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Happy Friday! And to all you homos out there (alright, LGBTQ folks, for those who prefer to be PC, but I like homo better!), Happy Pride Month! This weekend Philly celebrates the whole Pride shebang, and of course I’ll be flitting around being the glamorous lesbo that I am. Also happening this weekend is Philly’s annual Dyke March – the antithesis to the corporate sponsorship and consumerism of gay culture. It’s an awesome rally/march that goes on all over the country – organized inside the queer community. Pretty awesome, right? You know I’ll be there!

So, why am I telling you this? Well, other than the fact that I am excited, after the marching festivities are finished, us queers gather in the park for a bunch of delicious performances, including a recap of the winning show piece of Mr. Philly Drag King 2010. And this year’s winner is none other than one of my favorite people ever – Pumpernickel!  This lady is ah-mazing!  And she won a freaking royal title on her first drag performance! Beat that!

Anyway, to get pumped up for her performance tomorrow, I’ve decided to Mixtape Rewind Pumpernickel’s drag music of choice – The Dresden Dolls’ “Coin Operated Boy.”  Hurray!

Can not wait for the weekend!

xoxo
-J.D. Bauchery

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Photo via The Frisky

It’s never too late to be who you are, and me being a total softie for a human interest piece, I just had to write about this heartstring-tugging story.

At 77-year-old, Pennsylviania resident Renee Ramsey has finally made her dream a reality and transitioned from male-to-female. 

Born male, Renee was a one time military specialist (a Green Beret in Vietman) who married twice, but knew that she was different since the age of 13.  Even when she began dressing as a woman later in life (but returning the uniform for offical duties), Ramsey waited on having gential re-assignment surgery until her wife died (which happened recently). In fact, she had been saving money for it most of her life. Now after the surgery and her full transition, Renee Ramsey finally feels like herself.

“I’m happy good, as happy as any woman could be,” said Renee.

(via The Frisky)

Yay for happy endings! 

xoxo
-J.D. Bauchery

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As LBGT pride month kicks off around the country – the first year that the President has included Bisexual and Transgender in the proclaimation – Chastity Bono has decided to publicly annouce his own proud proclaimation.

That’s right, I said him.

The celebrity offspring of Cher and Sonny Bono has begun transitioning from female to male. After rocking the entertainment world when coming out as a lesbian nearly twenty years ago, 40-year-old Chaz (as he known to friends and family) has re-opened the closet door to come out again, this time as transgender.

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As sad as we were to see Masturbation Month come to an end, National LGBT Pride Month is here and we are super excited!  Back in 2000, Bill Clinton declared June as Pride Month to remember the Stonewall Riots, which are considered the start of the gay rights movement.  And yesterday, the first of June, President Obama officially proclaimed June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month and called upon the people of the United States to “turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists.”  Woohoo!

In celebration of queers everywhere, I thought I’d pass on some of my favorite Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (and queer!) movies to help kick off the month right!  Now, in no certain order, a few of my favies:
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