For those that sow with tears, with joy will reap.

[kaizoku]

Aaand this is depressing: Iraq’s Newly Open Gays Face Scorn and Murder. While the article says "gay men" it's pretty obvious that some are (also) transgendered.

Also from the NYT: A Passover Song is beautiful and well-worth reading. And then go check out A Facebook Haggadah because it's hilarious.

Comments

[decor-noctis.livejournal.com]

I don't know what's more depressing, the subject of that article or the fact that in it the trans people aren't afforded their (presumably) preferred pronouns.

[paper-tzipporah.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, the Facebook Haggadah is AMAZING!

[thelemic.livejournal.com]

*sigh* That is one hell of a depressing article. Oh Iraq :/

[ubixtiz.livejournal.com]

That article is chilling.

I'm intrigued by the similarity some of the situations bear to descriptions of queer culture in North America a few decades ago. Police keeping people from meeting in cafés and so forth...the gathering of transgenderism and homosexuality under the "gay" label is similar too, I suppose. The family- and death squad-initiated murders perhaps not quite so much. :|