Shut Up Fool! Awards-TDOR Memorial Edition

Today is the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. This is the day transpeople and our allies around the globe pause to remember and memorialize the 120 people we've lost to anti-transgender violence. This edition of the Shut Up Fool! Awards is dedicated to all of our fallen transpeople for this year.

Now to focus on our weekly exercise in exposing the fools in our midst.

This week it was no contest. Bill O'Reilly gets it.

When you utter the words "I don't care about the Constitution" with cameras rolling and you claim to be a law and order defender...


Well, y'all know the rank hypocrisy of Bill O'Reilly.


Bill O'Reilly, shut the HELL up, fool!

Makes Me Wanna Holler

The last two days I've been participating in panel discussions, putting the finishing touches on a speech for a TDOR event Sunday on Long Island, writing a piece for the glaadBlog that just got published yesterday, and will be attending our local TDOR service tonight.

The classically timeless Marvin Gaye song 'Inner City Blues' that is playing in the background of this YouTube video is encapsulating some of what I'm feeling today



The senseless loss of all these people simply because of who they are really does make me wanna holler.

Semenya's Athletic Fate In Hands Of IAAF Council

Back on September 12, the IAAF released this press statement concerning the Caster Semenya case.

The IAAF has noted statements in recent media articles regarding the athlete Caster Semenya of South Africa.

We would like to emphasize that these should not be considered as official statements by the IAAF.

We can officially confirm that gender verification test results will be examined by a group of medical experts. NO decision on the case will be communicated until the IAAF has had the opportunity to complete this examination. We do not expect to make a final decision on this case before the next meeting of the IAAF Council which takes place in Monaco on November 20-21.

Please note that there will be no further comments from the IAAF on Caster Semenya until that time.

Well, it's that time.

The eyes of the world will be turned in Monaco's direction November 20-21 as the IAAF Council meets. One of the items on the agenda is determining Caster Semenya's competitive international athletic future.



Kind of ironic this meeting will be taking place at the same time trans people around the world will be observing Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremonies.

Here's hoping and praying I and the world will get to see this talented young runner continue her quest toward Olympic glory in 2012.