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An Intro: “Transgender” During the 1990s

For the past few months, I’ve made available a number of never-before-considered documents that reviewed the true roots of the word “transgender”. The Myth The term “transgender” was coined by a heterosexual crossdresser chauvinist…

Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory
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Washington DC Taking Step To Address Trans Job Issue

According to the DC Trans Coalition, the city has promised to help address on of the pressing problems in the local trans community in terms of unemployment. As the Injustice At Every Turn report…

Community and organizingEducation and youth
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Kelly Osbourne Gets Called On Her Anti Trans Rant

Kelly Osbourne recently opened up in a Glamour UK interview about being cheated on by her ex-fiancé Luke Worrall and let loose some transphobic commentary while doing so. “Having to tell them (my parents)…

History, archives, and memoryMedia, rhetoric, and discourse
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Kelly Osbourne: I Support the Transgender Community

Editor’s note: The following guest post is from Kelly Osbourne. Osbourne is a television personality and musician. Osbourne and I discussed on Twitter about her use of the phrase “chick with a dick” and…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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About Work It

Since people are having a hard time understanding why trans folk seem to take issue with Work It, let me put it in terms that more folks might understand. What follows is the exact…

Culture, identity, and representationFamily and relationships
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Rupaul: Fuck You, You Silly F****t!

Even though RuPaul Andre Charles is a drag performer who lives his off-stage life as a man, he seems to think he can speak for the transgender community. In an interview with Michelangelo Signorile,…

Community and organizingMedia, rhetoric, and discourse
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Blake Lively, Stop Using The T-Slur

Blake Lively back in 2009 used the problematic T-word in a 2009 Allure magazine interview in which I wrote a post taking her to task for it at the time. It’s three years later,…

Community and organizingEducation and youth
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Cristan Williams Interview with Milton Diamond

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