February 2012
19 posts
Trans Sex Ed (ezine) →
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a-bayani:
Gender Imperialism
(via The Biyuti Collective)
According the San Francisco Trans March’s about page, this was part of the original callout that started the march:
to encourage more trans and gender-variant people to come out; to build connections among ftm, mtf, bayot, crossdressers, sadhin, hijra, transvestites, bantut, drag queens, drag kings, mahu, transsexuals, bakla, travesti,...
Been absent on Tumblr lately due to academic overwhelm.
Current academic endeavors keeping me from my Tumblr addiction include but are not limited to:
Dialogal research project on the process of coming to awareness of one’s whiteness (not just skin colour but all that light skin entails economically, politically, etc.) and the implications for therapy
Research paper on Gadamererian...
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Every Class in Every School -- The first national... →
queerteaching:
This results of this survey were released almost a year ago, but are worth looking at for anyone interested in queer and trans* students’ experiences in Canadian schools — and it’s likely that many of the conclusions apply to a broader context as well. The authors also provide a number of suggestions for changing anti-queer and anti-trans* atmospheres in schools. From the...
I'm going to lay this out for you, ok?
whatfreshhellisthis:
Cis women are not being targeted by the anti-choice, anti-reproductive rights lobby.
For cis women to be targeted by the anti-choice lobby, they would have to allow that non-cis men, non-men and non-cis women exist.
And. they. do. not.
You seem to think that in this shoot-out you’re being aimed at, and we’re just being hit coincidentally.
That is not what’s happening.
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So I have these big juicy thighs
ellendjneres:
boyqueen:
and after a few months all of my pants look like a vicious cat tore at the inseam…
but really that vicious cat is just my thighs rubbing together.
And like, it’s a pain because I have to spend time patching up the holes, and they look messier, but I’m also kind of like:
“YEAH. MY BIG SEXY VICIOUS FAT THIGHS DESTROYED THOSE JEANS.” I spent a lot of time at the...
US States and LGBT protections.
mikroblogolas:
neutrois:
States where individuals can be fired for being gay:
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia West Virginia Wyoming
States where individuals can be fired for...
Saturday night, and I am home reading Gelderloos and Heidegger because I procrastinated on actual homework and want to go make valentines for prisoners tomorrow. Ah the life of a graduate student.
TRIGGER WARNING: POLICE ABUSE, TRANSPHOBIA →
transfeminism:
In NYPD Custody, Trans People Get Chained to Fences and Poles
A trans woman says that when she was arrested for a minor subway violation, NYPD officers belittled her, called her names, asked about her genitals — and kept her chained to a fence for 28 hours. Now she’s…
PSA
mattachinereview:
It is great if you are a trans guy who wants to boost your testosterone levels with herbs, holistic methods, and anything else, as an alternative to going on T! But please stop calling it “natural transition.”
Calling it that implies that using testosterone is “unnatural.” I am using testosterone; I am transitioning naturally. My testosterone-using transition is a natural...
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“Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words—words that evoke...”
– Kwame Anthony Appiah
Anonymous asked: (First part, so sorry tumblr keeps eating this!) Hi, I apologize for the length of this but I wanted to let you know how helpful I found a comment you made. To give some background info I am a cisgendered bisexual female who is a practicing Mormon. After a long, angsty battle to find peace with myself and my own beliefs it is only very recently that I became aware of the injustices that...
Are you a femme who needs a mentor?
boyqueen:
femmesandfamily:
Are you new to identifying as a femme? Closeted? Young? Isolated? Or just need extra support?
Femmeffirmations is a BRAND NEW blog dedicated to finding established femme mentors for other femmes who need community.
All you need to do to request a mentor is send a message to the blog (link here). In your request, just let us know what you’re looking for in a...
January 2012
92 posts
Anonymous asked: (con’t) my own research, but I’ve been struggling with overcoming ignorance w/o being offensive. I found your comment about realizing and accepting privilege—not only as a cisgendered person, but as a white person. A light went off in my head to realize that, yes, this is probably something I am going to face and, yes, there is an appropriate reaction and way to deal when faced...
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“the thing is, i’m not looking for people to mindlessly force themselves to call...”
– dean spade on pronouns in “once more… with feeling.” (via accumulatedephemera)
& I heard her roar loudly: "Hey, world!": I think... →
a-bayani:
mattachinereview:
Would anyone who follows me here be interested in submitting? In helping me make it? (NB: Helping to the physical object itself would necessitate being in the NY area, either Westchester or Manhattan.) Does anyone have any suggestions for resources on…
signal boosting
Anonymous asked: what's the story behind the name "crab the dog designs"?
