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Belonging Nowhere?
All communities have their problems and their conflicts. Sometimes belonging to several communities that don’t always overlap can be a bit of a problem. Natalie Reed experienced this recently when she...
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Worth Reading – Part V
Politics Yeah, US politics again. NewScientist did this interesting little article about the Republicans and their continuous anti-science attitude. US scepticism – it’s been a long time coming –...
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Worth Reading – Part VI
Feminism A sexist airline passenger is kicked of the plane. Imagine you’re a certified commercial pilot, and you’re among the 6.6 percent of them who happen to be women. You’ve passed all the same...
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Transgender Children?
In good tabloid tradition, The Sun posted an article today titled: “We let our daughter become a boy at the age of four – Story that will shock every parent”. The last bit being a bit of an...
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Looking at an Extreme Case of Cis Privilege
Sorry, but I need to have another trans-related rant. This one comes from reading a blogpost written by a cis woman, discussing a trans woman she used to live with. This link was shared with me through...
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Trapped in the Wrong Body?
I’m really too busy with my master’s thesis at the moment, which is why I’m not posting a lot. I’ve been thinking about this post for a while though, and now I need to dump it here. I mean, I need...
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Worth Reading – Part IX
I’m going to try making these on a monthly basis. So here’s the September highlights from my RSS feeds and Twitter. Secularism and Sexism Jen McCreight who took a stand against the harassment that’s...
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Transgender Day of Remembrance 2012
A little late, but I hadn’t forgotten … Today, November 20th, is the 14th Transgender Day of Remembrance, honouring the memory of trans people all across the world killed for being who they are....
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What’s in a Name?
My first big step as a trans person on my way out of the closet was to tell someone. It’s not that long ago actually. Maybe a year and a half, or a little less. Before that, the only people who knew...
View ArticleLivvy James on Transgender Discrimination
Here are two good clips from BBC Breakfast talking about how transphobic language is used in the media. We get to hear 10 year old transgender child Livvy James and her mother talking about Livvy’s...
View ArticleThe Real Cookie Monsters
It saddens me greatly whenever I see young people publicly promote bigotry and hatred. My hope for the future lies with a new generation of open-minded and educated people. Unfortunately groups like...
View ArticleGirl Scout Responses
Video responses to the Honest Girl Scouts bigoted campaign has been made. Here are a couple good ones: A former Girl Scout tells it like it is A transgender boy’s response Also, the original video...
View ArticleWomen in the Workplace
Over on Skepchick a link was posted yesterday to a post on The Clayman Institute for Gender Research website at Stanford University. It is titled Breaking down barriers for women in the workplace, and...
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