I’m sorry, but I’m afraid it has to be another repost today. I’m dealing with some more nastiness right now that hit a bit too close to home. Just couldn’t finish the piece I was working on (“Is Gender Identity Disorder A Disorder?”). I know, I like repetition in titles. It’s a Gertrude Stein “after …
Category Archive: Reposts
Mar 30 2012
Debunking The COGIATI
I’m on vacation this week! This post originally appeared on Queereka. My first forays into the trans internet were back in the Fall of 2001, while I was having a particularly bad “episode” of dysphoria that led, for the first time in my life, to actually conducting extensive research into what transition entailed. The e-landscape …
Mar 29 2012
Guyliner, Murses, Bromance And Femmephobia
I’m on vacation this week! This post originally appeared at Skepchick. There’s been a lovely and adorable video circulating on the tubes-osphere the last few days that I’m sure has helped bolster a comforting sense of optimism about the next generation’s understanding of gender. A little girl named Riley gets irate about the toy store’s …
Mar 28 2012
Bilaterally Gynandromorphic Chickens And Why I’m Not “Scientifically” Male
I’m on vacation this week! This post originally appeared at Skepchick. You know what this world needs more of? Misconceptions about transsexuality. Wait… I think I got that backwards. Right… there is absolutely no dearth whatsoever of misconceptions people have about transsexuality. Sometimes I feel like a sort of trans-advocate Sisyphus, perpetually pushing a boulder …
Mar 27 2012
13 Myths And Misconceptions About Trans Women
I’m on vacation this week! This post originally appeared in two parts at Skepchick and Queereka. Enjoy! Disclaimer: I’ve chosen to focus this article on trans women only for the sake of brevity and clarity. It is not my intent to contribute to the ongoing cultural erasure of trans men, and I believe their voices, …
Mar 26 2012
Transkeptuality: Gatekeeping And The Value Of Critical Thought
I’m on vacation this week! This post originally appeared at Skepchick. It was the very first bloggy thing I ever blogged! It’s kind of neat to look back and see how far I’ve come. An important, interesting, and increasingly common question in the contemporary skeptical community is to what extent should social concerns like sexism, …
Feb 20 2012
Coming Out (Part One Of Four): When Coming Out Is Shutting Yourself In
This piece was originally posted at Queereka. I am re-posting it here because it had originally been intended as part of a series, which I will now complete this week. Please visit Queereka for all kinds of awesome LGBTQ stuff, from a secular, skeptical angle! For me, being a skeptic, and the personal importance skepticism …
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