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		<title>Handling our own information..privacy online part two.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lincoln Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so I started to leave this as a comment on my earlier post about privacy rights, and it quickly began to grow into a post all its own. Here we go: I think one of the main reasons I wanted to start this conversation was to begin talking about how we, as a community, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out, Open, Closed, and In</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antonia D'orsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the absence, folks &#8212; work is a bear, ya know? Ok, so it&#8217;s actually fairly easy work, right now, and we just finished two very successful efforts, but there&#8217;s a huge pile of paperwork I need to gothrough, not to mention the effort involved in setting up my office and getting the meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>chasing and vulnerability</title>
		<link>http://www.thespectrumcafe.com/?p=1577</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jayinchicago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(previously published elsewhere, updated) Here&#8217;s the thing: I feel I have spoken in a lot of detail here and elsewhere about what I think of fetishes around trans people and, y&#8217;know chasers. Personally I still think an imbalanced fetish where at the core of the fetish is systemic oppression&#8211;well, the privileged person in that dynamic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Privacy and Your Life: A Single Identity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lincoln Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the themes I&#8217;m hearing over and over again is that we&#8217;re moving toward a single online identity. Information has begun to pile up closer and closer together. The Internet has been a point of learning and connection for the trans communities for years. We discover facets of our identities, find trans positive services, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging Live At The Pii2010 Information Privacy Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.thespectrumcafe.com/?p=1566</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lincoln Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week in Seattle is Geek Week (August 13th-22nd), and part of this week&#8217;s events is a conference devoted to exploring privacy, technology, and access to information. I&#8217;m here to understand what&#8217;s going on now, trending topics, and how these movements in privacy affect the trans community. We have a great need to protect the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TransActive III: Advocating for Trans People if Not Trans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mercedes Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Part three of a series on trans advocacy.  Part one spoke about changing the narrative used to describe trans people, and part two looked at expectations.) In order to be an advocate for any group that you are not a member of and that you don’t have the intimate knowledge of from life experience, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inalienable Rights: Perry V Schwarzenegger</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antonia D'orsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of discussion going on about the recent decision in the Perry Vs. Schwarzenegger case, and the related issues surrounding it. Let&#8217;s take a moment and look at some facts, some of the arguments being used, and the realities of Law in America. One of the current memes being circulated with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian major parties fight for Gay vote, to a point, Trans and Intersex they&#8217;ll think about. Maybe.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Battybattybats</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Australia we have an interesting situation with our current election when recently on a GLBT(I?) radio program the Shadow Attorney General George Brandis promised more than the current government has on improving matters for GLB(T?I?) people by making a commitment...]]></description>
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		<title>Crosspost: Interview with Monica Roberts from TransGriot!</title>
		<link>http://www.thespectrumcafe.com/?p=1499</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lincoln Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is originally part of my blog Talk about Gay Racism, which you can find here. Talk About Gay Racism Monica&#8217;s blog, TransGriot, can be found here: http://transgriot.blogspot.com Monica Roberts is an amazing activist. One of the founders of the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC), she&#8217;s been involved in making the world a better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ball Memorial Response to Transphobic treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.thespectrumcafe.com/?p=1496</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antonia D'orsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BMH Responds To Transgender Conversation 8/4/2010 Muncie &#8211; As has been widely reported in various media, regarding a transgender woman involving her recent experience while seeking services at Ball Memorial Hospital, the patient’s account of what transpired during her visit concerns us deeply and gave us pause. It prompted us to take action!  Ball Memorial [...]]]></description>
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