How many opportunities have we missed to make this community safer and more affirming because we were unwilling to make ourselves uncomfortable?
Trans People Too Often Harm Their Own. So Can We Talk About How to Do Better?
Tag: transphobia
8 Things Transgender People Do Not Owe You
It gets tiresome to have to explain our lives and trauma repeatedly just so cisgender people can 'get an education.'
Cis Writers: Do Your F#cking Homework Before You Write About Trans People
If you're a writer, you don't need me to tell you how powerful words are.
BREAKING: Local Resident Comes Out as Non-Binary, World Doesn’t End
“It’s almost like someone’s gender has no bearing on my life,” another cis resident complained.
When You’re Too Mentally Ill To Transition
I'm transgender and I'm trying to transition. But the door keeps getting slammed in my face again, and again, and again.
Why Aren’t More Trans People Denouncing Truscum?
"I hadn't known up until that point that there were actually trans people that thrived on being violent towards other trans people."
Starbucks, Please Don’t ‘Out’ Your Transgender Patrons
Respecting and affirming the identities of transgender people begins with calling us by our actual names.
I was ashamed of being transgender. This is my story.
What they don’t tell you about being transgender is that sometimes, the transphobe is you.
Why the Trans Community Needs to Ban the Word “Transtrender” for Good
The other day, I was called a “transtrender” by a trans woman who refused to acknowledge my gender identity because I have, up until this point, not hormonally transitioned. Because the only thing that determines your gender identity is, you know, hormones (sarcasm). A “transtrender” refers to a person who identifies as transgender because they [...]
8 Things Non-Binary People Need to Know
Coming out as genderqueer and non-binary was this big, beautiful, scary thing for me. I didn’t know what exactly I was moving towards – I only sensed that I was moving in the right direction. Navigating something as complicated as gender with just my intuition was like running through a corn maze at night. There [...]
