Publications in the Collective
TYFA on National Geographic
This just in from Kim Pearson over at TransYouth Family Allies: I hope you all will remember to tune in tonight and invite your friends […]
Trans Health Care Is A Life and Death Matter
Robert Eads was visiting friends in the late 1990s when he woke up in a pool of blood. His terrified hosts quickly began calling hospitals, […]
Hiring Teh Trans
Todays guest blogger is Michelle Diane Rose. Michelle is a communications student and the co-author of The Color of Sunlight. She lives in Portland, Oregon […]
Trans Exclusionists: It’s Your Turn
Today’s guest Transadvocate is polerin. Her bio on Twitter states: “Trans woman, radical lefty, wannabe cartoonist, geek, phreakNIC director, web developer, person. Will eat for […]
The Rabid, Transphobic Hate-Mongering of the Anti-Pornography Movement
Todays Guest Transadvocate is Dr. Joelle Ruby Ryan. Ryan describes herself as a “transgender, Feminist, Queer, Fat+, Activist, Educator, Writer, Speaker and Firebrand”. She is […]
My Body, My Choice
The following blog post is Audrey Mbugua from of Transgender Kenya. Mbugua works for Transgender Education and Advocacy (TEA). TEA is a human rights organization […]
Interview with Laura Weinsten, Colombian Transgender Activist.
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Not a Compliment to a Trans Person
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Trans Erasure and the Old Bailey
Today’s guest post is from Catherine Butler. Butler is an academic and writer, living in Bristol, UK and blogs here. Trans erasure happens in all […]
On “Passing”
This guest post comes from Dr. Cary Gabriel Costello. Costello describes himself as “an academic and scaler of boundary walls, intersex by birth, female-reared, legally […]
What’s The Big Deal About Transgender Rights?
Editor’s note: Today’s guest post is from Jillian Burrows. Chaz Bono is going to be on Dancing with the Stars. For people who don’t know, […]
You Can’t Smash Patriarchy With Transphobia
This guest post is from Ray Filar. Filar is a feminist writer, freelance journalist, and Gender Studies graduate student. Her work has been featured in […]
Enough of ‘softie’ bashing
Today’s guest post is from Marina Mahathir. Mahathir describes herself as “a newspaper columnist, blogger, occasional TV and film producer, activist and general nuisance. She […]
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 […]
Telegraph hatred for Trans folk?
Today’s guest post comes from Jane Fae. Fae is a free-lance journalist, writing about law and computer technology, privacy and censorship. She has been a […]
Aftermath of a Boycott: Moving the Discussion Forward on Trans Issues
Today’s guest post comes from Savannah Garmon. Garmon is a physics researcher and trans activist who presently lives in Toronto but calls Texas home. She […]
God Does Not Love Trans People
This guest Transadvocate post comes from Natalie Reed. Reed describes herself as “a magical young woman who lives in the mists and pines of Vancouver, […]
Irrational – Critical Examination of a Response to Critics.
Today’s guest post is from Antonia D’orsay from Dyssonance. She describes herself as “a multi-ethnic, early Generation X, native Arizonan writer, sociologist and psychologist who […]
Transmisogynistic Media Report on Murdered Trans Woman From Detroit Local Fox Affiliate
Update April 4, 4:00 AM: I propose we start a twitter campaign criticizing the Fox affiliate station for putting together this disrespectful and transphobic report […]
Trans Panic Violence and Defamation on SyFy Channel’s Lost Girl Goes Unanswered
By Diana O’Brien 16 Jan 2013 The third season premiere of Lost Girl just demonstrated the well-worn path for advancing gay/lesbian/bisexual themes in the media. […]
9 Reasons Transgender Isn’t a Choice
By Michelle Elianna Wolf Would you believe even today, widespread belief exists that people actively choose a homosexual lifestyle or gender transition? Of the former, […]
The Normalization of TS/TG Along with the Normalization of Gay and Lesbian
By Suzan Cooke Transsexual and Transgender people are everywhere, for good or bad, in high positions in life and low. We are not just sex […]
Why I outed “ex-gay” Matt Moore
After my last post about a profile on Grindr using ex-gay writer Matt Moore’s photo and personal details, I contacted Moore, who responded as follows: The grindr […]
The Dilemma of Every Trans Athlete
Comic by Lee More about Fallon Fox on the TransAdvocate: Reality Check: Fallon Fox and the Transgender Advantage Logic Be Damned: MMA Fighter Fallon Fox […]
TERF Appropriation of the Trans Day of Remembrance
Our friend Lee is back with another awesome critical commentary comic: On May 13, the TransAdvocate wrote about the appropriation of the Trans Day of […]
I Am The Transsexual Your Boyfriend Wants to Be With: On Thought Catalog’s Transphobia Problem
I wake up, like any other woman, run my fingers through my long, bed-head hair, wishing I could stay asleep, and go to pour some […]
Orange is The New Black and its New Black Trans Narrative
Trans narratives are hot. Across the globe, media makers are turning to the transgender community for fodder for films, photo exhibits, stage plays, magazine articles, […]
LifeSiteNews’ Ben Johnson misrepresents “Christian position” on transgender people, fails to actually cite the Bible
Editor’s Note: This is part of a TransAdvocate series on religion. This series seeks to explore how various religions conceptualize trans and how trans people […]
Unpacking Transphobia in Feminism
NOTE: Radical Women wanted to share this article on the TransAdvocate so that people understand that not all radical feminist women are TERFs. Trans Exclusionary […]
Why I keep records of my transition
by Zinnia Jones I keep a personal Tumblr for notes on my daily experiences while transitioning, as well as timeline photos documenting my physical development. Recently, […]
