland was awarded $6,800 (USD) in compensation after a tribunal ruled she was treated differently than… Read More ›
Transgender citizen stands up to Bible-quoting city council member
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Following a showdown with a trans woman who dared him to ‘stone her to death,’ a Shreveport, La., City Council member withdrew his attempt to repeal an anti-discrimination ordinance. During a city council meeting… Read More ›
Trans woman murdered in Belize City
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — After supposedly being held up at knife point and giving the men everything they wanted, a popular trans woman was stabbed to death in Belize City on Jan. 12th. One news account stated she… Read More ›
FOX News’ Keith Ablow: ‘no such thing as transgender people’
THE LEXIE CANNES REPORT — FOX News delivered another humiliating and transphobic smack down of transgender people on the network’s website. This time it was correspondent Dr. Keith Ablow (as reported in Media Matters): “I don’t see anything but toxicity… Read More ›
ASL film “Versa Effect” uses transphobic elements
THE LEXIE CANNES TRANS REPORT — One marginalized group mocking another marginalized group — deaf vs. transgender — this is a bit of sad commentary about our society. As I began to watch the ASL Films’ production of “Versa Effect”… Read More ›
The LEXIE CANNES feature film DVD store
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — This is mostly a housekeeping task — not an attempt to sell anything here (but you’re welcome to buy if you’d like!). I’m migrating most of the “Lexie Cannes” feature film data from the film’s… Read More ›
GOP official calls respected Hawaiian icon a ‘drag queen’
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — In Hawaii, a leader of a right-wing group took a pot shot at trans woman Hina Wong-Kalu — a person who is considered a Hawaiian cultural icon. The president of Hawaii Republican Assembly, Tito Montes,… Read More ›
(UPDATED) Editor of bogus transgender story: ‘I don’t try to substantiate stories’
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — (UPDATED – Jan. 17, 2014. The columnist and the Toronto Star’s public editor stand behind the story. See two responses from the paper below.) What a bizarre answer from the Toronto Star’s ethics columnist Ken… Read More ›
UPDATE: Trans woman CeCe McDonald has been released
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Update Jan. 13, 2014. Cece has been freed from prison. She was picked up by Laverne Cox. ACLU releases statement. See below for more. As reported earlier in this space, trans woman CeCe McDonald is… Read More ›
Google says ‘user error’ caused outing of transgender Google+/Android user
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A confused understanding of Google app following it’s integration with the Android operating system resulted in a trans woman unwillingly being outed at work, or so says Google. In this case, during the usage of… Read More ›
Border cops in Israel arrested after attack on trans woman
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A trans woman leaving a Tel Aviv night club was attacked by group of masked men using pepper spray and a stun gun. Police officers eventually arrested 11 men — most members of Israel’s Border… Read More ›
Transgender gun lover vouches for Liberal Gun Club
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — With the National Rifle Association decidedly leaning to the far right with anti-transgender radicals like Grover Norquist on board, what is a gun-loving trans person to do? Join the Liberal Gun Club says trans woman… Read More ›
(Update) Bogus ‘anti-transgender’ story in the Toronto Star
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — (Updated, see below.) A columnist for the Toronto Star wrote a piece that contained a report from a reader who says she saw a naked ‘man claiming to be transgender’ with an erection who “playfully”… Read More ›
Disgraced Utah attorney general’s staffers mocked transgender convention delegate
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Investigation into resigned Utah attorney general John Swallow’s illegal campaign activities revealed his staffers engaged in transphobia according to a report in The Salt Lake Tribune. One of the targets of Swallow staffers Seth Crossley… Read More ›
Hate group leader; Christian radio host rants about ‘Satanic, freak’ trans people
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — After being handed an open mike on a Christian radio talk show this week, Peter LaBarbera didn’t hold back. The president of the hate group Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, spewed verbal hatred directed at a… Read More ›
(UPDATED) Harassed U-Houston student body official goes to bat for trans students
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — (Update: Jan. 10, 2014: Resolution passes! See below.) Kristopher Sharp’s path to the University of Houston’s Student Body Vice President seat was anything but uneventful. He was viciously attacked for his HIV status as well… Read More ›
Readers’ Top 10 Transgender Stories of 2013
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [Originally published in The Huffington Post] During 2013, I wrote approximately 250 articles for The Guerrilla Angel Report, the vast majority of them transgender-related. The following are the 10 most read stories of the year:… Read More ›