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50,000 Deaths

Technology on the Social and Ethical Aspects of Transsexual Surgery By Janice G. Raymond Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Women’s Studies Hampshire College/University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts June, 1980 Note: If you’re looking…

Education and youthHealthcare and medicine
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Einstein’s Fabulous Footwear

No, it’s not ‘shopped. From what I’ve been able to gather, Einstein didn’t value clothing norms; he instead wore what felt comfortable. It’s well known that he hated wearing socks and had foot problems.…

Culture, identity, and representation
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Phyllis Frye: Lifetime Achievement Award

America’s first out trans judge Phyllis Frye (she was the first out trans judge to be sworn in, in America) just recently won the Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was given at the Transgender…

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The Letter

When I learned Routledge Press was planning to publish a book about “transgenderism” by Australian academician Sheila Jeffreys, I was astonished. Why was I astonished? Because Jeffreys considers transsexual surgery a human rights violation,…

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Sheila Jeffreys and the myth of where trans care comes from

Sheila Jeffreys has for years claimed that trans surgery is the product of some malevolent conspiracy: [Transsexual surgery] could be likened to political psychiatry in the Soviet Union. I suggest that transsexualism should best…

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Top TransAdvocate Stories of 2013

The TransAdvocate joins other media outlets in celebrating that most hallowed of Holiday traditions: The Top 2013 List. What follows is a look back of the most popular and most evocative stories we published…

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Moving trans* history forward symposium

[su_dallasdennytop] Left to Right: Ariadne Kane, Viviane Namaste, Susan Styker. Photo by Dr. Aaron Devor. You can never go wrong when you hang out with Ms. Bob Davis. Seriously. Ms. Bob is professor at…

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