A reader writes: “I am 17 and transitioning and I wanted to ask you about parents. When I was younger, as often happens, my mum thought I would tell her anything and everything. She thought she was my best friend. “Since I came out to her (more than a year later than I did to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘gender’
Ask Matt: My Mom is Pulling Away from Me
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged coming out, family, gender, gender roles, relationships, transition on November 28, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Ask Matt: Different Venues, Different Genders
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged coming out, gender, gender expression, restrooms, transition on September 12, 2011 | 10 Comments »
A reader writes: “I identify as a transgender man, and I want to move toward living as my true self – as a man – full time and in all situations. This movement is complicated by my choice not to have surgery or hormones – because of risk and expense, because I was on psychiatric [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Insurance Inconsistencies and Hormone Hassles
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged bodies, gender, health, health care, hormones, insurance, transition on April 18, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I put two medical questions together today because I was recently informed of a great new online medical resource for trans people and our care providers. Check out the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health from the University of California San Francisco. Now on to the questions. Question 1: A reader writes: “I just had [...]
Ask Matt Monday: The Need to Transition in a Gender-Free World
Posted in Ask Matt, Observations, tagged bodies, gender, gender identity, gender roles, identity, transition on March 28, 2011 | 22 Comments »
A reader writes: “In a comment, you wrote about gender norms: ‘I also believe that, no matter how much we relax (the binary gender system) or expand it (or even if we eliminate it), the medical need for transition will remain. People who need to transition need to transition, regardless of the gender system in [...]
Capitalism Plus Gender: The Inadequacy Equation
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged femininity, gender, gender expectations, gender roles, masculinity on February 17, 2011 | 32 Comments »
I’m not an economist, and I’m not much of a capitalist, either (both of which will likely be apparent in this post). But I believe that capitalism and gender are inextricably intertwined, and that maintaining a binary gender system, along with specified expectations for each gender, is central to a capitalist economy. In a capitalist [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Getting a Name and Gender Change
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged gender, legal, surgery, transition on January 31, 2011 | 6 Comments »
A reader writes: “This question might not necessarily be universal because of the laws in different states, but what are the hoops you need to jump through in order to get your name and gender changed? I live in Colorado, so I am particularly interested in Colorado laws.” While you are correct that laws vary [...]
SEPTA: Dropping Your Drawers for the Bus Driver
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged discrimination, gender, gender expression, legal, transgender on January 20, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I guess the Oakland County Court in Michigan is not the only entity that might benefit from full-body scanners. It seems that the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) has a policy that requires “F” and “M” stickers on bus riders’ monthly passes. Tom Basgil of change.org reports that this practice, as could be expected, has [...]
More Transgender Fun at the Pharmacy
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged being trans, bodies, gender, gender expectations, health care on December 9, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I recently switched pharmacies, and although I’m much happier with the new one, I have to break in a new batch of medical professionals – and they have to figure out how to deal with my insurance company. As I’ve said before, my insurance company tends to decide what sex I am based on what [...]
Trans Guys: Lesbians in Men’s Clothing?
Posted in Commentary, tagged being trans, bodies, gender, identity, LGBT, sexual orientation, trans men, transition, transsexual on November 11, 2010 | 31 Comments »
When I told my sister that I was going to transition from female to male, the first thing she said was: “Are you sure you’re not just a lesbian?” Having been with men all my life, having been attracted to men all my life, and having attempted, unsuccessfully, to be a lesbian in early adolescence [...]
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A ‘Gender-Free World’ Might Default to Male
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged femininity, gender, gender identity, identity, masculinity on March 31, 2011 | 37 Comments »
In response to Monday’s post about the need to transition in a gender-free world, some readers questioned what such a world might look like and whether or not it could actually exist. I personally have no idea, but that has never stopped me from writing about something before. My theory, which was always kind of [...]
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