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I Get The Anger, But Hate Isn’t The Answer

Over the last few days I’ve seen a lot of anger from the trans community over the Roseanne Barr controversy. I do understand the anger. We are often portrayed as being sexual deviants who…

Community and organizingLaw and civil rights
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What Did Roseanne Say That Was So Transphobic?

I heard that question asked over and over on Twitter last night after Roseanne Barr tweeted: Well, the short answer is, “where do I start?” Barr is speaking of is Colleen Francis. Francis was…

Education and youthFamily and relationships
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Unity, NOT Uniformity!

As you may know, most of the TS Separatist leaders have moved on with their lives and the ones who are left seem to be the Ashley Love/Just Jennifers of the world who regularly…

Community and organizingFeminism and gender politics
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Gender Orientation, Identity, and Expression

I’ve witnessed many arguments and misunderstandings explode over the conflation of these THREE dimensions of what we in trans discourse collectively refer to as gender: Gender Orientation: One’s subjective experience of one’s body, including…

Culture, identity, and representationFeminism and gender politics
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Sounds Like a Threat to Me

The problem is that the very imagery of what she’s referring to is so weird that I honestly can’t tell precisely what its a threat of. Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore has launched an outspoken…

Violence, safety, and dehumanization
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Tipping Point On RadFem Transphobia?

The British Transphobic Feminist Troika unleashed their hate speech upon the world last week probably thinking they would get pushback from the trans community they and their acolytes could spin and demonize them with…

Community and organizingFeminism and gender politics