A reader writes: “I’m gender queer and I’ve recently come across quite a bit of inconsiderate behavior lately aimed towards cisgender people (on sites such as Tumblr). “As gender queer, I’m stuck in the middle of these moments because I can understand where both parties are coming from, but I also understand that hosting negative [...]
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Ask Matt: Stuck in the Middle of Transgender-Cisgender Hate
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged community, discrimination, Internet, transphobia on May 24, 2012 | 42 Comments »
Ask Matt: Losing and Finding Your Place in Trans Activism
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged activism, being out, being trans, community, gender identity, transition on May 10, 2012 | 17 Comments »
A reader writes: “A few weeks ago I was at a trans advocacy meeting, and the guy who was currently moderating mentioned that he’d not really had trans identity on his radar until three years ago. That short amount of time struck me for some reason. “I’ve been out for eight years, and aware that [...]
‘Second Son’: An Interview with Ryan Sallans
Posted in Interviews, tagged being trans, books, community, trans men, transition on April 5, 2012 | 4 Comments »
While Nebraska might be a nice place to visit (or drive through on I-80), it can prove intimidating for trans people who are all too familiar with the murder of Brandon Teena near Humboldt. But now a positive story comes out of the Heartland (and the state of my birth). Author, speaker, activist, and trans [...]
Ask Matt: Friends and Lovers
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged being trans, community, relationships on March 15, 2012 | 6 Comments »
A reader writes: “How do you ask someone out? As a trans person, is there any special advice you would give another trans person who is in love with someone (in this case, a close friend) and wants to try to confess his/her/hir feelings? “Is there anything that is different for a transperson, compared to [...]
Ask Matt: Why Do We Mistreat Our Allies?
Posted in Ask Matt, Commentary, Observations, tagged allies, community, etiquette, language on February 23, 2012 | 74 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am avidly following your posts about how the T relates to the rest of the acronym. I’d like to bring up the A (or one of the A’s, as the case may be). Many people in the Queer community tend to alienate our Allies. I think this is abhorrent. “I have [...]
Trans Bashing Revisited: Trans People in Non-Trans LG Spaces
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged being trans, bodies, community, LGBT, sexual orientation, trans men, trans women on February 20, 2012 | 67 Comments »
The discussion that we had last week with the post Why Do Some Lesbians Bash Trans Men? was so engaging and enlightening for me that I thought we might continue it from a slightly different angle. Some of the commenters mentioned that trans women are not always welcome in lesbian spaces and can also be [...]
How is ‘Ex-Gay’ a Sexual Orientation?
Posted in Commentary, tagged community, homophobia, LGBT, sexual orientation on February 16, 2012 | 16 Comments »
I don’t care for the current labels that we have for sexual orientation. I think they are confusing and confining, and I don’t think they truly represent the broad range of sexual and romantic attractions that actually exist in the species. While labels such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, and even pansexual, omnisexual, and queer [...]
Ask Matt: Why Do Some Lesbians Bash Trans Men?
Posted in Ask Matt, Commentary, Observations, tagged being trans, community, LGBT, trans men, transphobia on February 13, 2012 | 54 Comments »
A reader writes: “I was having a conversation with my mother the other night about Newt Gingrich and how I was really tired of all the GOP discussion that is constantly in the news. She brought up a fact I had forgotten about. She stated that Newt had a lesbian sister who definitely did not [...]
Ask Matt: Anti-Trans Discrimination Ruins Dreams
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged being trans, community, discrimination, employment, transition, transphobia on February 9, 2012 | 8 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am a 48-year-old transgendered woman. I had a sex change operation at age 25. I am unable to get a job, go to school, or rent an apartment. There are laws against discrimination against transsexuals in this state, but they do not enforce the laws. “I used to have a career [...]
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Worried That You’re Transphobic? You Might Be.
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged activism, community, discrimination, transphobia on April 26, 2012 | 11 Comments »
If you’re worried that you’re transphobic, the bad news is that you very well might be. The good news is that self-awareness is more important than a minor case of transphobia, because if you are aware of it, then you can prevent yourself from acting on it – and in addition to some self-regulation, your [...]
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