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Your Serve Is Rather Weak

According to a Reuters report: “As Renee Richards, the world’s most famous transsexual athlete, looks back on her life, she has one regret — the fame she attained.” Dearest Renee, your 15 minutes of…

Transgender identity and history
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Best. Comment. EVER!

“If these religionists would just read their Bibles, they would see that God has no problem with making a woman out of a man. In fact, He was the first to do it.” –…

Transgender identity and history
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Torture

is what life is for a transgender youth that can’t come out. Hell, as a child I wouldn’t even think about it, lest someone peer into my thoughts. I wore masculinity as my shield…

Education and youthTransgender identity and history
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You Pretty Little Housewife

“Mayor Pat Gerard says she doesn’t believe Stanton will have any problems when he walks in wearing a dress, lipstick and heels.” – Mike Deeson (Tampabays1o.com) Call me a Marxist Radical Feminist Nazi, but…

Feminism and gender politics
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Epileptics are Demon Posessed. Really, Jesus Told Me So.

I found this on Saurly Yours: “Sex Change Operations: Are They Choice or Necessity?” I left this comment in response. “I’m not really going to spend too much time discussing things here, because it’s…

Healthcare and medicineHistory, archives, and memory
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Soap Transition Support

In the past I’ve written posts supporting the “All My Children” transgender character Zoey/Zarf (here and here). Recently, Zoey (the soap character) took part in a support group with real transgender people. Simply amazing.…

Culture, identity, and representationEducation and youth
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Where Did I Leave My Crow Bar?

The Journal of Lesbian Studies is calling for submissions to the upcoming “Lesbians and Body Image” issue. One of the questions really caught my eye: ” What differentiates body image situations where it is…

Culture, identity, and representationHealthcare and medicine
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Little Ole’ Bigot

A southern, right-wing, anti-abortion, Dominionist bigot recently wrote this post denouncing Joanne Nemecek for supporting her spouse in transition. I’m not sure she’ll actually let it out of moderation (sooooo typical of right wingnut…

Culture, identity, and representationLaw and civil rights
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Is The Radical Feminist Movement Our Enemy?

I’m in the midst of a move, and a couple of other pressing things right now, but this really is worth some discussion. Are radical lesbian separatists/feminists an enemy that we should fight with…

Community and organizingFeminism and gender politics