Gender Orientation: Intersex Conditions Within The Transsexual Brain
This is part of a lecture given on May 5, 2010 by Prof. Robert Sapolsky at Stanford University. Prof. Sapolsky reviews studies he feels make a compelling case for…
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Ask Matt: My Feminine Side is Screaming to Get Out
A reader writes: “I have questions, but have never had the strength or will to voice them and ask. I am, of course, a genetically born male, and…
RadFem Speak Out Against TERFs!
So, who’s heard of Julie Burchill and her “censored” article? Coming to the defense of her maligned feminist friend, columnist and author Julie Burchill wrote an article about…
Transwomen Are Fighting A Two-Front ‘War On Women’.
Much attention has been focused on the ‘War on Women’, the anti-woman political policies the conservative movement and Republican politicians have been pushing for years and implementing once…
Gender Orientation, Identity, and Expression
I’ve witnessed many arguments and misunderstandings explode over the conflation of these THREE dimensions of what we in trans discourse collectively refer to as gender: Gender Orientation: One’s subjective experience of…
Feminism Must Be Led by Love, or Not At All
Recently, I have experienced a round of attacks by some radical-identified feminists and lesbian feminists for my writings and transgender advocacy. There is a long history of conflict…
ARE YOU A MAN OR A WOMAN?
I have awoken multiple times from a nightmare hearing this phrase screamed at me over and over again. Whether awake or asleep, it echoes over and over and…
Trans and Stealth
I used to be pretty arrogant about the whole stealth vs. out thing. Today reading Dyssonance’s To Stealth Or Not To Stealth, I had to reflect on how…
ENDA Bill Introduced… Last Week?
Today at 1pm today (6-24-09) Barney Frank is set to officially introduce the HR 2981, The Employment Non-Discrimination Act. This week, Congressman Barney Frank will introduce the Employee…