Kelly Osbourne's Engagement Ended by Fiance's Affair with Transwoman [celebrity news]

Kelly Osbourne ended her engagement to fiance Luke Worrall because of his affair with a transgender woman named Elle Schneider, calling him the "biggest piece of shit" and the "worst thing that has ever happened" to her on her Twitter.

transgender homecoming queen!

this is pretty cool. the college of william and mary has crowned their first transgender homecoming queen. not only that, ze identifies as genderqueer.

how cool is that?

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essentialism as exhibited in bathroom signs

check out this amazing post on feministing about what signs we use to designate single-gendered bathrooms. it's pretty disgusting. it's cissexist, heterosexist, and clearly leaves trans people in a gray space.

chicago gay bar insists patron match gender on ID

a gay bar in chicago is insisting its patrons' gender presentation match their ID. having an ID that matches one's gender identity a problem for many transgender people that cannot afford a legal name change, much less the surgeries required to obtain a legal gender change as well. this is not just an issue of transphobia, but classist as well.

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