An extremely rough guide to scrutinising viral transphobic media
So here’s a rough draft of how I approach looking at information and how you can if you want to, maybe. Unfortunately it takes a lot of…
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It’s not whether “Sex Matters", but how
I stumbled on this piece by Cordelia Fine from a handful of years ago. It is characteristically brilliant and cuts through to my problem…
Transphobes, “cisgender", and gender stereotyping: a short rant
It’s incredibly common to be told that the definition of cisgender rests on gender stereotyping. It is then put that the stereotyping…
Failing to address its history has left trans healthcare in a global crisis
Transgender healthcare and social policy is undergoing a period right now of conflict between on the one hand, an alliance of fringe…
Question: To what extent is the capitalist system intrinsically hostile to trans people’s rights…
I felt like I was answering someone’s Marxist reading group homework here, and to be absolutely clear, I do not consider myself a Marxist…
A lot of todo about Dog Whistles
In an increasingly online (and highly verbal) culture, we often hear discussion about “Dog Whistles” and their use by hate movements, but a…
We don't merely disagree Bob.
I've got nothing in common with you.
A short history of Trans Liberation and the Trans Umbrella
The "trans umbrella" is a coalition of different gender-transgressive groups against anti transgender prejudice and discrimination. It is…
Trans women, sexual assault and prison
This is a topic I’ve written about a number of times on twitter, but I’m gradually realising that while I have a fair amount of reach…
Hi, if you think Mermaids (a charity run by cisgender parents of trans kids, in the interest of…
In my article I asked for people to read actual trans activists and theorists. You jumped to pointing at a cis rights group, meaning you…
Hi, I’ve talked to a bunch of people over the last couple of years who’ve been through what you’ve…
I don’t want to say too much because I know how common it is to be pulled one way or another by people either side with an agenda, but I…
It’s time to shelve “TERF”
We, the trans community and our allies and advocates, really need people to start using “Transphobe” instead of “TERF” in the general case…