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Dec
25

The temptation to split from the past

admin on December 25th, 2008

There are two main ways to transition with regard to friends and family: Either one keeps contact with those from the past or one moves on and restarts one life. Of course, I’m oversimplifying when I say that. We’ve all transitioned in our own ways, but this is definitely one of the big questions. Having [...]

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Trans 3 Comments »
Dec
18

Should the T be tacked on to the end of GLB?

admin on December 18th, 2008

I grew up quite aware of the GLB space. I was hiding a horrible truth from my family: I was attracted to both men and women. I was hiding from (or fighting with) a more horrible truth when it came to myself: I had always known I was female whether the rest of the world [...]

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Discrimination, Human rights, LGBT, Sexuality, Trans 2 Comments »
Dec
13

A gender-free utopia… Really?

admin on December 13th, 2008

One of the reasons* a lot of radical feminists hate trans people is that we are a wrench in the works of their supposed nirvana of a gender-free world. You see, trans people see very clearly that their physical gender doesn’t match the gender they identify with. We’re mostly very sure about what our true [...]

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Barbaric?, Cissexism, Discrimination, Feminism, Human rights, LGBT, Privilege, Trans, Women 6 Comments »