February 2012
9 posts
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A Radical Transfeminist: Things I'm Expected To Do... →
radtransfem:
After seeing bidyke’s remix of sanctimonioussilentagony’s list, I thought I’d sketch out the beginnings of one for transsexual folk. Improvements welcome:
Answer any and all questions about my body and my medical treatment no matter how invasive
Answer questions about my partner’s sexuality
ADDENDUM: A reader very familiar with what happened in Toronto wrote to us...
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ARTICLE: This (trans)revolution will not be... →
Debut piece by Monica Maldonado on the Cisnormativity blog!
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Letter to the Editor: Cis [ ] Women only ritual at... →
lindentea:
Thing is, “trans women’s penises are (potentially) triggering!” is a trope that has long been used to exclude trans women from women’s spaces. This is not merely a harmless act — this means that trans women have been (and continue to be) turned away from from homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers as well. There is real violence occurring to trans women...
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“We have a rule: we never free a mind once it reaches a certain age. It’s...
– The Matrix [1999]
January 2012
8 posts
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Cisinformed
tybaar:
Verb, past participle
1. To be falsely informed from a cisgender perspective.
e.g:
“I used to think all trans people wanted SRS, but I was quite cisinformed.”