Terms, concepts, and acronyms used by our authors in their transgender discourse. Words in bold are glossy terms. Suggested citation: Glossary. TransAdvocate. (2014, March 15). Retrieved [current_date format=’F d, Y’], from https://www.transadvocate.com/glossary. 1st Wave: Feminism from the mid-1800s…
By Caillean McMahon A few thoughts on the issue of gay marriage: First of all, nearly all of us support the idea that same sex couples ought to have the right, or have the right to marry even…
“‘It is important for transsexuals to look beautiful as they consider themselves female,’ said Sulastri Ariffin, co-ordinator of the transsexual programme at PT Foundation, an organisation that provides support, education and counselling to transsexuals, drug users and sex…
I happened upon this post today. I often struggle often to reconcile my feminism with my transgenderism, and these commenters give me hope. Hope for a better world filled with more understanding, tolerance, and love.
For the past week or so I’ve been digging through just about every post I could find about this post on I Blame The Patriarchy. I was planning on writing a mega-post in response to the different blog…
It was New Years Eve when I learned of this post, and I’ve spent the last 13 days digging around the radfem blogosphere reading all the posts that sprouted from that initial post. One post in particular caught…
For the past week or so, I’ve really had my mind rapped around the “gender binary” and feminism. (maybe it’s because I’m reading Jen Burke’s “Breaking The Binary).” I’m no expert on either, so I’m looking for some…
Ya know, maybe it’s because I’ve read every goddamn post on the radical feminists take on transgenderism, but I’m pissed. I won’t denigrate this blog with my rant. If you want to read it, it’s here. I’ve read…
Charles revisited the transgender/feminism debate, this time centering on the “Language Around Trans, How it Works, How it Doesn’t….” Little Light said: “Honestly, I don’t feel comfortable getting involved in this discussion until the trans people in it…
Reading All We, Like Sheep? over at Box Turtle Bulletin.com, part of the post really resonated with me. “If it’s not a choice (being gay or lesbian), it should be.” But what choice? There’s a difference between a…