By: Lisa J. Keating November is National Transgender Awareness Month. The purpose is to celebrate the progress made with transgender awareness and rights, as well as focusing on what is next. Transgender youth are near and dear to me. Prevention and education are the most powerful ways to ensure a child will grow into a […]
By Lisa J. Keating The week of September 28 to October 2, 2015 is Ally Week, a sponsored campaign by Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN). www.glsen.org/allyweek According to their website, “Ally Week is an opportunity for students to engage in a national conversation about the meaning of allyship. Ally Week is for everyone: straight […]
By Brandy Black This is part one of a series of interviews that I will be doing with the adorable 10-year-old Stella Keating who just recently came out as transgender. She opens up about how she told her parents, how life has changed since she said goodbye to Morgan and became Stella and what she […]
By Lisa Keating Six months ago, our ten year old began to identify as transgender. This after spending years trying to explain it and find a way to fit in at school and society at large. I’ve written extensively on this process and our experiences, as a family with the intention to give a voice […]
By Lisa Keating I’ve always been aware of misogynistic tendencies our culture has, especially growing up in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Larry, a character from the 80’s TV show Three’s Company, is a prime example of “that” guy; the one who is overly machismo and marks every corner he walks by. Misogyny becomes blatantly obvious […]
By Lisa Keating Early this week, I challenged another writer, Tony Posnanski, on his notion that bullies are weak-minded and unable to change. “Bullies are weak-minded people. Kid bullies have weak-minded parents who were bullies once as well. They prey on those who have a weakness — or a visible one.” I reread Tony’s article […]
