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 [...]
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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 »
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: Do Both Trans Men and Trans Women Prefer Female Partners?
Posted in Ask Matt, Commentary, Observations, tagged gender expectations, LGBT, relationships, sexual orientation on January 30, 2012 | 26 Comments »
A reader writes: “I’m a trans woman. Recently I have wondered why there seems to be a much greater percentage of trans women who seek relationships with women than trans men who seek relationships with other men. “Stephen Ira’s (Warren Beatty and Annette Bening’s son) story of having a boyfriend started me thinking. He is [...]
Tranifesto’s Most Popular Posts of 2011
Posted in Information, Observations, tagged Chaz Bono, gender identity, identity, LGBT, masculinity, relationships, testosterone on January 2, 2012 | 5 Comments »
WordPress just sent me a “Your 2011 Year in Blogging” report that provides a year-end summary of the most viewed and most commented on posts for the year. Although I can always see my stats, it’s nice to have all that information in an organized little bundle. So to welcome in 2012, I’m going to [...]
My Annual Thanksgiving Coming-Out Poem
Posted in Observations, tagged coming out, family, holidays, LGBT, sexual orientation, Thanksgiving on November 24, 2011 | 4 Comments »
If you’ve been reading my blog for over a year, you can probably skip this entry. Tradition (and my desire to take a vacation myself) dictates that, every Thanksgiving, I publish my Thanksgiving coming-out poem, so my faithful long-time readers have seen this before (maybe twice before!). For the rest of you – join the [...]
Ask Matt: The Legalities of Marriage in Trans Land
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged being trans, gender expectations, legal, LGBT, relationships, same-sex marriage on November 21, 2011 | 17 Comments »
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 [...]
Transgender Day of Remembrance: Small Reasons for Hope
Posted in Commentary, Information, Observations, tagged community, crime, discrimination, International Transgender Day of Remembrance, LGBT, transphobia on November 14, 2011 | 7 Comments »
As International Transgender Day of Remembrance grows near, it appears that this year will, unfortunately, be no different from years before – we will be adding names to the list right up until the actual memorial services take place. Our society reinforces these heinous acts of violence in many ways – through misogyny, institutionalized racism, [...]
Controversy Compounded: Lesbian Couple Raising Transgender Child
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged family, gender identity, homophobia, LGBT, sexual orientation, transphobia on October 20, 2011 | 18 Comments »
Could we not anticipate the brouhaha? Even when a “nice,” “normal,” “perfectly acceptable” heterosexual couple recognizes that their child is trans and decides to takes steps to make the child’s life as comfortable as possible as soon as possible, they are blasted by all manner of folk who really need to be worried about their [...]
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‘I Would Never Date a Trans Person!’ Then Don’t.
Posted in Commentary, tagged bodies, LGBT, relationships, sexual orientation on March 1, 2012 | 27 Comments »
I took down two comments from my blog this week, something that I rarely do. The first one was a no-brainer – it blatantly violated my “no personal attacks” policy. The second one was debatable. I eventually took it down because, while it was civil, it contained language that was highly disrespectful of the majority [...]
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