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Chris, I’ll Say It Again: You’re Wrong

With a vote coming soon on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, I’d like to revisit something Chris Crain said a while back in his post “A trans activist tees off on ENDA” that was in…

Culture, identity, and representationLabor, economics, and institutions
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Radical Feminists on the Transgender v. HBS Controversy

I found a pretty intriguing comment over at Womens Spaces/The Margins concerning a post written by Harry Benjamin Syndrome apologist, Cathy Platine, at Pam’s House Blend. That whole thread over at PHB consists of…

Transgender identity and history
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Bird Of Paradox their ‘crisis of faith’ with feminism, This Ain’t Livin posted about discussing how your gender gender effects you, and Planet Transgender posted about Columbus Ohio’d City Council passing a transgender anti-discrimination…

Feminism and gender politicsLaw and civil rights
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The Great Transsexual Radical Feminist Menace

In my daily crawl through google alert land, I found a post over at Egarooo that said: “I don’t give a shit whether or not they [MTF transsexuals] want to chop themselves up. I…

Feminism and gender politicsLabor, economics, and institutions
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My Dead Feminist Heart

Reading Nexy’s blog, I found out about a post over at Feministing and the boycott that’s being called by some in the transgender community. The title of the post is “Men in Women’s Bathrooms,…

Community and organizingFeminism and gender politics
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Trans Exclusionists: It’s Your Turn

Today’s guest Transadvocate is polerin. Her bio on Twitter states: “Trans woman, radical lefty, wannabe cartoonist, geek, phreakNIC director, web developer, person. Will eat for food, and rock your face off. Or on. On…

Culture, identity, and representationFeminism and gender politics
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If You Dig Michfest, You’re NOT a Trans Ally

I recently had a discussion with a person with cisgender privledge about Michfest. I thought feminist/POC theory taught rather early on that a person who isn’t in the oppressed category doesn’t get to define…

Feminism and gender politicsHealthcare and medicine
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We Have a Dream

Please note at writing, the planned dedication service for the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial has been postponed. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a…

Community and organizingLaw and civil rights
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Feminism Must Be Led by Love, or Not At All

Recently, I have experienced a round of attacks by some radical-identified feminists and lesbian feminists for my writings and transgender advocacy. There is a long history of conflict between transgender/transsexual people, especially trans women,…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation