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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When discussing trangender individuals in comparison to those who are not transgender, I often hear the terms “biological” or “genetic” used. Lately I have been thinking about how these words as discriptors are simply placeholders for the words people really want to use, which are “natural” or “real”. It’s frustrating to think that the term [...]
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