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Ask Matt: Changing My Friends’ Perception of My Gender

  • mkailey
  • March 10, 2014
  • 1

[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 […]

  • Advice
  • Matt Kailey

Trans Etiquette: When is a Compliment Not a Compliment?

  • mkailey
  • February 5, 2014
  • 3

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 […]

  • Advice
  • Matt Kailey

Ask Matt: Coming Out About My Trans Partner at Christmas

  • mkailey
  • December 19, 2013
  • 2

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. […]

  • Advice
  • Matt Kailey

Ask Matt: Would a Genderless World Affect Transition?

  • mkailey
  • October 14, 2013
  • 2

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 […]

  • Advice
  • Matt Kailey

Ask Matt: Correcting Pronouns on Someone Else’s Behalf

  • mkailey
  • September 19, 2013
  • 1

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 […]

  • Advice
  • Matt Kailey

Ask Matt: What is My Sexual Identity?

  • mkailey
  • September 4, 2013
  • 0

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 […]

  • Advice
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Ask Matt: Coming Out at Home and at School

  • mkailey
  • August 30, 2013
  • 0

  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 […]

  • Matt Kailey
  • Opinion

Passing and Stealth: Two Words to Lose? Part Two

  • mkailey
  • July 24, 2013
  • 7

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 […]

  • Advice
  • Matt Kailey

Ask Matt: What Am I? Labels and Identities

  • mkailey
  • July 16, 2013
  • 1

Today we have two letters about identity that I thought went together quite well. So here goes: A reader writes: “I consider myself transgender – […]

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