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TSA ‘Private Screening’ As A Trans Man, Part I
I recently experienced what seems to be a right of passage for trans people who have to go through airport security: the private screening. I was on my way to catch a flight home after traveling for Thanksgiving, and wrote the … Continue reading
My Body Is ‘Inappropriate’: Practicing Self Love
[Content note: Discussion of body image and weight in the context of oppression and internalized feelings.] I want to take a minute to talk about self-esteem, particularly as a queer and trans person. Every day, at least once a day, … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-fat bias, anxiety, body image, body size, fat, fat acceptance, health, oppression, self care, self love, size acceptance, trans man, trans*, transgender, weight loss
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Mutable
“Sometimes I feel like ‘male’ is an island I’m clinging to after being lost at sea.” This is hard for me to write about. It has been a year since I started working in a place where everyone (who didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged body, cis, cis male, cis passing, cisgender, cisnormativity, doubt, gender, healing, male, man, misgendering, non-binary, pain, passing, perception, pronouns, safety, testosterone, trans*, transgender, transition, uncertainty, wholeness
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Breathing In Anger
I have been feeling really angry this week. I have been feeling really angry, and part of me is relieved. I have been holding my breath and trying to survive an extraordinary sea of change in my life. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged advocate, anger, anti-oppression, breathing, Caitlyn Jenner, capitalism, cis, education, privilege, survival, trans woman, trans*, transgender, transmasculine
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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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(Not) Fitting In
The other day, I was in lab chatting with a couple of my coworkers, when I thought I heard them mispronoun me. That is, I thought I heard one of them – and then the other – accidentally refer to … Continue reading
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Tagged assumptions, cisnormativity, coming out, fitting in, invisibility, lab, mispronouning, oppression, Quakers, queer, respect, science, social justice, trans*, transgender
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I-93
As a transgender person, my body is a living, breathing, walking protest. My body inconveniences other people, makes ‘regular folks’ angry, is declared unnecessary, inappropriate, and disruptive. My body is asked to accommodate other people’s schedules, is told what shape … Continue reading
One Year
One year ago today, I received my first injection of testosterone. I feel great. There is a well of gratitude and stability within me that I can touch and feel almost whenever I choose to check in with it that … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversary, coming out, gender, identity, one year, oppression, privilege, science, T, testosterone, trans*, transgender, truth
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Docking Clamps Released
The other day, in the stairwell where I work (where I was gone for 3 years and recently returned), I saw a research collaborator I worked with three years ago and haven’t spoken to since – not even to say … Continue reading
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Tagged awkwardness, bicycles, cis men, gender, imagination, male, man, men, oppression, shame, space, trans men, trans*, transgender, transition
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