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The TSA: a binary body system in practice
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  • Guest Transadvocate
  • Politics
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The TSA: a binary body system in practice

  • Guest
  • January 3, 2016
  • 4

Traveling While Trans: The False Promise of Better Treatment By Dr. Cary Gabriel Costello Back in 2012, I wrote about the problems I regularly encountered as […]

The NY Times goes concern trolling
  • Cristan Williams
  • Fact Checking
  • Opinion
  • Pop

The NY Times goes concern trolling

  • Cristan Williams
  • August 26, 2015
  • 2

On August 22, 2015, the NY Times ran an article by Richard A. Friedman titled, “How Changeable Is Gender?” One might be excused for mistaking the […]

As #LeelahAlcorn’s mom talks to CNN, Leelah’s Reddit posts come back to haunt her
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  • Cristan Williams
  • Fact Checking

As #LeelahAlcorn’s mom talks to CNN, Leelah’s Reddit posts come back to haunt her

  • Cristan Williams
  • January 2, 2015
  • 10

While her mom talks to CNN to profess her love and support, Leelah’s Reddit posts paint a homelife defined by bullying and fear. Much has […]

Gender Critical Feminism, the roots of Radical Feminism and Trans oppression
  • Cristan Williams
  • Opinion

Gender Critical Feminism, the roots of Radical Feminism and Trans oppression

  • Cristan Williams
  • December 8, 2014
  • 45

Gender Critical Feminism (GCF) is a euphemism for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminism (TERF). There is no ideological difference between the TERF and “Gender Critical Feminist” (GCF) […]

I Am Jazz: an amazing book for trans kids
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  • Cristan Williams
  • Interview

I Am Jazz: an amazing book for trans kids

  • Cristan Williams
  • September 14, 2014
  • 7

Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings recently published a book for trans kids titled, I Am Jazz. The beautifully illustrated story is based on the real-life […]

Debunking TERF Essentialism: Part III of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series
  • #TERFweek
  • Cristan Williams
  • Sexing the Body is Gender

Debunking TERF Essentialism: Part III of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series

  • Cristan Williams
  • August 13, 2014
  • 10

Part III of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series: Debunking TERF Essentialism In Part II, what gender is and is not was discussed and the […]

Contextualizing the Body: Part II of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series
  • #TERFweek
  • Cristan Williams
  • Sexing the Body is Gender

Contextualizing the Body: Part II of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series

  • Cristan Williams
  • August 12, 2014
  • 7

Part II of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series: Contextualizing the Body If one is talking about something that has chemistry and mass, one is not talking […]

Hair does not make the woman, Sarah Ditum
  • Marian Aanerud
  • Opinion

Hair does not make the woman, Sarah Ditum

  • Cristan Williams
  • July 5, 2014
  • 29

The appearance of Lavern Cox, a prominent trans woman activist and actor, on the cover of Time magazine was a great moment in trans advocacy. […]

  • Cristan Williams

Declining Southern Baptist Convention continues tradition of bigotry, now targeting trans people

  • Cristan Williams
  • June 12, 2014
  • 16

The past president of the Southern Baptist Convention Ed Young and current pastor of Second Baptist Church in Houston recently joined Pastor Kendall Baker and David Welch in […]

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