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: Trans Privacy vs. Airport Security
Posted in Ask Matt, Commentary, Information, Observations, tagged being trans, bodies, discrimination, gender expectations, gender expression, legal on April 19, 2012 | 18 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am curious to know of any experiences, negative or otherwise, you or your readers may have had with airport security in these times of full-body scans and/or pat-downs. “Those of us who are transgender may, thanks to hormones, convincingly appear to be the desired gender, but the full body scan or [...]
Jenna Talackova and the Myth of Trans Dishonesty
Posted in Commentary, News, Observations, tagged bodies, discrimination, femininity, trans women, transphobia on April 2, 2012 | 38 Comments »
By now, everyone is probably aware that the Miss Universe Canada pageant organizers have disqualified contestant Jenna Talackova from the pageant. The reason they have given publicly is that she was “dishonest” on her application – but trans people know the real reason. Apparently, pageant rules state that a person must be a “naturally born [...]
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 [...]
Ask Matt: Non-Trans Privilege and Social Justice Parenting
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged being trans, discrimination, family, trans education, transphobia on February 6, 2012 | 5 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am working very hard to teach my children to acknowledge their various privileges. Social justice parenting is extremely important to their father and I, but we know that because we are also riddled with various privileges that we will unintentionally pass on our biases to our children despite our best efforts. [...]
Trans People: Are We ‘Just Like You’?
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged assimilation, being trans, discrimination, gender expectations on January 26, 2012 | 23 Comments »
The “just like you” argument is about as old as time, dirt, and me. It probably emerged with the first person to be marginalized by a group in power, and there was likely enough of a difference between this person and that group that the group was able to justify shutting him or her out. [...]
Thin Mint Morality Wars: The Girl Scout Cookie Boycott
Posted in Commentary, Information, News, tagged discrimination, gender expectations, gender expression, gender identity on January 19, 2012 | 26 Comments »
Last year, I wrote a guest post for the excellent blog Womanist Musings called “Leave the Kids Out of It,” about a brouhaha over gendered Halloween costumes. Now we’ve got another situation where kids are being dragged into adult morality wars. The Girl Scout Cookie boycott, organized to protest the admission of a trans girl [...]
Ask Matt: Trans at Tax Time
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged discrimination, employment, legal, transition on January 9, 2012 | 5 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am a trans woman who transitioned at a young age. During this time, and for years after, I was pretty much unemployable, becoming stuck in a legal twilight where I didn’t have enough money to complete SRS and thus obtain full legal recognition as female, and due to other circumstances, retaining [...]
Providing H.O.P.E. for Homeless Trans People
Posted in Information, tagged being trans, community, discrimination, holidays on December 12, 2011 | 7 Comments »
If you’re looking for a way to make a difference this holiday season, you don’t have to look any further than H.O.P.E. House, a safe house and transitional living home for trans people. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, and run by Michael Brown, founder of TransMentors International, and his wife, Lillian, H.O.P.E. House serves trans people [...]
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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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