Tag Archives: gender

my video response to we happy trans*’s seven questions

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

check out my video response to we happy trans*‘s seven questions. it’s my first video blog ever, so keep that in mind…and sorry it’s a bit long, but honestly, what else would you expect from me? the full [albeit rough] … Continue reading →

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my ambivalence has its consequences

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

[note: names/locations/etc changed!] i’m out to dinner with two friends who haven’t met each other before tonight.  sarah, whom i’m back in chicago visiting, i haven’t seen in a few years.  jess lives in the same town as i do … Continue reading →

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processing…processing…[dealing with invalidation as an anti-stealth]…processing…processing…

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

i would not be surprised if this is what my face looks like to other people: it’s certainly how i feel. kinda all the time. too many interactions in my life cause my brain to jump into hardcore “processing mode”.  … Continue reading →

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the convincing burden: one of privilege’s insidiousnesses. -or- seriously. stop laughing. i am a ma’am.

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

until last fall, i don’t think i really devoted much mental energy to the notion of social privilege…i.e., that people in the “dominant class” have certain unearned advantages over those in the “subordinate/oppressed class”.  ya know, things like “white privilege” … Continue reading →

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i am a genderqueer woman: reconcilizing personal gender identity with functional-social gender identity…and being perfectly fine with “she” as my pronoun

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

huge upfront disclaimer: i really have no good way of verbalizing what is going on in my head, gender-wise.  and so trying to explain this is going to be sloppy, to say the least.  i blame the english language and … Continue reading →

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the amazing awesomeness of allies and acceptance at admonishing anxiety

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

[sorry, since we generated "boisterous bathing birds bias beta-diversity", i've been on an alliteration kick] in my last blog, i called my allies “my awesome-army-to-make-people-believe-me-that-i’m-[actually-]trans*”. i had no idea how right i was. i would hazard a guess that most … Continue reading →

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explaining the meaning of “biological sex” in hopes of curbing the misuse of science

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

thanks to a cute cartoon, a blog post by a friend about her experiences with essentialism within and outside of the trans* community,  a change of policy at the miss universe pageant, and a [horribly scientifically misinformed] blog post by … Continue reading →

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struggling to explain my gender to others…working through a helpful parallel with science “shop talk”

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

i recently received an e-mail from a friend “out of the blue” about my gender stuff.  they were super supportive (yay!) and also had some questions about things.  they were genuinely curious in an effort to try to understand things … Continue reading →

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was i “born this way”? short answer: no. long answer: blog.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

before i get underway, i need to get out of the way some important disclaimers: 1. this is a draft of an essay i’m working on.  i recently had the idea to write about this topic (being “born this way”/biological … Continue reading →

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pronouns and names…a journey home offers reflectance

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

being home has been a trip on multiple accounts, not the least of which is being in a space/around people who were (and maybe still are?) unaware of my gender identity and current recognition of its discord with my gender … Continue reading →

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