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Transgender Woman Attacked in Astoria Queens

By Jennifer Lopez Suspects | Credit: DCPI On January 8th, 2014 a 30 year old transwoman whom wishes to remain anonymous for now, went to the Neptune Diner in Astoria Queens, New York City…

Culture, identity, and representationTransgender identity and history
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Transgender Pathologization

By Kat Haché @papierhache NOTE: Content warning below. Yesterday, I came across an article in the LA Times regarding the National Transgender Discrimination Survey’s study of the elevated risk of suicide in the transgender…

Culture, identity, and representationHealthcare and medicine
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Trans medical care = mutilation?

A reader writes: I was wondering if it would be possible to open a discussion seeking articulation explaining why and how surgical alteration is different from genital mutilation. I feel insufficiently equipped to defend…

Feminism and gender politicsHealthcare and medicine
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The shame of Sheila Jeffreys’ hate

University of Melbourne Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF), Sheila Jeffreys is being called out for her racist comments by the indigenous Australian community. Jeffreys asserted on a radio show that being trans is like…

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Fred Phelps founder of the Westboro Baptist Church dies

[su_kellibusey2] Fred Phelps, founder of the WBC will forever be remembered as one of the most hateful people ever to walk this planet. Fred Phelps has died. According to CNN the founder of the…

Religion and moralityTransgender identity and history
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TERF: what it means and where it came from

Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERF) are quick to make fact assertions about the term, TERF. According to TERFs, the term is a slur and use of the term makes one a misogynist. Others assert…

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TERFs offer only hyperbole

TERFs are well-known for referring to their rhetoric as being “gender critical.” You might think that this means that they are critical of gender in all its forms. However, TERF criticism of gender seems…

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