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Just made a banner for my Etsy shop! Check it out and let me know what you think.
constant rage: 9. Threatening images of... →
paxblueribbon:
Negative media images of starving African babies, poor, pregnant people of color, and hordes of dangerous Third World men drive home the message that ‘those people’ outnumber ‘us.’ Fear of overpopulation in the Third World often translates into fear of increasing immigration…
Just had a meeting about applying for practicum placement. I am excited and incredibly nervous. One site is my dream site as it would involve working with LGBTQI clients and receiving training for counseling people in the process of transitioning. So hoping I can get this placement.
New (and old) followers
Share something about yourself and/or ask something of me. Let’s get to know each other a bit.
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I WOULD LIKE TO START A SUPPORT GROUP/DISCUSSION...
delisubthefemmecub:
tangledupinlace:
feral-femme:
feral-femme:
there are lots of white queer people who i hold very near and dear to my heart. my best friend/platonic life partner, my girlfriend, and many of the queer people who i am closest to are white. my mom is also white and is kind of queer. i think they all identify and work on being anti-racist white people but there are still,...
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Massachusetts Trans* Access to Culturally...
minervaholmes:
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is collaborating with a team of Master of Social Work students from Salem State University to conduct a research study to determine if transgender adults have access to culturally competent mental health clinicians and services in Massachusetts.
If you identify as trans* and live and/or utilize mental health services in...
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“Just because there is one black man in the White House, doesn’t make up for the...”
– Angela Davis, speaking at Appalachian State University, January 24, 2012. (via douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings)
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My Problems with the Tumblr Social Justice Culture
thepersonalispolitic:
thiscuntsays:
redlipstick-lover:
theshoutingendoflife:
I DO NOT CARE IF YOU THINK THAT THIS DOESN’T APPLY TO YOU. READ EVERY WORD OF IT.
blaitzen:
Yeah, I’m even going to use capital letters and shit because this is kind of a serious venting post for me, requiring me to temporarily abandon my flippant no-effort no-care face. (Not serious even to stop swearing...
I have been reading the forum posts for the law course I am auditing. Some of the arguments being presented are that people of colour who want racial reform need to present their feelings/demands/desires in ways that are accessible to and do not alienate a white audience. I am so frustrated by this argument and the smooth way this person is presenting it. And I am so disappointed in my insecurity...
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Rollo May on anxiety
“Anxiety occurs at the point where some emerging potentiality or possibility faces the individual, some possibility of fulfilling his [sic] existence; but this very possibility involves the destroying of present security, which thereupon gives rise to the tendency to deny the new potentiality. Here lies the truth of the symbol of the birth trauma as the prototype of all anxiety—an...
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I was just reading this post (TW for ableism and abuse) and my partner and I started talking about the concepts of “broken” people and the demarcation that seems to happen between people who are deemed to be in need of support/help and those that are judged as broken. I have seen this a lot in conversations around relationships with survivors with abuse. The idea that a person can be...
Black and Pink →
“Black & Pink is an open family of LGBTQ prisoners and “free world” allies who support each other. Our work toward the abolition of the prison industrial complex is rooted in the experience of currently and formerly incarcerated people. We are outraged by the specific violence of the prison industrial complex against LGBTQ people, and respond through advocacy, education, direct service,...
I’ve been reading the verdict from the Special International Tribunal on the Violation of Human Rights of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in United States from 1990. It makes me so angry that the US is not held accountable for its ongoing acts of genocide and violations of human rights and international law, even when such tribunals have found it in violation. Though its...
I'm getting infernally SICK of the white whiners...
thegoddamazon:
dandytrans:
thegoddamazon:
Look, I’m going to explain this as clearly as possible.
The exercise was to teach white people/white passing people about the daily racism that POC face by putting them in a position to be discriminated against constantly. This was the point of the “A Class Divided” exercise.
Now, these students were all required to sign waivers saying that they...
I'm getting infernally SICK of the white whiners...
thegoddamazon:
Look, I’m going to explain this as clearly as possible.
The exercise was to teach white people/white passing people about the daily racism that POC face by putting them in a position to be discriminated against constantly. This was the point of the “A Class Divided” exercise.
Now, these students were all required to sign waivers saying that they would undergo high emotional...
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Fact: White students receive more scholarship... →
its-stella-bitch:
talldarkbishoujo:
Do minority students get more than a fair share of college scholarships? That myth reared its head earlier this year after a Texas nonprofit, the Former Majority Association for Equality announced plans to give scholarships only to white males. The group claimed that white males are disadvantaged because they don’t “fit into certain categories or ethnic...
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When people say "I won't use gender neutral...
I want to scream “all words are made up!”
Really, I feel like the people who claim that they don’t want to use singular “they” for grammatical “purity” and won’t use other gender neutral pronouns because they are “made up” are the same ones who would applaud Shakespeare for coining so much of our language. It’s hypocrisy, and...
Just ordered some plain black Tshirts to print on. Hopefully someone will want one. Fingers crossed.