Ask Matt: Changing My Friends’ Perception of My Gender
[su_mktop] A reader writes: “I recently started college, and I quickly came to the realization that I am transgender. I have been transitioning every way but physically (mentally,…
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Trans Etiquette: When is a Compliment Not a Compliment?
By Matt Kailey It’s not tough to compliment trans people. Like anyone else, we like to be told that we look nice, or that you love our new…
Ask Matt: Coming Out About My Trans Partner at Christmas
By Matt Kailey A reader writes: “I’m a non-transgender pansexual woman who has been dating my friend, a male-to-female transgender person, for a few months. “I’ve known my…
Ask Matt: Would a Genderless World Affect Transition?
A reader writes: “I’ve been thinking about gender roles and how most of them are created and imposed by society. I believe our behaviour could be ‘genderless’ if…
Ask Matt: Correcting Pronouns on Someone Else’s Behalf
A reader writes: “Our good friends have a daughter, Linda (I changed the name that the reader sent in, because I didn’t know if it was real or…
Ask Matt: What is My Sexual Identity?
A reader writes: “I am having issues determining my sexual identity since transition from female to male. Dating and having a relationship are things I consciously took off…
Ask Matt: Coming Out at Home and at School
A reader writes: “I am a 16-year-old transman. According to my mom, I am much too young to consider myself a transman, and that this isn’t something…
Passing and Stealth: Two Words to Lose? Part Two
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series on “stealth.” The goal of this series to examine the nuanced ways trans opinion leaders conceptualize stealth and how they…
Ask Matt: What Am I? Labels and Identities
Today we have two letters about identity that I thought went together quite well. So here goes: A reader writes: “I consider myself transgender – I was born…