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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 [...]

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A woman who was arrested last year for providing dangerous “butt enhancement” shots consisting of cement, caulk, tire sealant, and other toxic and troublesome substances is facing new charges as more victims come forward. I don’t know how many of this woman’s clients were trans, but I suspect that at least a few were. The [...]

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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 [...]

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This isn’t my usual posting day, but this infuriated me so much that I had to say something. It seems that Andrea Jones went to a Tennessee DMV office to have her driver’s license gender marker changed from “M” to “F.” The office refused because she didn’t have paperwork documenting proof of genital surgery. But [...]

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A reader writes: “I am a transman in a committed relationship (6.5 years together) with a cisman. We met when I was still presenting as female, and he has been a source of unconditional love throughout the process. I hope to begin hormone therapy in early December, and he supports me. “We were in a [...]

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Teonna Monae Brown was just sentenced to five years in prison for the brutal beating of Chrissy Lee Polis, a trans woman, at a McDonald’s restaurant in Rosedale, Maryland. The sentence was actually ten years, with five years suspended, plus three years probation after the sentence is served. Some trans activists think the sentence is [...]

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A reader writes: “I’m just starting the process to get my name and gender marker legally changed. I was born and live in Colorado. I’m going to use the court system in a county that hasn’t seen a petition of this type, at least that I’m aware of. I will not be using a lawyer [...]

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A reader writes: “I have a coworker who, over the course of the four years we have worked together, made the transition from a man to a post-surgery woman. “I have tried to be supportive of each phase of the transition, but my coworker has made it increasingly difficult. Each phase was a surprise – [...]

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A reader writes: “I am wondering if there are any other transgender people who have started and/or gone through the process of adopting a child ‘post’ transition (gender marker, name change, etc.), and if so, were you successful in adopting? What were the challenges? (I know about the standard background checks.) “I am specifically looking [...]

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A few people have asked me what I think about the brutal attack on a trans woman by two other women at a McDonald’s near Baltimore, Maryland, last week. A McDonald’s employee filmed the attack, and the video is all over the Internet. If you have not yet seen it, beware – it is quite [...]

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