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Trump set to abolish intersex people

A memo was recently leaked from the Department of Health and Human Services. In it, the HHS defines sex as a binary determined by chromosomes (presumed to come in only two forms, XX or…

Education and youthHealthcare and medicine
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Senator Ben Sasse noticed our nihilistic ennui 🙄

Vince Pryor with the Victory Fund joins us to discuss Senator Ben Sasse’s (R) latest hand wringing book and the biggest issue effecting us all: the upcoming election. The TA Podcast is an intergenerational…

Education and youthHistory, archives, and memory
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Kavanope + the Center for Gender Research and Policy

Yup, we have Kavanaugh-fatigue too and this is how we deal with it. Also, we introduce the new Center for Gender Research and Policy! The TA Podcast is an intergenerational show featuring a trans…

Education and youthHistory, archives, and memory
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Sorry haters, Americans increasingly support trans people

Amid rollbacks of federal protections for transgender individuals, a new survey finds Americans have grown increasingly more supportive of rights for transgender people. Sixty-two percent of Americans say they have become more supportive of…

Family and relationshipsLaw and civil rights
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Fascism and transphobia are ALWAYS linked

Anti-feminism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and racism are THE entry points to fascism. Remember, the FIRST Nazi book-burning was the burning of books from a trans clinic. Given that, would it surprise you to…

Feminism and gender politicsPublic policy and governance
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Why “biological sex” is not real

I know, I know. When you hear me say that biological sex isn’t real, you hear that I’m saying that the sexed attributes of a body aren’t real, that having sex isn’t real, and…

Education and youthHealthcare and medicine
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Transphobia & Narcissistic Stupefaction

Listen to the article, Narcissistic Stupefaction. Until now, I’ve struggled to name the psychosocial process undergirding the movement that is MAGA. However, I think I’ve found a term that succinctly identifies the problem: Narcissistic…

Community and organizingFeminism and gender politics
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Debunking the Dialectic of Design and Dimorphism

In this article, I will debunk the five arguments fascists currently use to target transgender people. All fascist movements are predicated upon the myth of categorical purity. Because the material reality of individual humans…

Culture, identity, and representationFeminism and gender politics