The new dichotomy: sex positivity, sex negativity
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I blame it on Jess. And her friends. And the crew over at G3. And anyone
else I can add to the list in a vain attempt to diminish my own culpability
for th...
The trickle-down effect of trans ‘jokes’
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If you haven’t already, go now and read Paris Lees’ excellent Indie piece
about the unacceptable nature of mainstream cis ‘jokes’ about trans people.
Wha...
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[Portugal]
*Quatro transexuais (incluindo Amanda Lepore) fazem campanha para o carro
Samrt Fortwo. Assista*
Está rodando em Portugal uma campanha bem legal ...
Cyrsti's Condo 2nd Anniversary!
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Really? Two years?
Isn't there a song with lyrics that go something like this: "Where are they
going without over knowing the way?"
What a great description...
Dress Like Success
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Thank you for all your suggestions about what I should wear to my law
school reunion Saturday evening. Your suggestions were very diverse running
the gam...
Press For Change press release
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(Cross-posted from the Press For Change Facebook page. For context, see All
change at Press For Change) It is with great delight that Press for Change
can ...
Labels: Where Do You Draw the Line?
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While we are on the subject of labels, if you are in favour of referring to
people as “transgendered women” or “transsexual women,” then how about all
t...
Ask Matt: ‘Trans-Friendly’ Synagogue is Anything But
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A reader writes: “I’d like to know what you and your readers think of a
recent situation I was in. “I am converting to Judaism. I have been going
to a Refo...
5 Ways Hate is Expressed
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Hate. In the US, the word has become a loaded term, flung most often in
hostility, to mark out something that is not socially acceptable to do any
longer. ...
…F@#king Trans Women…
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If there’s one thing I absolutely, completely, unabashedly, openly do NOT
miss about the heterosexual, cisgender world, and trying to live in it,
it’s the ...
According to Professional Transphobe Julie Bindel…
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female same-sex desire is a lifestyle that one is converted into
participating in. Top 10 lesbian kisses of all time … I was 15, and had a
rash on my chin ...
Please help my friend Rebecca
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My friend Rebecca is nearing the end of her diploma course, and she
needs your help. As part of her research project she is researching the
perception ...
The Right Fundamentals?
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The question often arises in my mind, when dealing with biblical
literalists and fundamentalists, exactly WHAT their fundamentals are? What
is it that ma...
Bekhsoos: Queer and Feminist Arab Magazine is Back!
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One of our main objectives was to keep Bekhsoos operating on a voluntary
basis. We resisted seeking funding and forcing achievements. Our aspiration
was ...
Women born women?
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I wrote a 101, of sorts, in response to the controversial announcement that
a conference scheduled for later this year will be restricting entrance to
‘wom...
"History is a nightmare..."
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The weather suddenly changes from midwinter to midsummer. To escape the
heat, we go to the Museo de Bellas Artes in Sevilla. It is full of
religious pictur...
A Transgender Psychology 4: The Animus and the Anima
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In Dante's Divine Comedy, Beatrice,
his anima, guides him through
Purgatory. One of Carl Jung's most famous concepts is the Anima/Animus duo.
The anima is ...
My writing - elsewhere on the Internet
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I've been meaning to set up a website that collects all my work in one place, but for now, it's all below.
My Transgender Journey series (Guardian) is here....
New TV series seeks trans people planning a wedding
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Ian Parton, a producer at Electric Sky in the UK, notes: Hello - I am
developing a TV series for The Learning Channel in the US (and Channel 4 in
the UK) f...
Moroccan Stew
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This is a simplified version of the recipe from The Moosewood Restaurant.
If chopping vegetables is your most favorite thing in the world, then use
their v...
From an Apartheid of Sex to a Freedom of Gender
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A Big Legal Milestone for the Freedom of Gender
EEOC ruling that gender-identity discrimination is covered by Title VII is
a ''sea change'' that opens the...
When even silence fails: On affirmation (part 3)
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This is part of a 3-part series on LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying education,
centering around the Day of Silence, which encourages students to take a
vow of ...
His Lordship Doth Protest Too Much
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[image: St Pauls]
*This weekend the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, used a
prominent article in the Daily Telegraph newspaper to protest tha...
A Queer and Pleasant Danger — any minute now!
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My memoir hits the shelves on Tuesday, May 1st, and I am SO DARNED EXCITED FOR YOU TO READ THIS BOOK! Before I sat down to write the first draft, I got mysel...
Miss Universe to allow transgender contestants
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(The Guardian) The Miss Universe pageant is changing its rules to allow
transgender women to take part in all of its competitions starting in 2013,
the org...
Stay the Course
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http://www.etsy.com/listing/83829948/stay-the-course-inspirationalRight
now, as I write this, I'm tense. It's hard to explain, but my anxiety
level is off...
Facts and Truth and Fairytales and I'm Back
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I'm going to try to make this blog a more regular part of my life and not
just an annual post. That being said, I don't know how fitting it is that I
start...
Because It's On My Mind Now
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So the story of the 11 year old trans girl in Germany being
institutionalized has been especially touching a raw nerve for me of late.
When I was 16, about...
meeting up in Bristol
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(copied over from TransBristol… partly because I goofed, but anyway…) This
Friday, 30th March, 7:00pm, there’s a meet-up at OMG. Some of the cast of
My Tra...
We’re freakin at the freakers ball…
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♫♫Where all the fags and the dykes, they’re boogyin’ together The leather
freaks are dressed in all kinds of leather The greatest of the sadists and
the ma...
LOCKDOWN
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Hi all, in a week or so I'm going to make this blog more private for a
while. I'll be starting my jobsearch again soon and there's just too much
overlap be...
