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Colleen Francis and the infamous Evergreen State College incident

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The mere mention of the incident should send shivers down your spine. Trans people who support protections based on gender identity should feel nervous when […]

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Debunked: JoeySalads’ Transgender Bathroom Hoax

Cristan Williams · May 2, 2016

The TransAdvocate called the college to fact check the claim. As it turned out, the claims were false. It turned out that Francis was only guilty of sitting in an adult sauna with a cis woman friend talking.

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Houston trans-inclusive equity ordinance survives

Cristan Williams · August 5, 2014

Republican State Representative Dwayne Bohac claimed that the Houston equality ordinance is a “threat to religious liberty” because it would force people to treat LGBT people equally. Furthermore, he claimed that equal rights would mean that children may be molested. Bohac, invoking the Klan Fallacy, cited a letter by the…

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Increasingly, anti-trans = anti-abortion: #protransprochoice

Cristan Williams · April 11, 2014

The right to body autonomy and being free from oppressive gender stereotypes is an issue that’s near and dear to my heart. I’ve noticed that the same hubris people who stand in the way of trans people are generally the same people who are standing in the way of the…

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Trans advocates supporting clinic defense

Cristan Williams · March 20, 2014

Those who wish to hold autonomy over a trans person’s body are generally the same as those who wish to hold autonomy over the bodies of those who might need access to safe medical abortion services. The Pacific Justice Institute, the very organization that hounded a trans kid to the…

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Religious Bigots: Intersections of Trans, Racial and Feminist issues | PodCast

Cristan Williams · February 26, 2014

But first I have some exciting news about the TransAdvocate. As you know, the TransAdvocate has done some fairly badass stuff recently. We’ve blow entire anti-trans narratives out of the water, time and again. You might remember when the trans rapper Evon Young was tortured and murdered, news outlet made…

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Bigots Unite! Deploying the Klan Fallacy in 3… 2… 1…

Cristan Williams · November 13, 2012

The issue I’m writing about today is that these groups regularly deploy what I’m going to call the ‘Klan Fallacy’ against transwomen. The most recent incarnation of this particular fallacy is the (now thoroughly DEBUNKED) Colleen Francis meme.

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Guest

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Connected through 8 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

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Connected through 8 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

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Connected through 4 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Marian

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Connected through 4 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Marti Abernathey

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Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Rani Baker

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Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Media, rhetoric, and discourse.

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Examines legal, institutional, or policy consequences connected to the shared theme.

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