Category Archives: Transsexual and Transgender related issues

“It’s not something I would do, but…”

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Grace Annam

I am far enough into my public transition to start making notes of patterns. (It’s going well, as far as I can tell, thanks for asking.) One of them is this. Someone is talking to me for the first time … Continue reading →

Posted in Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 16 Comments

Grace’s Trans 101: An Introduction to Transsexuality and Some Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Grace Annam

Introduction Hello, world! I am a transsexual woman. Now that I am past most of the public-disclosure stage of my transition, I am gradually making available as resources some of the documents I wrote to help people process my transition. … Continue reading →

Posted in Grace's Trans Resource Series, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 21 Comments

Feminism, Men, and Redemption

Posted on January 20, 2012 by fannie

[Trigger/content warning: Violence] A couple of people have emailed me asking what I think about the Hugo Schwyzer, erm, Internet Feminist Situation. (See Alas, for a roundup of related links and background.) (tl;dr version: What role should or can a … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Men and masculinity, Race, racism and related issues, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 107 Comments

Poised behind my closet door

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Grace Annam

[Edited to add context: I am a trans woman. I have not yet publicly transitioned, so I still present as male. And I am a police officer.] In “Milk”, the movie starring Sean Penn, there is a scene which haunts … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Bloggers, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Gender and the Body, Gender and the Economy, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 33 Comments

11th Circuit rules that transgender discrimination is sex-based discrimination

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Ampersand

From ThinkProgress: A Georgia transgender woman has won her appeal that she was illegally fired for planning to make her gender transition. Vandy Beth Glenn had been a legislative editor in the Georgia General Assembly, but her supervisor, now-retired legislative … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 3 Comments

Political cartoon: The End Of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Ampersand

[spoiler] First panel: We see a deep pit. Climbing out of the pit, using a rope and anchor, are three cartoon letters, each with arms and legs: “L,” “G,” and “B.” L: Almost there… Almost free of this horrible HOLE … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, crossposted on TADA, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 25 Comments

Unexpectedly, Grace

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Grace Annam

Amp has very kindly granted me permission to guest-blog at Alas!.  This is daunting:  the signal-to-noise ratio here is astonishingly high, even though the topics are often fraught.  I asked Amp delicately for guidance.  He cheerfully told me to write … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Bloggers, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Gender and the Body, Gender and the Economy, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 25 Comments

Would Robert George Recognize a Trans-Cis Marriage?

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Ampersand

[Crossposted on Family Scholars Blog.] According to Robert George et al, the reason same-sex couples can’t marry is that they’re unable to perform “conjungal acts” or “coitus”: The spouses seal (consummate)  and renew their union by conjungal acts – acts that constitute … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Same-Sex Marriage, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 13 Comments

Sady from Feministe on Mary Daly's Death

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Mandolin

Quoted for brilliance: It wasn’t the end of the problems with Daly. For starters: Daly hated on trans people something fierce. This has been sort of lightly mentioned and hinted at elsewhere, but I have to tell you this in … Continue reading →

Posted in Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Transsexual and Transgender related issues, Whatever | 17 Comments

Transsexuals According To The Mainstream Media: Either Deceptive or Pathetic

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Ampersand

Aqueertheory at Below The Belt, nutshelling Julie Serano, ((I posted a similar quote from Serano last year.)) writes: …one of the main problems that trans women face is the common belief that their femaleness and femininity are somehow fake or … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 30 Comments