I often have issues with cisgender people not realize their privilege of being cisgender and/or when corrected in certain situations, reacting negatively. I think this is a great resource for any cisgender person out there. Chances are, if you don’t know someone who is transgender, you will eventually.
Taken from Questioning Transphobia, and can [...]
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The following is a wonderful article written to explain the intersection of transphobia and misogyny (transmisogyny). It was taken from No Designation and can be found here .
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This is a topic that has been vital to my understanding of the world over the past few years, but it’s still relatively unknown outside certain [...]
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First, watch this video. It’s long, but worth it.
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Interesting how this video is funny in some was, terrible in others, and yet so very accurate. It has kind of stuck with me all day. Thoughts?
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I am conducting a Trans 101 workshop in the near future for a domestic violence shelter, and as part of my curriculum I am updating and using the terminology section of this website.
If you find some free time on your hands, please, please, please look at the terminology page and let me know if there [...]
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Today was the first day that I have been consistently read as male.
I was walking to lunch with a friend, and got stopped by a random stranger who wanted to pet my future guide dog puppy. The said stranger was on the phone, telling the other person about the puppy, and in her conversation, she [...]
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Shot #4 was on Sunday.
Lately I have been getting really tired of asking friends to give me my shot…Makes me feel burdensome to them, even though I know they don’t mind it. They’ve all been there before. There is a sense of self reliance with self-injecting, though. Since I have started T I have wanted [...]
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I started T on Feb 13th (Friday the 13th), and today is March 13th (Friday the 13th)! So it is official, it has been one month on testosterone.
So changes. I have noticed:
1. Voice – It’s all over the place, sometimes low, sometimes where I started, sometimes in the middle. My friends have told me that [...]
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