No Child Left Behind was both a plan, and a bill to amend the Educational Reform Acts to suit an ever changing, and expanding Economy. Signed in 2002 by President George W Bush, the bill was written to reinforce that all public education be it urban, or rural attest to standards, assessments, and accountability that would teach the students of this country how to invest in themselves, and invest in their Education by achieving goals that were designed for a school to work mobility. Yet while insuring that both Teachers, and students reached this goal of accountability in order to receive Feder ..read more

via Respect for the legalization of Third Sex Documentation. By Robben Wendy Wainer ..read more

“Respect for the Legalization of Third Sex Documentation”   By Robben Wendy Wainer     Posting gender neutral signs on bathrooms and using preferred pronouns have become a very welcoming establishment in view of what Transitioning Transgender people may benefit by, in terms of making accommodations to suit their gender identity. However, does that go far enough. In this article I will be discussing third sex, meaning Transgender legal identification, and its categorization on all legal documents across the board. In the mainstay Passport, and Birth Certificate gender identification has been st ..read more

As expansive as our culture is, our global population, as well as a family, religious and community based relationships generate certain message that serve either to foster, or divorce those seeking their own development from within. The LGBT community, namely gay men, and women experience this ability to develop a sense of self from a disadvantaged  reconciliation with an experience of hatred, and self hatred against them, that begins with their first understanding of same sexual orientation. The word phobia literally means a fear of,  that in this sense generally depicts a hatred against, of ..read more

Sodom and Gomorrah is a biblical passage in Genesis that many view to be God’s punishment towards homosexuals. God is punishing the cities, and questions if he can find even 10 pious residence in Sodom who will demonstrate hospitality based on piety. God sends two Angels disguised as men, whom Lot invites to his home. It is at this point that the city ensnares Lot’s home, and threatens him to throw out the guests, so that we may “know them.” Lot feeling this act is dutifully immoral, throws out his virgin daughters whom the City of Sodom proceed to gang rape. God sees this, and punishes the pe ..read more

I was born June, 21 1966 at NY Infirmary with my twin Sister, I was born female, but assigned male at birth. My sister’s given name was Darcy, but that would later change to Suzy. We lived in Washington Heights at the time. My first memories are of the Doctors working on me with Testosterone trying to masculinize me, when at home in the crib, my sister would transition me back to female. We lived in such places in the late 60’s as Flushing, Astoria, and Riverdale, before moving to the Upper West Side, where my sister was put up for adoption. However, we went to the same elementary school, wher ..read more

The Transgender community has voiced a certain dissonance when discussing an affiliation to religion. While many people in the Transgender community voice that they feel they are spiritual, many have also voiced a refrain from belonging to  a church or a synagogue. There seems to be  a persistent trial when attempting to conform to the views of Religions. One that accounts for more repression, more guilt, and more shame. Many Transgenders feel that these places of worship are too restrictive, since they call for a special adherence, and accommodation made for the community to which they may as ..read more

Self Agency is thought to be a term utilized by the Professional World. It  is a term that asks one to take stock in themselves. To design plans for self care, to support one’s  interests and goals, and to find out what one’s motivations are, in hopes of learning what aids us in our self discovery. Self Agency is deemed to be  a psycho social dynamic that refers to  the process of taking our character traits seriously. In this text I will try to uncover some of those same attributes, but in a way that centers around transitions that enable a transgender person to overcome barriers that may hav ..read more

via LGBT, Homosexuality, and a Contrast to Altruism ..read more

Altruism is defined by an immense propensity to love all things. Altruists believe that peace and love are the highest virtue and the greatest means to an ends. Since the LGBT Civil rights movements began Homosexuality has been seen to be an extension of what the Hippies endorsed which is to save the world by loving everyone it. In this blog I will  examine that there is a distinction between homosexuality, and this altruistic disposition to believe that only love of all beings can save the world. The struggle for LGBT human rights has come so far, we receive support in the  voices of youth wh ..read more