Beaming smiles and effusive positivity. My guard went up immediately, sensing wolves in sheep’s clothing. My instincts weren’t far off. The ‘I Resolve Movement‘ was called to my attention this past weekend. This “movement” purports to offer “reasonable, loving, and tolerant solutions” to transgender issues in the schools. It’s a dubious description as I shall go into here, but let’s start first with a video … Continue reading The ‘I Resolve Movement’: A Kinder, Gentler Oppression?

Last updated on September 5, 2021, with reports that police have made an arrest for indecent exposure in connection to the Wi Spa incident. See Addendum. An incident last month at the Wi Spa in Los Angeles was raised in the comments to my statement yesterday regarding the transgender debate. I see discussion continuing today on Facebook. I think the matter can be instructive and … Continue reading The Wi Spa Incident

In 2007 the television program What Would You Do? debuted on ABC. Blending reality TV with Candid Camera, the show uses actors to stage disturbing situations in restaurants and other public places. Hidden cameras film as bystanders react, unaware they’re watching actors not real people. The idea is to see how these bystanders deal with the situations and if they’ll intervene or help in some … Continue reading What Would You Do?

June has been a rollercoaster ride for the transgender community. Within days of each other, the month brought both an historic victory and significant setback — but there’s hope for the latter as I’ll explain. The Victory As covered here last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 15 that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT people in employment. The … Continue reading A Transgender Rollercoaster

June is Pride Month, the annual celebration of the birth of modern gay liberation — born when LGBT people rioted for several nights in New York City’s Greenwich Village. They were fed up with constant police harassment and societal injustice. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, the police raided the Stonewall Inn one too many times. A glass was thrown and the battle … Continue reading Riots Gave Birth to LGBT Rights

This month marks the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village, New York City. The videos below tell the story. Like other struggles for human and democratic rights, the LGBT community rose up in violent reaction to decades of deadening and inhumane oppression. It wasn’t planned. Such things aren’t. There simply arrives a moment in history when it’s time. When enough is enough. … Continue reading The 50th Anniversary of Stonewall