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SHE’S BACK, When last
we left our heroine, an out-of-print paperback, and back issues of TransSisters: A Journal of Transsexual Feminism, were
the only public places where I spoke of my life, ideas and misadventures as a
transsexual lesbian feminist. I changed
that in July 2011, with a new edition of Mirrors. It has a new introduction, in which I blow
up the conceit of the “as told to” thing and explain the personal safety
issues that prompted it. With so much
resource material now on the Web, I’ve replaced the appendices with a new
work of lesbian/feminist analysis, “Fear and Loathing in Westwood.” It’s about the 1973 West Coast Lesbian
Conference debacle at UCLA, and what that meant for the freedom of women to
simply love women and create a culture to support that. It’s
available at a CreateSpace
store and on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and Amazon.uk.co. And now, I’m working on stirring up an
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REBUTTAL OF THE BRENNAN-HUNGERFORD UN WOMEN
PETITION On
August 1, 2011, two lesbian lawyers, Cathy Brennan and Elizabeth
Hungerford, filed a petition with the United Nations Entity for Gender
Equality and the Empowerment of Women (“UN Women”) in response to a call for
reports of human rights violations against women. Submitted on the last day of the submission
period, the Brennan petition requested that U.S. gender identity
anti-discrimination laws be declared a human rights violation. This assertion
was based not on any actual rights violations (as required by the submission
guidelines) but on the theory that harm could come to “females” because of
these laws. By “females,” Brennan and
Hungerford mean cissexual women who are currently fertile and capable of
giving birth, as the potential harm they reference is involuntary pregnancy. Oddly
enough (or perhaps not ...), Brennan and Hungerford also express concern that
these anti-discrimination laws could result in “male influence” on lesbian
communities. On
August 13, 2011, I filed a response and rebuttal to the Brennan petition
with UN Women. Mercedes Allen, that
really cool Game on
... Beth
Elliott a/k/a Geri Nettick a/k/a Mustang Sally
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