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Collective Demo

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PLEASE! ‘Come For’ Us!

There’s a laughably pathetic piece of nonsense making the rounds right now – emanating from one of the usual pits of transexterminationistic insanity. I have no intention of linking to it, but this is…

History, archives, and memoryLabor, economics, and institutions
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Ask Matt: Do Trans Men Die Young?

Welcome to a special Thursday edition of Tranifesto, with more Ask Matt questions. I’m hoping to catch up on my backlog of questions, and, as always, I’m hoping that readers will supply their wisdom…

Healthcare and medicineScience, evidence, and expertise
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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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Take the Trans “Sense of Community” Survey!

Take the survey here For some time, I’ve seen and heard subjective assertions like: I love the trans community! I hate the trans community! There is no such thing as a trans community! I…

Community and organizingScience, evidence, and expertise
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Dos and Don’ts of Trashy Trans Reporting

This is a review of the way a single story is handled by two diffident tabloid newspapers. The sensationalistic reporting style is so starkly different that I thought it would make an exceptional case…

Law and civil rightsScience, evidence, and expertise
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Ask Matt: Why Do Trans People Make Me Uncomfortable?

A reader writes: “I am a straight male and consider myself fairly liberal. One of my best friends is openly gay and I have never felt uncomfortable around him. Yet the thought of being…

Culture, identity, and representationScience, evidence, and expertise