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For The “It Could Be Worse” file…

A cleric who married a female-to-male transsexual and a woman was attacked by enraged Muslims in Bogor. Prior to the attack the mob had gathered at the Al-Muawanah mosque to discuss what should be…

Community and organizingEducation and youth
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Happy Birthday Transcending Gender!

Jen Burke, of Transcending Gender, is celebrating her two year blogging birthday. If you haven’t been over to her blog, well… YOU SHOULD! She’s a very prolific blogger (and blawger) and a very talented…

Culture, identity, and representation
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Transgender Activism Hits Second Life

From PixelPulse Magazine: When The World Professional Association for Transgender Health holds its biennial symposium from Sept. 5-8 in the U.S., there’s a chance participants will be discussing what sort of role a unique…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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Makeup Is A Tool Of The Devil

“‘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,…

Education and youthFeminism and gender politics
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Minus My Humanity

Why not just say a singaporean woman…or man? Hell, even “transsexual woman” would be better than “transsexual.” I guess it’s easier to see “transsexuals” as some kind of mutant rather than a person. To…

Transgender identity and history
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A Ray of Hope

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…

Feminism and gender politics
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Any Excuse to Denigrate Radical Feminism

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…

Culture, identity, and representationFeminism and gender politics
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Playing Nice Here With Radical Feminists

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,…

Feminism and gender politicsHealthcare and medicine
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Carnival of Bent Attractions: Now Playing at Mombian

At my personal site, Marti Abernathey.com, I hosted “The Carnival of Bent Attractions.” The Carnival of Bent Attractions is published monthly and is made up of submitted blog posts on articles of interest to…

Culture, identity, and representation
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Taking A Dive For The Cause

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…

Feminism and gender politicsReligion and morality