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Words Mean Things: You’ve Been Transgendered!
When I hear “This is my friend _____ , she’s transgendered”, I cringe. It may seem innocuous, but using the word “transgendered” indicates that being […]
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What’s In A Word? Context, Ya Fag!
I know I have this obsession with words. I’ve never particularly liked Queerty.com because it’s posts on transfolk generally border on bad taste/transphobia. The most […]
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Ok, Maybe I’m Just Cranky
The headline from a recent Rex Wockner PrideSource post screams “Transsexual becomes mayor of Cambridge”. What would you think of this headline: “Gay becomes mayor […]
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Stylebook? What Stylebook?
From the AP Stylebook: “Use the pronoun preferred by the individuals who have acquired the physical characteristics (by hormone therapy, body modification, or surgery) of […]
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Freak Of The Week: The Tabloid Media
Give ’em an act with lots of flash in it And the reaction will be passionate Give ’em the old hocus pocus …. Give ’em […]
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Transgender*: The Rhetorical Landscape of a Term
K.J. Rawson, Cristan Williams, 2014 The current ubiquity of the word transgender might imply that it is an uncomplicated word.1 It circulates widely—in the media, […]
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Should LOGO pull RuPauls drag race?
I suppose the headline of this article should actually read, “Will LOGO ban RuPauls drag race?” Then, all of those who truly understand the dynamics of the […]
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Faggot Ru Paul: trannys need to “get stronger”
The faggot, RuPaul Andre Charles, claims that trans people are “bitches” who need to “get stronger” with regard to his use of tranny. In an interview […]
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Christine Jorgensen: Transgender Woman
Christine Jorgensen was a famous transsexual woman who preferred to be referred to as being a transgender woman: 1979: Newsday article reprinted in the Winnipeg Free Press, 1979 The article reads: As a young…
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Trans Terms History and Context
I was at the airport one day I thought I’d play with attempting to represent some information about the history and social context of transgender terminology in a graph: – Click graph to enlarge…