Thanks Again To All My Sistah Girls
When I first began my transition back in 1994 I was concerned whether I’d be able to be the type of girlfriend I wanted to be and needed…
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Tracking Transgender: The Historical Truth
Why and when did transsexual people begin calling themselves transgender? According to some internet memes transsexuals began self-identifying as transgender due to a vast global plot by crossdressers1,2 .…
The Fallacy of ‘Cosmetic’ Surgery for Trans People
A woman who was arrested last year for providing dangerous “butt enhancement” shots consisting of cement, caulk, tire sealant, and other toxic and troublesome substances is facing new…
Paging Dr Mengele
I’m working on getting a good idiomatic English translation of Streit um elfjährige Transsexuelle: Alex soll in die Psychiatrie – taz.de But in summary….. A Nurse decides (probably…
Dear 15 Year Old Me…
From Dear 15 year old me – how you can help. If you are a LGBT adult, write a letter to yourself, but write it to the person…
Dear Dr. Zucker, We Are Not an Experiment
After finally hearing Dr. Zucker’s comments on the CBC Radio show I participated in that aired this past Monday, I had to sit and reflect. Dr. Zucker referred…
Queerty Racism And Transphobia On Display Again
There’s no love lost between me and Queertyas many of you longtime readers are aware of. I’ve written more than a few times about the failures Queerty regularly…
God Does Not Love Trans People
This guest Transadvocate post comes from Natalie Reed. Reed describes herself as “a magical young woman who lives in the mists and pines of Vancouver, British Columbia, where…
Crowing Over Progress
Well, TS Separatists have warned us for years that progress will never be seen under the rubric of the transgender borg. The time has come for me to admit that the Separatists were…