For “casual Friday” (meaning I am feeling uncreative today and very tired), instead of a regular post, I offer you a small selection from my book Just Add Hormones: An Insider’s Guide to the Transsexual Experience. As a lead-in to this piece, I will tell you that, in the book, I was discussing an early [...]
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‘No, Really, What Are You?’
Posted in Just Add Hormones Excerpts, Observations, tagged books, gender, gender expectations, gender expression, hormones, transition on July 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sharon Adams, Facebook, and the Sexualization of Breasts
Posted in Commentary, Just Add Hormones Excerpts, News, tagged bodies, books, breasts, Facebook, femininity, Internet, Sharon Adams on June 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Facebook was in the wrong. They finally figured it out, and they apologized. But the whole mess could have easily been avoided if Western culture — and any culture that sexualizes breasts — took a step back and examined the absurdity behind this fascination — or festishization. Sharon Adams, a mother of four, is battling [...]
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Trans Bathroom Blues: The Public Restroom
Posted in Commentary, Just Add Hormones Excerpts, News, Observations, tagged books, legal, restrooms, transition on July 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Maine Human Rights Commission appears to be pretty progressive. Recently, they ruled in favor of a transgender male-to-female student’s right to use the girls’ restroom at school. And in May, they ruled in favor of a trans woman’s right to use the women’s restroom at a Denny’s restaurant. Public restroom issues can get messy [...]
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