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If transgendering is a thing, then so is cisgendering
  • Cristan Williams
  • Media Watch
  • Opinion

If transgendering is a thing, then so is cisgendering

  • Cristan Williams
  • February 26, 2020
  • 0

Anti-trans sex essentialist activists love to pretend that “transgender” is a verb for the same reason anti-gay activists like to pretend “gay” is also a […]

Merriam-Webster explains why “they” was added as a non-binary pronoun to dictionary
  • Cristan Williams
  • Interview

Merriam-Webster explains why “they” was added as a non-binary pronoun to dictionary

  • Cristan Williams
  • September 18, 2019
  • 0

Today the Merriam-Webster announced the addition of the singular non-binary pronoun, they. The nonbinary pronoun ‘they’ has been added to the dictionary. https://t.co/tadl1VdfB0 — Merriam-Webster […]

  • Fallon Fox
  • Opinion

Should LOGO pull RuPauls drag race?

  • fallonfox
  • May 27, 2014
  • 23

I suppose the headline of this article should actually read, “Will LOGO ban RuPauls drag race?” Then, all of those who truly understand the dynamics of the […]

  • Cristan Williams

Tranny: An Evidence-Based Review

  • Cristan Williams
  • April 28, 2014
  • 11

Discourse surrounding the term tranny has become more than a little heated. In fact, a RuPaul Drag Race runner-up enacted the mock execution of a trans woman […]

  • Cristan Williams

Transgender*: The Rhetorical Landscape of a Term

  • Cristan Williams
  • April 23, 2014
  • 4

K.J. Rawson, Cristan Williams, 2014 The current ubiquity of the word transgender might imply that it is an uncomplicated word.1 It circulates widely—in the media, […]

  • Julia Serano

What is gender artifactualism?

  • julia
  • November 11, 2013
  • 0

This is the one in a series of blog posts in which I discuss some of the concepts and terminology that I forward in my writings, including […]

  • Best of TA
  • Cristan Williams

More Separatist Crap

  • Cristan Williams
  • December 27, 2011
  • 62

I just read a sad little rant by a TS Separatist: “I see the T in lgbt as being a dumping zone, a miscelaneous, really […]

  • Best of TA
  • Matt Kailey

I Can’t Get Over Being Told to ‘Get Over It’

  • mkailey
  • November 9, 2011
  • 2

It’s amazing what’s expected of us as trans people. We’re supposed to watch our trans sisters succumb to unspeakable brutality on a constant basis. We’re […]

  • Best of TA
  • Cristan Williams

Of Turd Polishing and Lies

  • Cristan Williams
  • August 14, 2011
  • 3

Today I found that I was the subject of another Dana Lane Taylor commentary. Dana is an opinion leader in the TS Separatist group and […]

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