Results for: queer parenting
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Leaving a Mark on the American Heartland With My Solo Queer Trans* Woman Roadtrip
“This past year of my transition, 2012, has been one of road travel with many miles revisited across numerous American states… Not the least of my concerns was driving my friend Xene’s unfamiliar Prius. Yet, my larger concern was driving solo as a woman.”
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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.
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Leaving It on the Court: When My World Changed, Sports Stayed
My teammates didn’t know that I was ending my run in this men’s league because I had to leave my male identity on the court.
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Turning the Tide: How Activism to Protect Queer Students and Communities Works
How activists in Louisiana use everything from direct action to meetings with senators to try to pass laws that would protect queer and trans* students from bullying, queer and trans* employees from discrimination, and more. This is how your legal progress sausage is made.
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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.
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“And I Do Mean All My Life”: A Trans* Coming Out Letter
For anyone who’s ever wanted to say it in a letter.
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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.
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Disowned: When Coming Out Doesn’t Go As Planned
“The truth is that it does bother me that my parents are pretending that I’m dead—probably more than I’ve been willing to admit.”
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What’s It Like Growing Up With A Transgender Parent? Sharon Shattuck Knows.
“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.”
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Also.Also.Also: Many People Support Gender Non-Conforming Children and Other Stories We Missed This Week
If I pitch my tent here will a bear eat me?
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“Common Gender” Brings A Queer Love Story to Bollywood
After Noman Robin witnessed the public beating of a transgender woman for using the women’s toilet in a shopping mall, he decided to something about it, Bollywood-style.
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Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Shani Mootoo’s “Cereus Blooms at Night”
“We sat reading on the rooftop for hours, only stopping when the sound of a train drowned out our voices.”
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Transgender Housing Network: The Autostraddle Interview
A temporary housing network exclusively for trans* people who need a safe place to stay, and YOU can help!
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Argentina Is Trans* Rights All-Star, Chile and Cuba On The Gay Rights Upswing
Argentina, Chile and Cuba all made strides in LGBT rights last week! What a wonderful world we live in!
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Art Attack!: The Malaya Project and Liberating Images of Queer Filipino America
LGBTQA Filipino/a America in your face!
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My First Christmas As A Man In Kansas
A story of an almost implausibly perfect Christmas with extended family who hadn’t seen me since I transitioned.
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Transgender People, Transitioning and Those Darn Standards of Care
“A disorder is a description of something with which a person might struggle, not a description of the person or the person’s identity.”
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Our (Extra) Ordinary Evening Watching Nightline’s “Transgendered Special”
AKA “How to not make a trans* documentary”
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On “Tango: My Childhood Backwards and in High Heels”
“So much second-guessing involved every decision that I made that I became a paradox in a way, a combination of bravado and insecurity.”
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Annika and Sebastian Answer Your Trans* Questions (Part Three)
In Part 3 of the series, we’ll be addressing issues like dealing with internalized transphobia, going “stealth”, and how you can help your partner if they are struggling with gender dysphoria. PLUS a video!