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1973: Transvestite & Transsexual Activism

Did you catch that inclusivity? If you didn’t let me quote the words written by a transsexual woman: “By the time you read this letter, cross-dressing should be legal in the City of Detroit.…

Community and organizingLaw and civil rights
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Wikipedia Rewrite: Transgender

I was asked to rewrite the origin narrative for the “transgender” entry on wikipedia. The current entry is full of demonstrable falsehoods which propagate ignorance concerning the history of this term. Chief among the…

Community and organizingHealthcare and medicine
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A Cotton Ceiling Conspiracy Rebranding: Super Straight

An internal discussion within the trans community, originally known as the Cotton Ceiling, concerned itself with the way physical cisnormative beauty standards impact notions of desirability, how these biases relate to the fetishization of…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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Fascism and transphobia are ALWAYS linked

Anti-feminism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and racism are THE entry points to fascism. Remember, the FIRST Nazi book-burning was the burning of books from a trans clinic. Given that, would it surprise you to…

Feminism and gender politicsPublic policy and governance
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Your How-To Guide to Gender Critical Activism

Do you fear trans people and want to rationalize the simmering hate you feel? We here at the TransAdvocate have spent almost 2 decades debating and debunking anti-trans nonsense and we’ve learned a thing…

Community and organizingEducation and youth
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TS Separatism: 1994 & 2002

The earliest usage of the term, “TS Separatist” I can find comes from a 1994 newsletter article. The context in which it is used references only those MTF transsexuals who have had vaginoplasty and…

Community and organizingHealthcare and medicine
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And we’re back

Apparently my research blog has been down for a few weeks. I just learned about it when I went to add some content today. After an hour of fiddling with my database, I tracked…

Science, evidence, and expertiseTechnology, data, and platforms