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The Weston Meteor Fall and American Science
Sharon Gaughan
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Weston, CT, USA. On 14 December 1807, a "globe of fire" flashed south across Vermont and Massachusetts, culminating in three loud explosions at 6:30 in the morning over Fairfield County, Connecticut.

In their everyday lives, most people relied on astrology and traditional wisdom to explain natural phenomena. The common folk in religious communities thought meteors were portents of impending calamities. At best, amateur scientists thought that meteors were projectiles spewed from lunar volcanoes.


American Political Parties in Crisis
Sharon Gaughan
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Fairfax, VA, USA. The essence of America and what we can bring to the world lies before us, but you wouldn’t know it from the behavior of Democrats and Republicans. The two great engines of our political will ignore the public interest, burnish their own self-indulgent resumes, and facilitate the downward spiral of our expectations.

The American political parties are demonstrably ineffective, but worse, are impediments to effective governance.

Sharon Gaughan
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Washington, DC, USA. The typical US election for president and congress is a hard sprint toward the finish line. Everything is under tight control, with campaign appearances scheduled for friendly audiences at a considerable distance from the general population. We can always expect a flashy — but largely superficial — discussion of the issues.

Somewhere in the frenzied activity that is now a year-round American political season lay all sorts of US political and cultural factions working on
Ashley Love and the Burden of Autumn Sandeen
Sharon Gaughan
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Fairfax, VA, USA. Ashley Love is the latest in a long line of personal targets identified by Autumn Sandeen for deconstruction, serving no purpose other than fuel for Sandeen’s perpetual self-aggrandizement.

I have nothing personal against Autumn Sandeen, but she has become an intolerable burden that saps the energy of serious people striving toward real progress in basic civil rights and the relief of those who need our help. Increasing numbers of people who care about those born with the tr
Beyond Ourselves: The Children of Transsexuals
Sharon Gaughan
Tuesday, 27 April 2010

Fairfax, VA, USA. Whoever we were and whatever we did before transition, the tasks we now face go beyond the bromides of I can get on with my life and I can just be who I am or These days, I can just be.

Children are out there asking questions that press against heart and conscience: And who are you, really? and What about us? These are issues that have already reached the family dinner table.

Many of us today raise children; in time, there will be even more families where one or both pare

Sharon Gaughan
Monday, 15 March 2010

Fairfax, VA, USA. The existence of transsexuality is beyond dispute, as evidenced by the large absolute numbers of people who are hormonally reconstituted, surgically corrected, and successfully transitioned into society.

Gender theorists obfuscate, blog posters dispute, and tradition-bound academic scientists dither in career-driven timidity. Nonetheless, research into the causes of the transsexual birth condition has moved beyond simplistic behavioral analysis, which often misconceives it a

Pending US Rights Legislation and Post-op Transsexuals
Sharon Gaughan
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Fairfax, VA, USA. We find ourselves swimming in an alphabet soup of heightened expectations in what appears to be a favorable political climate. [N1] Democrats have several legislative proposals pending, but they control the presidency and both Hou...
Skating Across This Immature Age
Sharon Gaughan
Monday, 28 September 2009
Fairfax, VA, USA. Those of us who live in a democracy have much to be proud of, given the thuggish record of authoritarian regimes. But every democracy requires continuous engagement with securing liberty and extending the benefits to all of its citi...
Site Update: Denial of Service
Sharon Gaughan
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Fairfax, VA, USA. TS-Si.org sustained and defeated a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack designed to prevent access by our users and disable certain site features. The confirmed attack destination was the article entitled Classic Transsexu...
Leigh Cites House Blend Entry As
Sharon Gaughan
Saturday, 21 March 2009
Fairfax, VA, USA. My personal portion of TS-Si.org, Looking Glass, usually carries some weighty meditations on daily life, cross-cultural issues, science policy, allusions to important announcements (e.g., Suzy Cooke's blog), [N1] and other interesti...
Searching For The Genomic Treasure That Is Us
Sharon Gaughan
Friday, 01 August 2008
Fairfax, VA, USA. Reports of a transsexual gene? The New Scientist recently flashed a breathless headline: 'Transsexuality gene' makes women feel like men, with an accompanying article by Linda Geddes. [C1] This inaccurate report caused quite a sti...
Grey Lady Down: The Wreck Of The DSM
Sharon Gaughan
Friday, 18 July 2008
Washington, DC, USA. The Manual for Diagnosis of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) has long outlived its intended purpose, the legitimization of psychiatry as a medical discipline. Even if we forgive the suspect origins of the DSM and respect the intentions ...
Will Genetics Research And Eugenics Doom Transsexuals?
Sharon Gaughan
Sunday, 20 April 2008
Springfield, VA, USA. Those of us born transsexual ("Classic", HBS, whatever) had (or still have) a correctable medical condition. Despite the preexistent nature of our birth condition, critics on both the social left and social right o...
Countering Empty Gestures With Coffee & A Really Good Blueberry Scone
TS-Si News Service
Friday, 25 January 2008
Fairfax, VA, USA. I avoid commercial pastries; they are bad for my waistline. However, I do love a really good blueberry scone. Every so often when out doing my tasks in life I simply can’t resist and swing by a coffee shop and indulge in what ...
Finding Renewed Faith In Optimism, And The Perils Of Despair
Sharon Gaughan
Monday, 05 November 2007
Fairfax, VA, USA. I have met two men in my life who lost their penises to a misfortune of life. They weren’t born transsexual, but accident or disease confronted them. These are my notes on our encounters in the burn ward, my meetings with men lo...
What About Non-op Transsexuals? A No-op Notion
Sharon Gaughan
Saturday, 19 August 2006
Washington, DC, USA. Can we at all agree and let transsexuals be transsexuals? Human language, while inherently imprecise, does convey rich meanings that frequently become the basis for action, inaction, or dismissal of real needs. Anyone up for a ...
Soccer Girls, Dancing: Learning The Score, Learning The Dance
Sharon Gaughan
Saturday, 15 July 2006
Springfield, Virginia, USA. Professional sports embedded my growing up years in Cleveland, Ohio. The football Browns were dominating and the baseball Indians were elite. We even had the Barons, the most successful team in American Hockey League ...

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