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I Believe There’s An LGBT Community, But…

One of the ongoing arguments I hear and I reject whether it comes from the LGB end of the spectrum or the trans end of it is that ‘there is no LGBT community’. Granted…

Community and organizingFamily and relationships
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Being Trans Affects Everything

It’s not a lifestyle (and I hate that conservaterm). When you swallow those hormones or take those first shots of testosterone or estrogen, it causes seismic shifts in your life that mere cis people…

Feminism and gender politicsHealthcare and medicine
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Gender is different

As a white person, I never have to think about race, except on those rare occasions when I am in a non-white majority space. I never think about being a U.S. citizen except when…

Race and intersectionality
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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, etc. In fact, if you aren’t talking about trans…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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Buddhist Bigots, Buddhism and Trans Folk

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 conceptualize religion. There is an ex-trans temple in Thailand…

Education and youthHistory, archives, and memory