The headline is “Transgender Hotel Maid Busted For Groping Teen Boy” — but the headline isn’t even the worst part! It gets so much worse, and so transphobic and so awful. Really it does.
“There are so many things about our lives that are so much more than our bodies and this transition that we go through.”
“When they see you happy, they’ll accept it,” someone told me once. When there are tears about something unchangeable, people can only be optimistic. It’s the only thing that is left.
Carolyn’s Team Pick: “I came out into a scene that really valourized masculinity and so I felt like in order to be recognized as a queer person I had to cut my hair short and dress in this particular way.”
“I think the one thing that really sticks with me from my childhood is that I felt very alone–I felt like no one else’s family was like mine, so I just sequestered that part of my life and didn’t talk about it with my friends or acquaintances.”
A study linking anxiety to poor performance gives women one more reason to worry. Also though we have to stop worrying? It’s a lot to think about.
The lead singer of Against Me! comes out as transgender, is strong and beautiful.
Not into all the transphobia that radfems have to offer? Enter the Radfem Scorpion!
MSNBC’s 20-minute segment on “Trans in America” is so good I can’t believe it actually happened. Guests include Kate Bornstein, Mara Keisling and Mel Wymore.
In which Barbara Walters thinks it’s okay to ask, “so if I saw you undressed you would look like a woman to me, totally? Yes?”
Ending cissexism starts with you and me.
Anita Dolce Vita from dapperQ helps you navigate the potentially problematic world of retail dressing rooms.
“Considering how shocking people find Sweden’s law, it’s worth pointing out the country is 1 of 17 in Europe (shown in red below) that require trans people to have a surgical procedure that results in sterilization before legal gender change is made to their identification ID.”
Jamie’s Team Pick: Sexy graphs from a recent Stanford University study illustrate said gender gap
“I am a third gender,” the film’s website proclaims in Lubin’s voice. “I exist outside of the binary definition of gender. This is my story.”
In which a boycott of Girl Scout cookies is a boycott of equality.
Gender binaries thrive online. What else can we expect from a space that is essentially nothing but ones and zeros?
“Later in the year, I opened my inbox one morning and read: “Andrew says he wants a Baby Alive doll and he doesn’t care if it’s for girls. Thank you, Ms. Melissa!”
Girls are always asking me for advice on various coming out situations, and I don’t always know how to answer them. Perhaps you, dear reader, would like to take a swing at it?
The New York Times says the gender gap is closed! All the news that’s fit to print, now with baseless speculation!