Driving in this morning, looking at the scary bumper stickers on the monster pickup trucks and SUVs, this Progressive Texan (yes, we exist) was contemplating the dangerous seditious rhetoric originating from the Far Right. I have to admit I was seriously considering whether I need to move my family out of the “Southern States” before the Confederacy rises again. Continue reading
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Discrimination is NOT necessary
26 AprEDITORIAL: Discrimination is necessary – Washington Times
First-graders should not be forced into the classrooms of teachers undergoing sex changes. Religious broadcasters and faith-based summer camps should not be forced to hire cross-dressers. Women should not be forced to share bathrooms with people with male body parts who say they want to be females. Yet those are some of the likely results if Congress passes H.R. 3017, the so-called Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which is due for a vote this week by the House Education and Labor Committee.
Wow. That is the most ill-informed, bigoted, nasty paragraph I have read today. I note with particular interest that the target of the bigotry in this ill-conceived editorial is exclusively transgender people. Apparently gays and lesbians are no longer frightening enough for the Washington Times.
Let’s leave aside the fact that the APA is currently revising the DSM, and may change the definition of Gender Identity Disorder (GID). Should we also discriminate against bi-polar disorder patients who are receiving treatment, and prevent them from teaching our children? After all, their disorder is also listed in the DSM. What about people with depression? Should they use a different bathroom? Oh, I know what you are going to say. Those disorders pose no risk. Really? Ever heard of Columbine? Risk is a part of life. Continue reading
Talk about an understatement… PBS admits ignoring single payer was a mistake
26 AprHealthcare-NOW! – PBS ombudsman: Ignoring single payer was a mistake
Yes, PBS Frontline erred by not covering single payer in their program Obama’s Deal. More importantly, in my mind, they erred significantly in the manner of editing the interview with Dr. Flowers of PHNP. Continue reading
Semi-regular update on Barbara
22 AprToday, Barbara’s doctor ordered the end of the TPN. Not because she’s eating enough yet. She’s not. Rather it is because the risk of infection is simply too great on that stuff. Eliminating it was the main justification for this surgery in the first place.
So what now? Continue reading
Barbara update
20 AprMoving to roughly weekly on the updates, as not much is changing right now. Surgical site is healing well. She’s still finding eating to be difficult, and because of that, is still on supplemental Parenteral nutrition. Her stomach apparently shrunk a lot. So besides the tummy tuck, this whole incident also gave her the same effect as a gastric band.
Barbara update
13 AprI’m with her today at the LTAC. She’s eating a little, but not enough to provide sufficient nutrition. Doctor has put her back on TPN (supplemental). She’s still allowed an unrestricted diet. We ate lunch together today for the first time since 6-Aug-09. Baby steps.
Originally posted at http://wyldraven.dreamwidth.org/563251.html
Quick update
11 AprBarbara is officially upgraded to “eat anything, anytime, so long as you eat” diet status!
Originally posted at http://wyldraven.dreamwidth.org/563077.html
An Aging Trans Woman 