After a particularly nasty morning segment targeting transgender kids, and a follow-up segment refusing to apologize, the hosts of a morning radio program apologize appropriately. Listen here.

In this new GenderVision program we dive into employment issues faced by transgender persons. As transgender people work towards fair and equal protection of their right to work, at both state and federal levels, many grapple with the realities of being singled out for mistreatment in the workplace. Ethan St. Pierre, FTM transsexual and former security supervisor, talks about his experience of being harassed and fired simply because of his gender. Alishia Ouelette, MTF transsexual firefighter, talks about her experience as a firefighter in Danvers, where she remains on the job after undergoing intense public scrutiny.
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Gender Education & Media, Inc., the non-profit that supports the production of GenderVision and the maintenance of GenderTalk, announces the release of a new GenderVision program, "Feminism, Sex & Gender." This latest installment of the monthly series features Jaclyn Friedman, a queer Jewish writer, award-winning performance poet, co-founder of the "Women, Action & the Media" conference, and co-editor of "Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Power and a World Without Rape."

Join Nancy and Gordene as Dr. MacKenzie starts the conversation with a historical perspective on sexuality and feminism, from suffrage and Kinsey to ending violence against women. Then follows a lively discussion of a fresh perspective on feminism, sex and gender in today's world.

Also new, GenderVision is now being distributed to cable operators via internet, so it's easer than ever for your local cable channel to carry GenderVision. More Information

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Transgender persons, like everyone else, have health care needs, but theirs are most often poorly understood by providers who have little to no experience with this population. Alejandro Marcel, diversity educator and trans health consultant, joins with hosts Nancy Nangeroni and Gordene MacKenzie, PhD., in outlining the needs and concerns of transgender persons in their access to health care. Discussion ranges from barriers to receiving treatment, to specific differences between male-to-female and female-to-male needs, to the most recent results of medical studies.

Other program segments include a response to a transgender-disparaging Fox News segment, and a "Raving Raven" segment on gender diversity among animals.

Watch this and other GenderVision programs anytime at www.gendervision.org

Listen to these inspiring words, my friends! She speaks with fierce simplicity and grace.

Brought to our attention by our good friends at Courting Equality.

Last night in Allston, nearly 200 people walked once again the path taken by the candlelight vigil for Rita Hester ten years ago. It was my honor to have led that first vigil for Rita, and to speak to our assembled circle last night prior to our reading of the names of this year's victims (and all those from MA). For what it's worth, my words:

Ten years ago, our sister Rita Hester was brutally murdered because she happened to be transgender. We gathered here with her family, and marched in solemn vigil for Rita.

We came from diverse identities and communities, united by our outrage at the horror perpetrated against a friend, a fellow community member, a human being treated inhumanely.

On that cold November night 10 years ago, a new community was born. A community of transgender people, friends, family and allies freshly connected with all of humanity in a growing bond of mutual respect.

For this, we owe Rita a great debt.

For her sacrifice was not chosen, but rendered upon her.
And we benefit from her horror, and the suffering of others, like Matthew Sheppard, James Byrd, and countless others, now including Duanna Johnson, whose suffering helps us move the most cynical of heart to say, finally, enough.
Enough violence.
Enough denigration.
Enough disrespect.

We stand here tonight in solemn vigil, not as people prefixed with any kind of descriptor or pronoun, but as human beings brought together by our abhorrence of senseless violence and the oppression of yet another class of people.

Thank you, Rita, and your family, for the friendships you made, and for your great loss, which has become our rallying cry.
And thank you, everyone out here on this very cold night, and those preparing hot drinks for us back in the church.

Thank you for caring.

From simply rude to dangerously racist, Florida Atlantic University Professor Jane Caputi's collection of bumper stickers, posters, t-shirts, buttons, hats and other paraphernalia from the current Presidential campaign, illuminated by her brilliant insights, are as shocking as they are disturbing. Evidencing a deep disquiet within the American soul, these images serve as testimony to work yet to be done in the business of healing divisions across lines of gender, race, and generation. Join hosts Gordene O. MacKenzie, PhD, and Nancy Nangeroni in "Gender, Race, and 2008 Presidential Politics" as they interview Dr. Caputi and view samples of her collection, probing for meaning in the disturbing imagery.

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As all of you know, there has been much controversy and discussion regarding the Gender Identity Disorder diagnoses in the DSM, but there has been little organization from professionals about how we can best influence this process. A group of Professionals Concerned with Gender Diagnoses in the DSM have organized to develop a response to the American Psychiatric Association and the Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Work Group regarding the need for GID reform.

Please go to: http://professionals.gidreform.org/index.html and take a few minutes to write a letter in support of a more inclusive GID Work Group. Griping about these issues on blogs and listserves may be a stress-reliever, but it doesn’t really allow your voice to be heard by those who are empowered to make decisions that will impact all of us and our gender-variant clients and their families, personally and professionally, for the next few decades.

The blatant ridicule of a transgender woman by Fox News host Greg Jarrett and guest Ian Drew is not excused by the host's inadequate apology.

This fifth GenderVision program, titled "Transgender-Friendly Public Policy", presents Gunner Scott, co-founder and director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), talking about changes to public policy that are needed in order to create a truly transgender-inclusive society. Scott has earned widespread respect with his leadership in the Massachusetts-area transgender community, helping to create some of the most comprehensive resources available to transgender persons anywhere, including a free legal clinic and much more. MTPC is currently the lead sponsor of a legislative initiative to provide protections for all people against discrimination in employment, education, credit and accommodations based on gender identity or expression. This GenderVision program is available for viewing at www.GenderVision.org.

Now available on DVD is GenderVision's third program, "Trans Partners: Gender & Relationship". This DVD includes an extended, in-depth interview with well-known transgender advocates Helen Boyd and Betty Crow that spans two full-length GenderVision programs. It also includes over 30 minutes of additional content, as Helen & Betty talk about how they met, and share anecdotes with Nancy. It can be purchased at GenderVision.org; all proceeds support the continued production of GenderVision.