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Although to my eyes panel 2 isn’t necessarily rich – he could easily be working class. Is the guy in…
Although to my eyes panel 2 isn’t necessarily rich – he could easily be working class. For some reason, my…
Good point, Dianne. Although to my eyes panel 2 isn't necessarily rich - he could easily be working class. I…
there’s no reason to suppose the people in this cartoon are conservative, for instance FWIW, my impressions and/or implicit biases…
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Category Archives: Transsexual and Transgender related issues
“It’s not something I would do, but…”
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 →
Grace’s Trans 101: An Introduction to Transsexuality and Some Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
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 →
Feminism, Men, and Redemption
[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 →
Poised behind my closet door
[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 →
11th Circuit rules that transgender discrimination is sex-based discrimination
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 →
Political cartoon: The End Of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
[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 →
Unexpectedly, Grace
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 →
Would Robert George Recognize a Trans-Cis Marriage?
[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 →
Sady from Feministe on Mary Daly's Death
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 →
Transsexuals According To The Mainstream Media: Either Deceptive or Pathetic
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 →
I asked Becky (who drew this strip). Becky, who is younger than me, replied: "Who?" Then she followed up with:…