Papers to Pee. “They Hunt Us Down for Fun” Buckangel Official Fan List - Get buckangel News and Events - powered by FanBridge. Transgender Women in Washingon, DC Tell Their Stories. New Study Explores Diversity Within Transgender Community. Last month, the Columbia University Press published The Lives of Transgender People, a book outlining the findings of a comprehensive survey on gender, development, and identity among transgender individuals in the United States.
Authored by Genny Beemyn and Susan Rankin, the book offers a unique body of data gathered from nearly 3,500 participants, with more than 400 follow-up interviews. The findings of the survey reflect the diversity of identities, experiences, and relationships to gender within U.S. transgender communities. In the book’s introduction, Beemyn and Rankin recount the history of transgender studies, the ways in which transgender identity has been defined and redefined in the past, the methods used in their particular study, and finally an overview of the chapters in the book. With an aim at transparency, the authors go on to discuss the demographic breakdown of the study, an issue complicated by the limits of language to describe gender experience.
Janet Mock: It Happened to Me: I Told My Boyfriend I Was Born a Boy. This essay originally appeared on xoJane.com, Jane Pratt's new website where you can admit to anything -- no judgement.
When I was a kid I had a series of dreams that involved Immature. You know, that baby boy band starring Roger from Sister, Sister? Anyway, my dreams usually involved group member LDB (Little Drummer Boy) singing "Never Lie" to me in the tree that stood in front of my window. Since then, I've sat across from many men on dates and wondered what their fantasies were. By then mine always involved them really liking me and me playing the distant, mysterious girl they couldn't quite figure out. Really, it was more about me not getting too close. Oh, I keep forgetting you may not be the T, so you may not know my T or what T is at all. My T is basically my story, my story being that I'm a young woman who happens to be transgender.
I was born a girl but in a boy's body, as media headlines tend to scream when telling stories like mine. Will I wait for you? How do I say this? WATCH First Trans Prom Queen Offers Hope to Suicidal Teens. Guest Post: Transmisogyny is Misogyny Against All Women « Tranarchism. This was written by my friend Gus Allis, who is rad.
She is one of the people I know who really sets the standard of what a “cis ally” should be. Check it out. Transmisogyny is Misogyny Against All Women: An Open Letter to Cis Feminists mi·sog·y·ny/mɪˈsɒdʒəni, maɪ-/ [mi-soj-uh-nee, mahy-]–nounhatred, dislike, or mistrust of women. I need to know something. If you hate, dislike, or mistrust trans women, you’re misogynistic. If a=b and b=c, then a=c If trans women= women and hating, disliking, or mistrusting women= misogyny then…then what? Ok technically that would be trans women= misogyny but you know perfectly well what I mean and I hate that you even questioned my math.
But I know what you’re thinking. You’re wrong. Not only are you wrong, but even thinking that silly, silly, thing is unbelievably, incredibly, fantastically MISOGYNISTIC. 1. I listed this one first because it’s the easiest. But let’s get specific.