Tag Archives: trans*

the nervous e-mail that started everything [derby as a microcosm of my life during second puberty, no.1]

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

on march 16th, 2012, i wrote the following e-mail to gunder and lightning, asking if i would be welcome to skate with ILWR.  more than just that, it was the first the first time i openly stated my trans*ness/my womanhood … Continue reading →

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announcing #alliesFTW Q&A: how can faculty make queer students feel welcome in academia?

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

i* am pleased to announce a call for dialogue on how to make academia more welcoming and supportive for queer** students!  if you are a faculty member wanting to know how to be a better ally, or a student wanting … Continue reading →

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i am a woman. and my name is joseph.

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

[*well, woman for simplicity sake.  if you feel the need to put people into one of two gendered categories, then yes, i'm a woman.  and, also, people really call me 'joe'.  but i always write joseph because i like how … Continue reading →

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the transgender oral history project is coming to upstate new york!

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

hi everyone! the Trans Oral History Project is coming to ithaca in october! they’re a really awesome collaboration-based group whose mission is to promote a diversity of stories from within the transgender and gender variant communities b y supporting members … Continue reading →

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i am a gay and i don’t support “marriage equality”.

Posted on September 9, 2012 by

thank you, contemporary nfl football players for standing up for the rights of gay people [and standing up for the right to stand up for the rights of gay people].  as someone who was gay during the time in his^ … Continue reading →

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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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musings on future directions for m’blog

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

when i started this whole blogging thing [or, to be more correct, re-started...] about 10 months ago, i intended this blog to be populated with posts on a pretty wide range of topics that interest me: food, music, gender, sports, … 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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sports! where apparently i “embody the third rail of gender equity”.

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

in case you missed it, trans* athletes have actually gotten a little play in the media recently, focused mostly around the awesomeness of keelin godsey, a trans* masculine genderqueer [self-identified genderfucker, even!] hammer thrower.  keelin just narrowly missed qualifying for … Continue reading →

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it happened again last night; it happens all the time

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

last night i went to an ithaca diy-style pride event, which was pretty friggen awesome for many, many reasons. i am super glad that other queers are interested in kick-re-starting the lgbtq+ community here.  hopefully much more on this to … Continue reading →

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