Theresa O’Connor
Theresa O’Connor
Theresa O’Connor
I’m a queer lady, Erin Jr.’s mama, and Eryn’s partner. The three of us live in San Francisco, though Eryn and I both work in Cupertino. I love to travel, I enjoy watching sports, I have the unfortunate habits of collecting keyboards and watches, and I’m illegal in over 60 countries.
Latest Posts
Shot: The Supreme Court Is Going Where Anti-Trans Activists Are Leading It, by Jay Willis. & Chaser: Supreme Court Rules Title IX Means “Biological Sex” In Devastating Anti-Trans Ruling, by Erin Reed. More coverage of the ruling: Supreme...
[…]But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new...
Hidde hosted an AB meeting this week in his home city of Rotterdam. I’m grateful that the heatwave had broken before I got there. I missed the first half-day—I had been in Geneva that morning, and only got to AMS in the early afternoon....
I spent the first half of this week in Geneva for Ecma. After getting in Sunday night, Aki and I prioritized finding a place with air conditioning where we could catch up—Switzerland was at the tail end of a brutal heatwave, and I’ve...
Pride was a bit truncated for me this year. Eryn, EJ, and I went to the Trans March on Friday and (part of) the Dyke March on Saturday, but I spent Sunday—the day of the Pride Parade—flying to Geneva for work. Eryn and EJ, however, met...
Starmer Out, by Toby Buckle. Keir Starmer Proves that Triangulation is a Dead End, by Jamelle Bouie. Níor chóir glacadh leis! Níl maitheas ar bith in their politics for you and me. — Kneecap, Liar’s Tale It’s The Centrism, Stupid, by...
Each day of Pride Weekend in San Francisco has a different feel. The Trans March on Friday is a protest—some years more than others—and on Sunday the Pride Parade itself is more of a string of corporate advertisements than anything...
Eryn and I met ten years ago today, at Pride. I’m so glad we did. 💞
San Francisco’s Pride weekend kicks off every year with the Trans March on Friday. Eryn, EJ, and I got to Dolores Park in mid-afternoon. The march starts there, in the corner of the Mission District closest to The Castro, then heads up...
Over at The Conversation, Dexter—an 11 year old from Las Vegas—asked Who was the first transgender person? The answer, by Ky Merkley PhD and Nick Winters PhD, is well worth a read. Storied Colors, via Jeremy. The site’s design is lovely,...
farpotshket (yi: פאַרפּאָשקע), adj.: completely ruined as a result of attempts to fix a minor imperfection. (Jewish English Lexicon) This word doesn't just describe something that is broken, but something that is broken specifically...
Forty nine people at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, were murdered ten years ago today in what was at the time the deadliest mass shooting in American history. It was Latin Night at Pulse; most of the victims were gay Latino men. The...
Sometimes people refer to the web that you surf in your browser as the drive-by web, to contrast it with software that uses web technology but in which the SOP or the rest of the web’s security model either don’t apply, or only apply in...
Queer Books and Authors are at a Breaking Point, by Danika Ellis. Colorado Gov. Polis Signs New Conversion Therapy Ban, Defying Supreme Court, by Erin Reed. Also by Erin: Latest Gallup Poll Shows Republicans Will Not Stop With...
The inhabitants of this town being called together on the recommendation of our General Assembly, to signify our minds on the great point of independence on Great Britain, think fit to instruct you on that head. The Ministry of...