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#TERFLogic: trans women are like pedophiles!

Rate this example of #TERFLogic! Rating System: 1 star = Relatively Reasonable 5 stars = Total Bullshit [yasr_visitor_votes size=”large”] Report TERF Harassment | Where did “TERF” come from? | Deconstructing TERF Tropes | The…

Community and organizingFeminism and gender politics
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1974: Transies

1974: Transies Tenderloin Transies Protest Thirty-three drag queens were evicted from their apartments in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco, triggering protests from TVs and TSs who live in that area. The mid-day demonstration…

Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory
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Phalloplasty

The topic engenders polarized debate within the transgender community. Nowhere more than on internet support groups where, in the same thread, you will see some regard it as lifesaving and others as “frankendicks” that…

Community and organizingHealthcare and medicine
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1970s Review of TS/TV Unity

So, prior to the 1990s, did the TS and non-TS groups work together to form a larger group in order to pursue “common social, economic, and political interests” (see definition of “community”)? I can…

Community and organizingHealthcare and medicine
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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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Is Briscoe “Gun Nut” Cain a closet queen?

If you know anything about the queer community, you’re familiar with the stereotype of the closeted dude who lives a lie by pretending to be Mr. Manly Man. You know, the guy who can’t…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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1989: Tribute to Christine Jorgensen

1989: TV-TS Tapestry, Issue 54 She must have seen many changes since that day in 1952 when the headlines blared “GI Becomes Blonde Bombshell”, as have we all. Certainly, she, and we, saw the…

Community and organizingEducation and youth
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Philadelphia International Airport hosting trans job fair!

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is hosting the first Job Fair for TransWork on Tuesday, September 10, from 3-5 PM, at the William Way Community Center at 1315 Spruce Street. The Airport, which is owned…

Community and organizingLabor, economics, and institutions