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    Changing My Recorded Gender With The Department Of Defense

    Autumn Sandeen · Community Activism · Featured

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    • May 21, 2013

    fter my surgery and later issuance of a new birth certificate last November, I wanted to apply to the Department of the Navy (DON) to change my recorded gender. The[...]

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    The TERF Appropriation of the Trans Day of Remembrance

    Cristan Williams · Featured

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    • May 13, 2013

    A TERF hate-tracking site recently raised a warning that Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF) leaders are attempting to appropriate the Trans Day of Remembrance: Cathy Brennan, contributor to the Radfem2013 conference, has sunk[...]

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    Evon Young Case Update

    Featured · Monica Roberts

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    • May 8, 2013

    The last time I posted on the murder of Milwaukee trans man and rapper Evon Young five suspects, 37 year old Ron Allen, 23 year old Devin Seaberry, 26 year[...]

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    Three More April African-American Transwomen Deaths

    Featured · Monica Roberts · Opinion

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    • May 3, 2013

    I’m beyond sick and tired of being sick and tired of the near genocidal levels of anti-trans violence that are taking away far too many under 30 transwomen of color[...]

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    Being Trans Affects Everything

    Featured · Monica Roberts · Opinion

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    • May 1, 2013

    It’s not a lifestyle (and I hate that conservaterm).  When you swallow those hormones or take those first shots of testosterone or estrogen, it causes seismic shifts in your life[...]

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OED defines Astroturfing as: "the deceptive practice of presenting an orchestrated marketing or public relations campaign in the guise of unsolicited comments from members of the public."

Cristan Williams · Opinion

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My Exchange with the Southern Poverty Law Center

  • May 14, 2013

  The trans community has asked itself recently why the supposed watchdog of extremist hate-groups – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) – has historically given Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) a pass. I wondered too and[...]

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Advice · Matt Kailey

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Ask Matt: Gender Uncertainty is Stressing Me Out!

  • May 9, 2013

A reader writes: “I’m 18 years old and have lived under the assumption that I was a cisgendered female – identified as lesbian, never really felt dysphoric about myself beyond[...]

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The Towlenut Gallery

  • May 5, 2013

Even when The Towle has a reasonable post on a trans issue – here, the Cemia Acoff murder – one can count on the Chorus du Transphobique to show what[...]

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sfpride

Katrina Rose · Opinion

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You Don’t Have to be For Bradley Manning to be Against Lisa Williams

  • May 4, 2013

As I said earlier: I think its fine to have concerns about Manning being an honorary marshal for SF Pride. But, Williams’ response was so obnoxious that it seems as[...]

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Marti Abernathey · Opinion

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Is NGLTF’s Executive Director, Rea Carey, a Trans-Exclusive Radical Feminist?

  • May 3, 2013

Is the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s executive director, Rea Carey, a Trans-Exclusive Radical Feminist?  If I was a Christian and “liked”  Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church on my Facebook page, would[...]

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pride

Opinion · Suzan Cooke

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Why I’m Kind of Over “Pride Day”

  • May 3, 2013

For one thing I remember when “Pride Day” commemorated the Stonewall Uprising. Back in those days it was political. I didn’t go to the Christopher Street West Gay Liberation Marches[...]

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Advice · Matt Kailey

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Ask Matt: On Looking Male

  • May 2, 2013

Today we have a couple of letter related to “male” appearance and expression. I now turn it over to the writers. A reader writes: “I was looking back on an[...]

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misogyny

Jenna Fischetti · Opinion

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Misogyny, it’s not just for breakfast anymore.

  • May 2, 2013

Recently I came across an interesting story in my newsfeed. It seems Sir Richard Branson, of Virgin Air lost a wager to Air Asia Group CEO Tony Fernandes. Sir Branson[...]

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Image: Transgender Pride Flag With Superimposed Message: Trans And Proud

Autumn Sandeen · Community Activism

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Seven Goals Of Trans Activism

  • May 1, 2013

There are whys to transgender activism, but beyond the whys of transgender activism there are the whats: there are the goals of transgender activism. Here are seven goals of trans[...]

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Image: Cemia Dove (slightly cropped)

Autumn Sandeen · Featured · Media Watch

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Revictimized In Death

  • April 30, 2013

Dehumanization of murdered trans women seems to be the norm these days. No matter how many times GLAAD and trans activists reach out to teach journalists how not to revictimize[...]

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