Atlanta, GA, USA. A sex discrimination decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Glenn v. Brumby et. al. (6 December 2011), is an important victory for civil rights advocates, establishing numerous and important points of law.

The decision affirms that sex-discrimination statutes and court decisions apply equally to transsexuals. Discrimination based on nonconformity to gender expectations inherently constitutes sex discrimination.

Fairfax, VA, USA. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Darkness lay across the face of the void — and we don’t have a dime to our name.

They told us growing up we were building a dream. They said go to school and jobs would be there. When there were cars to make and guns to bear we were right there. Peace and glory lay ahead.

Fairfax, VA, USA. Gender Identity? We may as well shine some sunshine in that direction. It isn’t that we will be gratefully welcomed into the discussion. Our interests lie in science and living a full life, not dime-a-dozen social studies or gender theory.

But we are women and females, neither of us a male campaigning for acceptance as a woman because he wishes to present as one today. His world is not a woman's world. His world is not ours.

Fairfax, VA, USA. Case study research represents an important opportunity for transsexual inquiry, with benefits that extend to the entire population.

For many years, there was little meaningful investigation into transsexualism, with efforts largely confined to particularly undisciplined versions of social science research. The full array of scientific tools lay unappreciated and unused, with scant attention and funding for biology, hard data collection, analysis, experiments, surveys, multipl

Fairfax, VA, USA. Suzan Cooke has written an eloquent and closely reasoned column on her blog, I am not Afraid of the Root Word, Sex, in the Word 'Transsexual', that is well worth your attention.

TS-Si believes her latest effort should be read by a wide audience. Interested readers should visit her blog site, Women Born Transsexual, and read Ms. Cooke’s latest. [cf. Citation]