It is time for a feminism of the monstrous. ~Little Light I am not a monster. I am not a creature of tooth and claw, scales or deformity — I am not any sort monster that is an evil antagonist bent on chaos and destruction. I am not a monster. I don’t prey on women [...]

In the late seventies and early eighties, my Dad (Jack Sandeen) worked at Disney Studios — first as a costumer, and then as the head of the Wardrobe Department. He worked on films such as Splash, The Black Hole, and the original Tron. He passed away on June 17, 2002, and I began my transition [...]

On Sunday, October 9, 2011, Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown signed the the Gender Nondiscrimination Act (AB 887) — the law becomes effective on January 1st of next year. The Gender Nondiscrimination Act directly adds “gender identity” to the list of protected classes. California already had legal protections based on gender identity and gender expression, [...]

The article was revised after talking to Masen Davis of the Transgender Law Center (TLC) to more accurately reflect what the signing of this bill accomplishes. California’s AB 433 — the Vital Records Modernization Act — is the bill that actually changes things a lot for transsexual people who were born in California, or live [...]

This just in from the Transgender Law Center (TLC) on Governor Brown signing the Gender Nondiscrimination Act (AB 887) and the Vital Statistics Modernization Act (AB 433). From their email blast Breaking: Governor Brown Signs Two Historic Transgender Rights Bills Into Law: WE DID IT! Governor Brown just signed two important transgender rights bills into [...]