Monthly Archives: January 2011
Trigger Warning: [list of names]
This is something that has bothered me for years. What the hell do you do when you’re triggered by a certain name? I don’t know how common it is, but I imagine I’m not the only one who’s triggered by … Continue reading
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Questioning
Questioning your gender is an incredibly delicate time. Any trans-friendly resource you can find (or apparently trans friendly resource) can have a much bigger effect on you than it’s likely to later on. Now, everything in our lives effects us, … Continue reading
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Opinions
It’s funny how much your opinions of people can be shaped by other people. If a person you trust tells you something about someone you thought was nice, and what they say makes you think they aren’t so nice, you’ll … Continue reading
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You have no power over me. …in a perfect world, at least.
I am really nervous about going back to college because of how transphobic the cisCenter, which is generally considered to be an expect on trans issues by cis people because they have a “T” in their official title, is. I … Continue reading
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Privilege 101 ish
(I’m not entirely sure I’m qualified to talk about this, but I’ll give it a go.) Privilege doesn’t often come up around people who have it, and when it does it’s generally knocked down with privilege denying and people not … Continue reading
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The more you can accept the kyriarchy, the easier things are. It would be much easier for me if I could accept cis supremacy, if I could cower before the cis people who feel they deserve special treatment for taking … Continue reading
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“LGBT”
As you may or may not know, this blog got started when a “LGBTQ” Center, specifically a “Trans Activism” group (run by a cis man), turned out to be spectacularly transphobic. Sadly, this is not terribly uncommon. Yes, it’s probably … Continue reading
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I’M BLIND!!! Colorblind That Is… via Mike Lemons
Read the full post here. Edited for cissexist, interphobic, and racist language. Yes, “Caucasian” is racist. (the link also doesn’t give textual descriptions of the images for visually impaired people) But aside from the blog author needing to check a … Continue reading
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Support
I go back to school in just under 2 weeks. So I finally did something I really should have done before. I came out as trans to people at school via facebook. My procrastination on this (6 months after school … Continue reading
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Trans People and binarism
I’m really sick of trans people being binarist. Since the second I stepped into the trans community I’ve had binary-privileged people telling me what I was and wasn’t allowed to identify as, that my gender is wrong and doesn’t exist … Continue reading
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