8/30/12

Bavarian Dad Wears A Dress To Be a Role Model For Child

This has to be the most awe inspiring hope giving man of the year, ever.

Via Tumblr-oneandonlygabriel:

I really, REALLY wish you could read this article about a father who started wearing skirts because his son likes to wear skirts and dresses and he wants his son to feel stronger Like, holy shit, the end made me feel so happy
I took the liberty to translate the text.
Please note that it’s not a word to word translation.


Sometimes men simply have to be role models.

Because his son likes to wear skirts Nils Pickert started with it as well. After all, the little one needs a role model. And he thinks long skirts with elastic bands suit him quite well anyways. A story about two misfits in the Province of southern Germany.

My five year old son likes to wear dresses. In Berlin Kreuzberg that alone would be enough to get into conversation with other parents. Is it wise or ridiculous? „Neither one nor the other!“ I still want to shout back at them. But sadly they can’t hear me any more. Because by now I live in a small town in South Germany. Not even a hundred thousand inhabitants, very traditional, very religious. Plainly motherland. Here the partiality of my son are not only a subject for parents, they are a town wide issue. And I did my bit for that to happen.

Yes, I’m one of those dads, that try to raise their children equal. I’m not one of those academic daddies that ramble about gender equality during their studies and then, as soon as a child’s in the house, still relapse into those fluffy gender roles: He’s finding fulfilment in his carrier and she’s doing the rest.

Thus I am, I know that by now, part of the minority that makes a fool of themselves from time to time. Out of conviction.

In my case that’s because I didn’t want to talk my son into not wearing dresses and skirts. He didn’t make friends in doing that in Berlin already and after a lot of contemplation I had only one option left: To broaden my shoulders for my little buddy and dress in a skirt myself. After all you can’t expect a child at pre-school age to have the same ability to assert themselves as an adult. Completely without role model. And so I became that role model.

We already had skirt and dress days back then during mild Kreuzbergian weather. And I think long skirts with elastic bands suit me quite well anyways. Dresses are a bit more difficult. There was either no reaction of the people in Berlin or it was positive. In my small town in the south of Germany that’s a little bit different.

Being all stressed out, because of the moving I forgot to notify the nursery-school teachers to have an eye on my boy not being laughed at because of his fondness of dresses and skirts. Shortly after moving he didn’t dare to go to nursery-school wearing a skirt or a dress any more. And looking at me with big eyes he asked: “Daddy, when are you going to wear a skirt again?”

To this very day I’m thankful for that women, that stared at us on the street until she ran face first into a street light. My son was roaring with laugher. And the next day he fished out a dress from the depth of his wardrobe. At first only for the weekend. Later also for nursery-school.

And what’s the little guy doing by now? He’s painting his fingernails. He thinks it looks pretty on my nails, too. He’s simply smiling, when other boys ( and it’s nearly always boys) want to make fun of him and says: “You only don’t dare to wear skirts and dresses because your dads don’t dare to either.” That’s how broad his own shoulders have become by now. And all thanks to daddy in a skirt.

I hope it’s alright like this.

Reblogged from Steegeschnoeber.tumblr

8/29/12

The Screaming Queens Are Free! || Well For $1.99 Anyways!

I might be the last person in the world to find this out but...you have roots. I have roots and we have a movie about the beginning of our struggle for freedom.

While I was doing some research I stumbled upon an iconic movie 'The Screaming Queens' and wanted to watch it but the website that marketed it gave few options to view it, all too expensive for Joe or josephine trans person (like me).

Effectively putting our history out of our reach...free enterprise being what it is....the least profitable purchase option usually not being the most visible option to obtain a product...I posted about it...is there an affordable way?....

....and Alexis Whitham, Educational Programming and Acquisitions Manager for Frameline which markets LGBT movies emailed me in response to the planetransgender post Frameline Stop Holding The Screaming Queens Hostage (for $250.00 or $36.00). Alexis told me that the the Frameline Website is being redone so presently it did not have all the option for buying or watching the movie (including the cheaper options).

As it turns out the streaming version of The Screaming Queens online is available on Amazon streaming video for $3.99 for indefinite viewing and for $1.99 for a seven day rental.

