Travel writer Nick Krieger’s memoir, Nina Here Nor There: My Journey Beyond Gender, was released earlier this year to rave reviews, in part because it presented a side of gender experience that is usually absent in traditional trans narratives. The title reflects Krieger’s refusal to follow the Western binary-gender model that requires the adoption of [...]
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‘Nina Here Nor There’: An Interview with Nick Krieger
Posted in Information, Interviews, News, tagged books, gender expression, gender identity, gender roles, identity, trans men, transition on October 27, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Meanness Doesn’t Equal ‘Man-ness’
Posted in Commentary, tagged gender expectations, gender roles, hormones, masculinity, testosterone on August 25, 2011 | 20 Comments »
One of the worst fights that I have ever seen – besides on television and in Sylvester Stallone films – was when I was a junior high teacher many years ago. I was in the classroom during a break, and a student came running in, shouting, “Miss Kailey, Miss Kailey (that was my name then). [...]
Meet the New Gender Police – Same as the Old Gender Police
Posted in Commentary, tagged community, gender expectations, gender expression, gender identity, gender roles on August 11, 2011 | 18 Comments »
Two situations have recently come to my attention. At first glance, they appear to be completely different scenarios – opposites, in fact. But upon closer inspection, we can see that they are almost identical. Scenario 1: Several straight, traditionally masculine trans men gang up on some non-traditional gay and queer trans guys, telling them that [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Will Testosterone Kill My Singing Voice?
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged bodies, gender expression, gender roles, health, hormones, testosterone on July 4, 2011 | 24 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am 24, American, was assigned as female at birth, but consider myself an androgyne rather than either typical sex. “I am already physically very androgynous, but I am interested in getting on T mainly for the purpose of lowering my voice a bit to make it even more ambiguous to as [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Gender Confusion – City, Suburbs, and Small Towns
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged assimilation, being trans, gender expectations, gender expression, gender roles, LGBT, sexual orientation on July 4, 2011 | 9 Comments »
A reader writes: “I’m a gay trans guy in my mid twenties who just moved to a gay neighborhood in a large city. I’m originally from a relatively small town, where I was living a double life. I was “she” at home (living with family), but when I’d go out with friends I met through [...]
Ask Matt: Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Trans Parents
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged family, gender expectations, gender roles, holidays, language, transition on May 26, 2011 | 16 Comments »
A reader writes: “I have two grown children, ages 20 and 22. I gave birth to them and raised them and now that they are grown and I am in transition to male, my daughter asked me which day should we celebrate – Mother’s or Father’s Day? “I personally don’t want to celebrate either because [...]
Ask Matt: Chaz Bono and the Gender Binary
Posted in Ask Matt, Commentary, News, Observations, tagged being trans, gender expectations, gender expression, gender roles, media, testosterone, trans men, transition on May 19, 2011 | 23 Comments »
A reader writes: “I have been reading your blog and unless I missed it, you didn’t comment on Chaz Bono. I was wondering what you think of all of the media coverage surrounding him and some of the sexist commentary he has made? He seems to have really essentialist ideas when it comes to gender.” [...]
Ask Matt Monday: To Smile or Not To Smile
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, Observations, tagged femininity, gender expectations, gender expression, gender roles, masculinity, restrooms on May 9, 2011 | 22 Comments »
A reader writes: “I’m in the very early stages of female-to-male transition and wonder if smiling should be among the mannerisms I’m trying to change. I know that many men smile. For me smiling didn’t come naturally, however, and because of certain circumstances, I associate it with femininity and internalized transphobia. “When I was a [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Asking for a Marriage Blessing
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged family, gender identity, gender roles, relationships, same-sex marriage, trans men on April 18, 2011 | 8 Comments »
A reader writes: “I’m a transguy who’s been exclusively and quite seriously dating another transguy for about a year now. Though we have been dating for a relatively short time, I am sure I want to settle down with this guy. I plan on proposing soon. I am 99 percent sure he will say yes. [...]
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Ask Matt: Correcting a Past Pronoun
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Commentary, tagged etiquette, gender expectations, gender roles, language, pronouns on October 13, 2011 | 12 Comments »
A reader writes: “I’m reasonably clued about trans etiquette, but I’ve never really known what to do with this one. What pronoun do you use for a person when talking about them in their pre-transition past? What feels right to me is to use whatever gender they were presenting as at the time, but I’m [...]
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