It has been a very busy year here in Transgenderland. It seems I wrote I wrote 217 diaries (16 in January, 15 in February, 18 in March, 14 in April, 21 in May, 32 in June, 3 in July (we were moving across the country), 16 in August, 19 in September, 21 in October, 17 in November, and 25 in December), although not all of them were about transgender issues...but most were. That, after all, is my raisin for being.
I should note that I publish regularly on Tuesdays at Voices on the Square, and Fridays at Docudharma, as well as regularly at Daily Kos.
(Photo by Andrea Cuchetto, from her work, Who Do You Think We Are?)
Here are the twelve diaries I wrote which gathered the most Recommendations at Daily Kos, arranged chronologically.
Katie Couric found a mental cow patty at the beginning of the year: Couric Sticks Her Foot in It", January 9
Cox schools Couric:
Pamela Raintree schools Shreveport anti-LGBT city councilman: Pamela Raintree: I brought the first stone, Mr. Webb., January 18
The story of Connecticut teen Jane Doe found its way into my pen, so to speak, several times, starting in April: Connecticut transgender teen sent to adult prison...convicted of no crime, April 12
The mistreatment of Naya Taylor also happened in April: Illinois Transwoman Refused Medical Care Because Religious Freedom, April 18
A personal rant from May: If you refuse to learn about us, what chance do we have?, May 28
The failure of Maryland's anti-transgender referendum was popular at the beginning of June: Referendum FAIL in Maryland, June 1
Martine Rothblatt caught the public's attention in June: Total invalidation of transpeople in a single headline The headline, at Business Insider, was The Highest Paid Woman CEO Was Born a Man, June 18
The suicide of Riley Matthew Moscatel led off a very sad August: "I just let go of the balloon I've been holding for so long, called 'hope'", August 2
Personal thoughts on existence and the science thereof: Why are some people transgender?, August 8
Hate visited Palmer Park later in August: Three transpeople shot in three days in Detroit, August 21
RIP Alejandra Leos, from September: Transgender woman shot to death in north Memphis, September 7
Scarlett Lenh hit it big in September: Transgender student named Homecoming Princess in Colorado Springs, September 15
The five diaries which received the most comments, again chronologically:
An Episcopalian Priest was suddenly was deemed unworthy in March:Transgender Arkansas Episcopal Priest Severed from her Church, March 2
The tribulations of Chelsea Manning: Chelsea Manning files for name change, asks for hormone treatment, March 22
Even icons can be wrong in what they do: Colbert misses the mark: The Transgender Threat to Old People, June 6
The Suicide of Riley Matthew Moscatel: "I just let go of the balloon I've been holding for so long, called 'hope'", August 2
Personal thoughts, plus science: Why are some people transgender?, August 8
Scarlett Lenh: Transgender student named Homecoming Princess in Colorado Springs, September 15