Immoral Women: Why We Need More of Them
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This article is due to be published on Border House this coming Tuesday. In
case its raging nerdular nerdence doesn’t give it away, it’s about video
games ...
Making a move
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I am moving my blog. Wanting my own domain for a while, I finally got one
registered and installed Wordpress this morning. With Google's new "privacy
rules...
Oppreisning
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I dag fikk jeg kjenne hva oppreisning er, i alle fall en forsmak. Det
handler om å bli sett, ikke lenger oversett, feid under teppet. Det er en
utrolig god...
Eccentric Crafts
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FREE CRAFT DAY WITH YEAR TWO CARDIFF ILLUSTRATORS!
Saturday 4th Feb, 1.30pm
Come one come all, get sticky fingers and get creative with Illustration
stude...
So, I'm a Kindle Slut, too
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So...like everyone else in the first world, I got a Kindle for Christmas.
Not the fancy Fire, but a stripped down model.
I love it. For those of you not ...
Throwing Away My Vote
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“The wealthy, not only by private fraud but also by common laws, do every
day pluck and snatch away from the people some part of their daily living.
Theref...
Trigger warning; transhating hate crimes : TDoR
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It’s TDoR today. Transgender Day of Remembrance. A day specifically devoted
to the memories of our siblings who aren’t still here today because of the
hate...
11 – 11 – 11 – 11 – 11
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By Monica F. Helms Every November 11th, the US celebrates Veterans Day, a
day to honor all of those who served in our military, all of those who are
curren...
Transgender-emancipatie
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152 Veel meer m-v transgenders dan homo's!
Bij opnieuw nalezen van het Rutgers/Nisso bevolkingsonderzoek naar seksuele
gezondheid uit 2006, blijkt uit de ve...
Its Complicated
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If your not transgender, lesbian, gay or someone that gets thrown into the *catch-all
bin* of being labeled a *"life styler,"* then you may be shocked to k...
my hysterectomy
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Hello readers, I owe you all an apology for not posting in so long, but I
promise, I have a very good excuse … I was recently gutted by robots … No,
really...
New Standards of Care
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For Immediate Release April 1, 2011 World Professional Association for
Transgender Health Welcomes IOM Report The World Professional Association
for Transg...
Chrysalis Quarterly
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The renowned Chrysalis Quarterly is back as an electronic journal.
Theme-based issues explore gender identity and transgression with
intelligence, wit, and...
Feminist critique of consensus-based decision making
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I've written a little about my own struggles with the participatory
consensus model (PCM) of decision making, with a specific view to the
inclusivity for w...
Reviewing Erotica
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The Complaints and Qualifications One of my friends recently told me how I
should review Erotica because of how much I complain to him about it.The
things ...
Cher Was Almost a Transsexual!
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By Michael MustoTuesday, July 5, 2011 In a play!In the book Robert Altman, An Oral Biography, Cher remembers that Altman wanted her to play the transsexual ...
Fatal Stabbing
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From the “Star Tribune“ The fatal stabbing of a Minneapolis bar patron
followed gay-bashing comments made by the victim, witness says. A witness
said Monda...
Gratitude
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Seemingly small gestures of kindness can and do make a big difference in
this great big sea we call the universe. I've talked many times in this
blog about...
Passing Priviledge & The "Gold Star" Transsexual
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The "classic" or "gold star" transsexual camp is becoming increasingly
vocal about their desire to not be included in the transgender rubric. I
have read t...
Novo Endereço do Blog
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Querid@s Leitores e Seguidores,
Nosso e-mail que dá acesso ao nosso Blog entre outras coisas da ASTRA RIO
foi INVADIDO , nos obrigando então a mudarmos de...
2010 Study on Homeless Youth in Wisconsin
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Homeless LGBT Youth in Milwaukee, WI A study for the year 2010 by the Cream
City Foundation. Click on the link to pull up the pdf. Filed under:
Uncategorized
Adeus e obrigada
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Estou encerrando com este último post este blogue, que já está sem postagem
desde o ano passado. Agradeço a todos que de um modo ou outro me inspiraram
p...
Not all trolls live under bridges
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*(Photo credits: sfweeklycom)*
Imagine living in a homeless shelter that is so bad that it's called "The
Vice Hotel" or "hotel poverty", a place where ho...
Closing
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since I have been a lousy blogger, I’ve decided to merge this blog with my
Norwegian blog. I hope that will encourage me to blog in English more
often. I a...
Bigoted Housepaint!
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*Taubmans Paints responds, Update at bottom of article!***Crossposted from
equallovearmidale
I was in a Bunnings store in Sydney the other day looking at...
Sonia (‘David’) Burgess (1947-2010) : An obituary
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*Angelic Inspiration: Human Rights Lawyer Dies in Tragic Circumstances.*
*Sonia Burgess* I am shattered by the news of Sonia Burgess's tragic
death....
codependency patterns
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I was prompted to look up the definition of codependency this morning after
thinking the term might apply to a friend, but not being exactly sure what
it m...
Coming out! Who do you trust?
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The coming out process is one of the most personal things to a lot of
people. For me it was a process that took years for me to even find someone
to trust....
Transgender non-logic #4739
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Which is quite a peculiar stance for a supposedly mentally stable
individual, but there's more; and if you as a transperson take away nothing
else after re...
Documentation, Process, Living the Life
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It’s kind of challenging to live and document the living at the same time.
You need to have your full focus in two places at once — one, on actual
life, an...
che non si vergogni
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di Melissa Seta, Facebook, 2010 Cerco un uomo sincero che non si vergogni
ad uscire con me anche di pomeriggio, passeggiando insieme nella mia città,
prend...
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