Is the streaming version good? Does it take forever to load? Is it constantly buffering?

Yes, no and no. I watched it last night on my slow Clear Wireless connection and it was perfect, loaded in seconds and didn't pause even once for buffering. But more than just perfect, the movie is incredible.

Really. Family, watch this movie. I'm old enough so I can identify with much of what our sisters went through but take the discrimination I have faced and still endure and multiply it times incomprehensible.

Our sisters died on the street because they were given no option. No choice but to riot. None. They fought for our right to life at Gene Compton's Cafe.

Here's how to watch the Screaming Queens for $2.19 tax included. After clicking this link to Amazon Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria you will first see a number of pricier purchase options but if you want the $1.99 version scroll to the bottom of that page and you will find a link which when clicked will bring you to your destination.

The Screaming Queens for $1.99. Enjoy.




8/28/12

Academic Freedom 1 Religious & Political Intolerance 0: ULL Keeps LGBT Minor


High Five in the heart of Dixie! LGBT Studies Stays!

Much love to the University of Louisiana Lafayette (ULL) President, Dr. Joe Savoie for refusing to be bullied by a posse of "strategic pastors" who visited him intent on forcing him to brake school rules and use his influence to change the curriculum developed by the school's facility.See 2012 Principles Of Accreditation SACS 3.2.4 .

High Five in the heart of Dixie!

Much love to Dr. Joe Savoie again as he refused to to bullied by a rabid right wing politician intent on showing how much more Conservative he is than his political opponent.

Acadiana’s Multi-Media Station

When it's all boiled down Congressman Jeff Landry's and Louisiana Family Forum grievances are not financially motivated or have any basis in procedural protocol, its all about hate.

Finally high fives to Gene Mills, of the Louisiana Family Forum for P.S. of his attack on educational freedom by reminding his cohorts to attend a political fundraiser at his church.

Dr. Savoie can be reached at (337) 482-6203 or by email: president@louisiana.edu.

8/26/12

The Alice and Dana L Word Hot Lesbian Sex Scene YouTube Allowed

Much to many people's suprise the portrayal of love might finally be getting equal billing with murder and mayhem. A lot more parity it would seem as more than a million people have viewed this Youtube in the past 2 days since this article appeared on Roundtable.



With 4,723 likes, 1,132 dislikes the question is, does making love or just having sex mean as much to us as making war?


8/25/12

Frameline Stop Holding The Screaming Queens Hostage

Long ago before when many of us were born, before gender variant people were allowed the tiniest minuscule of dignity, before our people knew of the word transgender, during a time when to be trans would mean to be arrested, our people began the journey to today. The Screaming Queens threw off the shackles by rioting against the police, fighting the imprisonment of our authenticity, battling for the right of self expressions against censorship.

"Screaming Queens tells the Little Known Story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the United States.."



We are still fighting that battle today as everyone is fully aware of but here's a interesting fact, our history, our lineage, the basic building blocks that we know as our community is still being held hostage!

Lets NOT keep this history out of reach of the people who would benefit the most by knowing of it!!!

Transgender historian and film documentarian Susan Stryker is interviewed by Autumn Sandeen of Pam's House Blend at the 4th Annual California Transgender Leadership Summit.



Sadly our history is still being held hostage by Frameline

The Daily Kos inspiring chronicle of the Compton riots can be read here then I hope you join Susan and I in asking Frameline to free our history from the shackles of the dollar so that more of us, our transgender community including myself, can see it.

Call Frameline at 415-703-8650 and ask why this historic movie still costs $250 to purchase?

8/21/12

Stav Strashko Toyota Ad Is HOT 彼女の素敵なお尻と

Sensational Stav Strashko is listed as a male model but many of the shots purposefully ascent Slav's femininity sending heartbeats racing everywhere obscuring and sexualulizing the gender devide....welcome to our world



This clip Slav is a little more relaxed behind the scene....



And a small taste of the production's official fashion "Sfgat Store" trends summer 2012. טעימה קטנה מהפקת האופנה הרשמית של "שפגאט סטור" טרנדים לקיץ