My MTF daughter: An ordinary life with an extraordinary girl
For some reason or another, my blog has become less personal over the last few years. I’ve shared stories, news, videos and pictures, but nothing […]
Podcasts And Long Term Effects Of Activism
By Marci Hawkins I came to terms with my transsexuality around 2007/2008. The final piece of the puzzle fell into place when I caught a late […]
GA Allows Transgender Girl To Use – Oh My! -The Girls’ Room
By Lianne Simon Atlanta Gender Variations is a support group for the families of gender variant children. A few months ago they invited me to speak […]
Sometimes it doesn’t get better
Sometimes it doesn’t get better, sometimes life shit on you until you break and there’s nothing you can do. I’m not going to lie to […]
If trans women aren’t welcome, neither am I
A cisgender sex-positive dyke organizer addresses the cotton ceiling . By Andrea Zanin The question of whether or not to include trans women in women’s sexuality-based events […]
Creating a world without fear
TW: transphobic violence Like a lot of people, I was transphobic when I was younger. Society had conditioned me to be. There were men and […]
Transgender women in women’s restrooms: A purely imagined harm
By Zinnia Jones This August, California passed the School Success and Opportunity Act, a law mandating that transgender students must be included in school activities on the […]
Top TransAdvocate Stories of 2013
The TransAdvocate joins other media outlets in celebrating that most hallowed of Holiday traditions: The Top 2013 List. What follows is a look back of […]
Transgender Pathologization
By Kat Haché @papierhache NOTE: Content warning below. Yesterday, I came across an article in the LA Times regarding the National Transgender Discrimination Survey’s study of the […]
[UPDATED] Ryan Broems Goes on transmisogynistic live tweet rant while attempting to make a joke out of dating a trans woman
By Laurelai So a so-called comedian by the name of Ryan Broems went on a date with a unnamed transgender woman, and this was apparently something […]
The shift of trans narratives on TV
By Ryan Sallans @rsallans Over the past two months two incidents have happened that I believe will start to shift TV shows away from the […]
Jerry Springer exploits trans women for ratings, transmisogyny for profit strikes again
[su_lbtop] On February 19th an episode called “Tr*****s Twerk It Out” was broadcast on the Jerry Springer show, as we are all aware this show […]
My response to Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole’s Remarks
[su_lbtop] On Thursday, March 27, 2014, the “Justice Department” launched a training program to supposedly improve relations with the trans community. Deputy Attorney General James M. […]
Lateral violence in the trans community
[su_lbtop] Lateral violence is displaced violence directed against one’s peers rather that one’s true adversaries. Our true adversaries are kyriarchy and all those who perpetuate it. We live […]
“What’s Between Your Legs?” Is the New “So What Do You Do in Bed?”: Trans Issues In The Media
By Cathy Renna @cathyrenna Possibly inspired by Laverne Cox and Orange is the New Black, I blurted out the title of this post at a recent […]
Open Letter: 200+ Trans Women and Transfeminine People Stand Against Calpernia Addams and Andrea James
We, the undersigned trans women and trans-feminine individuals, are appalled at recent attacks on trans woman journalist Parker Marie Molloy published by Calpernia Addams and […]
Mom confronts TERF bigotry aimed at her family
By Debi Jackson Although I have been part of the LGBT community for the last three years since my daughter transitioned from male to female, […]
What a 90s Cartoon Can Teach Us about TERFs
By Lisa Kalayji Do you remember the 1990s MTV cartoon Daria? If you’re old enough and young enough, you probably do. For those who missed […]
Making trans-hate sound reasonable
By Natacha Kennedy Michelle Goldberg’s awful article in The New Yorker will be considered by many to be just another example of the sort of […]
An intersex perspective on the trans, intersex and TERF communities
Are Trans Communities Losing Intersex Allies in the TERF Wars? By Cary Gabriel Costello, PhD Recently I spent several days in a public internet group […]
The Curious Demands of the Womyn in the Woods: Unpacking the Statement of the Michigan Womyn’s Musical Festival
The Demands of Michfest’s Lisa Vogel: A Response & a Good Faith Offer of Support By Emmagene Cronin The end of the 39th annual […]
#whichlivesmatter?
Cianán is a lapsed Ph.D. chemist, writer, public speaker, trainer, activist, and assessment expert whose interests in activism are transmasculine representation in global trans activism […]
4chan plans “genocide” against transgender women
The 4chans sub board known as /pol/ (a well known ultra right reactionary sub board) has publicly and outright stated plans to drive transgender people […]
Trans people have 99 problems, and Facebook is just one
A personal reflection on the abuse of weaponization of Facebook’s “Real Name” Policy By Emmagene Cronin I woke up Monday morning, the first day of Trans Awareness […]
Trans Exclusionary Radical “Feminists”
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Psychiatric abuse of transgender people: a case from Russia
The reality of trans pathologization in Russia By Yana Kirey-Sitnikova Note: The article contains descriptions of violence and involuntary medical treatment. Psychiatric treatment of transgender people […]
The TSA: a binary body system in practice
Traveling While Trans: The False Promise of Better Treatment By Dr. Cary Gabriel Costello Back in 2012, I wrote about the problems I regularly encountered as […]
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