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First Person Gender Issues

Identity Theft: A Trans* Intersex Woman On Traumas and Surgery

“It’s unfortunate, unfair and illogical that intersex people get assigned a gender and a sex and are expected to either stick with them or fix someone else’s mistake with expensive, risky surgery on their genitals.”

A. S. May 16, 2013 41 Comments
First Person Gender Issues

I’m A Trans Woman And I’m Not Interested In Being One of the “Good Ones”

If you present in a traditionally feminine way, you’re just being a misogynistic parody of a woman, and if you fail to present in a traditionally feminine way, well ha! There’s the proof that you’re not really a woman right there.

Vivian May 15, 2013 316 Comments
Gender Health Issues

It’s Not Okay: Intimate Partner Violence in Radical Queer Spaces

“She acts like she’s such a victim when obviously there was abuse on both sides.” Awkwardly, I shrug my shoulders and look around the room. My partner doesn’t notice how uncomfortable she’s making me because she’s caught up in her own conjectures: “It’s like how we are sometimes.”

Emma May 8, 2013 24 Comments
First Person Gender

Butch Please: Butch Gets Dressed

I want to talk about shape-shifting, and clothing, and being a butch who wears things, because so much of butchness is tied up in the things we put on our body.

Kate April 19, 2013 89 Comments
Gender

Femen vs. Muslimah Pride: Fighting for the Voices (and Bodies) of Muslim Women

“Unpacking this issue relies on understanding one thing: Muslims are not monolithic. Muslims in the West (Europe, Canada, America) face a different set of challenges than those in the Middle East. And hence, they’re going to react differently to those circumstances. You know, just like everyone else.”

Maryam April 15, 2013 36 Comments
Coming Out First Person Gender

How Finding My Korean Mother Gave Me the Courage to Transition

“I am an adoptee,” I explained through my tears. “I need to find my parents. I have waited all my life for this moment. I’m supposed to leave tomorrow, but I can’t go without knowing my family is fine. Please help me!”

Andy Marra April 12, 2013 88 Comments
Gender

Meet 51 Kickass Women From The 2013 Trans 100

The 2013 Trans 100 is a BIG DEAL and we wanted to give you a closer look at the amazing trans* women featured on the list, thus this epic compilation of inspirational people relevant to your interests.

Riese April 11, 2013 53 Comments
Gender

Trans Woman Denied Admission to Smith College: Why “Just Checking Female” is More Complicated Than it Sounds

Smith College’s inhospitality toward trans women ultimately threatens, rather than upholds, their institutional image as a women’s college.

Sarah Giovanniello April 9, 2013 45 Comments
Gender

Sadism Masquerading As Journalism: The Press And Lucy Meadows

While it’s not clear what role her ordeal with the press played in Lucy’s decision to end her life, these types of stories focusing on the private details of trans people’s lives and bodies serve absolutely no public interest.

Savannah April 1, 2013 34 Comments
Gender

The RadRight And The Restroom

As Arizona reminded us this week, The RadRight has enjoyed a long and successful history of standing in the way of equality through deploying what I call the Bathroom Meme.

Cristan Williams March 28, 2013 86 Comments
Gender Issues

On Faith And Gender, Or Why I Dress Like A Man On Fridays

“It boils down to a simple decision: dress like a man, or lose part of my faith.”

Maryam March 25, 2013 69 Comments
Gender Issues

Call and Response: On Body Snarking and The Word “Tr*nny”

“If you do feel the need to ask if someone is transgender or not, first ask yourself why. Why is it your business? Why do you need to know? And will it change anything you think about this person?”

Cora March 20, 2013 76 Comments
Gender

Survey About Trans* Voices Needs Your Trans* Voice

If you’re trans*, over 18, and use your voice to communicate, please consider taking this survey to help medical professionals improve research, treatment, and evaluate their preconceived notions.

Audrey-Zee March 19, 2013 10 Comments
Gender

Submit Yr Gender Feels To The Bandit Zine

If you’re an artist, writer, poet, or generally rad person with feelings about gender and/or your gender identity, The Bandit Zine is in need of your submissions.

Kate March 11, 2013 5 Comments
Gender

“Trapped in the Wrong Body:” Katie Couric Talks to and About Trans* People with Limited Success

A trans* take on Katie Couric’s “Growing Up Transgender” show.

Olivia February 27, 2013 55 Comments
First Person Gender

Ten Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started My Transition

Ten lessons I wish I’d known when I started hormones in February 2011, and why I’m taking an indefinite break from the internet.

annika February 12, 2013 137 Comments
Gender

Original Plumbing Needs Your Love, Support, Cold Hard Cash ASAP

Original Plumbing deserves a new website, and in the spirit of brotherhood and the revolution and Autostraddle redesign karmic juices, I’m urging you to make it happen.

Carmen February 1, 2013 4 Comments
Gender

Apply To Be Part of The Brown Boi Project, Shape the Future

The Brown Boi Project is a community of masculine-of-center human beings of color working toward racial and gender justice. You have until January 26 to become a part of it.

Carmen January 17, 2013 5 Comments
Gender

Why Do Gay Men Keep Touching My Boobs

In which we respond to “Gay Men’s Sexism and Women’s Bodies,” an article by a gay man who noticed his peers “curiously comfortable critiquing and touching women’s bodies at whim.”

Riese December 27, 2012 135 Comments
Gender

Tumblrs of Butches Doing Things: A Reprise, Thanks to You

The world is a better place because of your responses to “Top Six Tumblrs Featuring Butches Doing Things.”

Gabrielle Korn December 11, 2012 28 Comments
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