Trans Position
This article in a feminist zine, Ism, with some changes, under another pseudonym of mine, Amber Lamps. Like most polyamorous couples, my partner and I realized the spark died long ago. Now we’re...
View ArticleQueer Health: Standards of Care
As a transgirl smack-dab in the middle of her transition, I have a vested interest in transgender rights developments around the world. Often times I’m left disappointed, but some news coming out of...
View ArticleOn “Passing”
When I disclose my transsexual status to someone unused to being around trans* people the second most common response I get is something like “Wow, really? I never would have known! You totally look...
View ArticleAI: Reexamining Privileges
This week, someone whose blog I follow wrote a post complaining about complaints that her blog was cissexist. Now, I had never seen cissexism in her writing (though I may have missed it due to my own...
View ArticleAn open letter to Lawrence Harmon
Mr. Harmon, I just read your article, ”Judge goes too far in sex change ruling” published in The Boston Globe, and I must say I’m quite disturbed by your complete lack of humanity. Not only does your...
View ArticleIt’s My Oppression and You Can’t Have Any
For Christmas, I got the latest hipster craze: an old-timey retro phone thing that plugs into my smart phone, so that anyone playing “Crazy or Bluetooth?” can feel alive again as they gaze upon my...
View ArticleWhy Gender Differences Don’t Matter (and Other Myths)
A few days ago, Harriet Hall wrote a post on Science-Based Medicine titled “Gender Differences and Why They Don’t Matter So Much.” The article left a bad taste in my mouth for a number of reasons....
View ArticleIntersex Man, 66, Suffers Bigotry by the Media
I got a link today to an article from the South China Morning Post about an intersex man. The story is interesting, but the article itself is horrible. They are completely ignorant of intersex people,...
View ArticleAI: Harassment Where There Shouldn’t Be Harassment
Last week, there was a Slutwalk in the city where I leave. It was the first one I was able to attend, and came in a week marked by various protests and public manifestations here in Brazil, which made...
View ArticleFake allies
Typically when you hear someone like me talk about fake allies you might assume I mean someone who claims to be an ally to a specific cause but does not actually believe in said cause. If you assumed...
View ArticleThe Erasure Of Breanna Manning.
Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer or a law expert and my views here are from a layman’s perspective. While i do “name some names” this is not intended to single out anyone, just intended to provide...
View ArticleQUICKIES 8/16/2013
Queereka blogger Laurelai (and other’s) hashtag #fuckcispeople explodes on twitter with some very powerful and interesting results, but not everyone in the community is thrilled about it. For an on the...
View Article#FuckCisPeople
I really didn’t like this tag to begin with. So I tried to write something saying I am trans, and then trying to draw a connection between my experience being trans and being disabled. I tried to write...
View ArticleReactions of a Queer Professor to the Magneto-Style of Social Justice
(Let me start by saying that the views in this article are mine alone, and shouldn’t be read as representative of Queereka’s) This article has been a half-baked labor of anger and love since Friday,...
View ArticleIn Defense Of Magneto. My Final Word On The Hashtag.
First of all I would like to point out that the point of the magneto metaphor is in fact “being nice doesn’t pay, don’t bother, smash oppressors” and has nothing to do with real life violence, I do not...
View ArticleGuest Post: Will Chelsea Manning Get People Talking About Trans* Issues?
The following post is a guest post from Marci. Marci is a 23-year-old transgender woman from the UK who creates music, is an equality activist, runs a support group, and a gammer in her free time. She...
View ArticleRespect For Gender Identity Is Not A Reward.
lately I have noticed on facebook, twitter and other social media that some cis and transgender people have come to the idea that if they don’t like a particular trans person, they can choose to not...
View ArticleAndrea James Writes Problematic Article on BoingBoing And Why You Should Care
First of all this article is purely a criticism of another article found here. You can read the entire thing in its disgusting glory and come back here. Ill wait. Parts of the article will be quoted...
View ArticleTips for Trans* Allies
Tips For Trans* Allies. Disclaimer: This post is a list that hopefully will point allies in the right direction for being good allies, i’ve taken many ideas from the trans* folks on twitter and...
View ArticleDaily Caller Mocks Trans* Students
There are some people who think that Tucker Carlson is a nice guy, one of those conservatives that aren’t fire breathing radicals. They remember when he was on MSNBC, they look at the bowties that...
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