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‘It’s complicated’
I am constantly trying to find a place for my story, my life, in this world that regularly denies the existence of trans folks, both actively and tacitly. Until I was 26, I had picked up on very few clues … Continue reading
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Tagged cisgender, gender, gender identity, gender roles, genderqueer, perceptions, socialization, trans man, trans woman, transgender, transition
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Collision and Whiplash
I want to share with you, dear readers, some of my inner experience over the past month – an experience of lostness and self-imposed silencing. The day after my last post, an article highlighting trans men at Wellesley hit New … Continue reading
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Tagged confusion, gender, gender identity, men, trans men, trans women, trans*, transgender, transition, transmen, transwomen, Wellesley, Wellesley College, women, women's colleges
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Hey Feminism, Trans* People Exist!
I want my freedom to be boundless and expansive, not carved into a landscape of other oppressions. Last week when I watched a video of Emma Watson, Harry Potter star and also now the United Nations Women Goodwill Ambassador, addressing … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-oppression, cisgender, Emma Watson, equality, feminism, gender, gender identity, intersectionality, lgbt, LGBTQ, misgendering, oppression, perception, privilege, queer, trans*, transgender, transmen, women
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A Transgender Reflection on the 2014 Annual Sessions of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers)
A note for NEYM folks before you read: This reflection contains criticism of some aspects of Sessions, and I want to make it clear that this is not meant to be a passive aggressive critique, nor is it directed at … Continue reading
George Fox University, Trans* Housing, and Quakers
When I learned recently that George Fox University (GFU), a Christian university named for the founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), had denied appropriate housing to one of its students, Jayce, who happens to be transgender, all of my … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, Friends, gender, gender identity, George Fox University, housing, Quakers, Religious Society of Friends, theology, trans*, transgender, transition, transmen
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A Lesson In Compassion
The other day I was at a departmental happy hour, and found myself standing around in a group of folks from my department who were talking about gendered styles of pants. Bootcut pants, apparently, are different shapes for men’s vs. … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, dominant culture, gender, gender identity, invisibility, oppression, racism, systemic oppression, systems, trans*, transgender
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Visibility
Coming out of having lived life as a queer woman, one of the realities of physical transition coupled with cis-normativity is an inevitable disconnection from some of the queer spaces I used to feel affirmed and accepted in. While I … Continue reading
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Tagged gender identity, identity, misgendering, queer, solidarity, trans*, trans* visbility, transgender, transition, transmen, visibility
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How to Respect and Support A Transgender Person
Wikihow has some good guidelines on this topic, but I wanted to provide something a little more thorough. These are suggestions based on my own experiences, as well as a lot of reading I’ve done of others’ experiences. If you … Continue reading
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Tagged gender, gender identity, how to, identity, pronouns, respect, support, tips, trans*, trans* ally, trans* people, transgender, transition
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