Comments or not, your writing does a lot to raise awareness and understanding :-)

Well Kat, it seems you hit the big time with this piece. I have no idea how you are keeping up.

How was the guy duped? He did not use protection, and he walked away. If he wanted to ensure he did not have a child he could have worn a condom, and if he really wanted to be a father why would he engage in one night stands, and then walk away and never look back? The guy was obviously indifferent to the outcome.

I think that because they were assaulted specifically because they were trans women, that the full descriptor belongs in the title.

Well, since there seems to be lots of evidence of the assault, I hope that the assailants are arrested. If that does not happen, I hope that Tyra and Janell file a lawsuit against the authorities for not prosecuting, and against the perpetrators themselves.

Kat, please dismiss this asshole. *points up*

Do you have a source for this? Because the APA says otherwise.

Well it is like this: These women are warning their fellow classmates about these people. They are giving all the info that is needed. These men are rapists that have succeeded in getting away with their crimes. They are to be avoided.

I hope they all start showing their true feelings like this more often. It is probably the surest way for people like this to get voted out of office. The majority of people that support this stuff are older and they are slowly dieing off. Younger people are less likely to vote, but will vote more often as they get…

Oh, but they are changing their ways! Did you not read about Paul Ryan hangin' out with the inner city folks? They are now sensitive and are trying to understand all of our problems, and want to come up with compassionate solutions! This person must be an anomaly!

I am not aware of any trans culture either, although I am fairly isolated. I am 40. My bet is that you will not find a single trans writer reference trans culture. My guess is that it is a construct of the non-trans community. For what its worth, everyone I know seems to conjure up images of drag queens every time the…

To quoque.

Capitalism and sensible regulation/enforcement are not mutually exclusive. The government condones the practices we discussed due to the influence of lobbying and campaign contributions by these self same corporations, such as Monsanto. Corruption by any other name.

*laughs* I sort of thought that was maybe the case, but I wasn't sure.

I have no idea.

It is a false equivalency. Claim otherwise all you wish, but it does not make it so. Nice ad hominems by the way.

How perfectly equivalent.

In most cases I would completely agree with you, however in this instance I must take issue. Genetically Modified plants are very different than eggs, butter, or red meat. GMOs are living organisms that spread their own, modified DNA on the wind. If we genetically modified a breed of cow or chicken that turned out to…

Thank you for the information (that was an interesting article). I retract that particular statement. The rest of my points however, still stand.

Yes, you are absolutely correct. The drop in the Monarch butterfly population seems to be tied to BT corn. The disappearance of many amphibians seems to be tied to glyphosate (Roundup). The real kicker is that there are studies that indicate that GMOs are not actually more productive than traditional crops, but that…