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Letter From Home: Heartstopper And Hancock 1/23/26
Last fall, at Barnes & Noble, thanks to a large display near an entrance to the bookstore, I first became aware of Alice Oseman, and the Heartstopper series. Several books of her work were prominently displayed, and I spent a few minutes reading a bit and exploring the overall tone and mission of them. Heartstopper Continue reading
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Gender-Affirming Care For Minors Gutted By Trump Administration, Cruelty On Steroids Takes Its Place!
On New Year’s Eve at a large gathering, I was heartened that someone felt at ease to open up and converse about a gender issue within their family, the type of story that too often makes headlines. Sitting across the table from that mom, while we ate homemade holiday cookies, I was struck that this Continue reading
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Cruelty Masquerading As Policy: Trump’s Assault On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
There are bad ideas in politics, and then there are ideas so drenched in cruelty that they defy even the most cynical explanations. Donald Trump’s latest proposal to strip Medicare and Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care for minors is a calculated act of political theater that weaponizes children’s health for ideological gain. Continue reading
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Supreme Court Rejects Revisiting Gay Marriage, Homophobe Loses Decade-Long Hate-Filled Journey
I admit to having felt part relief and part disbelief with the news headline that splashed on my newsfeed today. I simply could not fathom that we are even needing to again swat down the hatemongers when it comes to gay marriage. The headlines from multiple news sources basically read the same. The Supreme Court Continue reading
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Transgender Suicide: There Are Not Two Sides To Every Issue, That Is A Conservative Ploy
The news this week of the suicide of 21-year-old Lia Smith, a transgender Middlebury College student, was perhaps the saddest story that did not come from Washington, D.C. She soon was to graduate and was known to be intelligent and proved herself to be a former student-athlete. My husband, James, was a graduate of Middlebury, Continue reading
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