Posted on April 8th, 2009 by Huck
I wrote about NH not too long ago. Again this Bill in MA has been nicknamed “the bathroom bill”, and similarly transphobic statements have been said. Here’s an update from the Associated Press. The full article can be found here .
Massachusetts is the latest state to consider banning discrimination because of transgender status. New [...]
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Posted on April 8th, 2009 by Huck
Most of those who are friends with trans people will think that this post will be pretty common sense. However, I feel like it is necessary to write about.
Never start statements with “I love [enter trans person's name here], but—” and then say something incredibly transphobic. Especially when the said trans person is not [...]
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Posted on April 7th, 2009 by Huck
YouTube has revolutionized the way American Sign Language (ASL) has continued to develop. Transgender terminology in ASL has been typically somewhat transphobic. Thus, this video popped up. It’s not subtitled, but discusses some possible alternative signs for words like “transgender”, “e”, “t”, and more. If I get a chance later, I will transcribe it for [...]
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Posted on April 6th, 2009 by Huck
Because you know, the most threatening thing about transgender individuals is their ability to come into our bathrooms (notice the sarcasm here people).
An bill was being pushed in New Hampshire to protect transgender individuals from discrimination. The Republican Party nicknamed it the “bathroom bill”, and of course, the bill got squashed in the House [...]
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Posted on April 2nd, 2009 by Huck
A long time ago, when I was first contemplating starting Testosterone, I wrote myself a reminder of the kind of man I wanted to be on my Mac’s sticky notes. I just found it again, and wanted to post it here for safe keeping.
The Kind of Man I Want To Be:
-Feminist : Constantly working against [...]
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Posted on April 1st, 2009 by Huck
My voice has been dropping, as it should. However, something bizarre has been happening nearly every day now. My voice is higher in the morning and during the day, and progressively gets lower by the evening. It’s becoming quite noticeable (and annoying). Because my low is getting lower, while my day time voice tends to [...]
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