(For those of you who don't know what this is about, go hereI know everyone in the trans community has been blogging about this as of late, so I'm going to throw in my thoughts to this, too ( Read more... )

Phil Vassar, of country music fame, has a new song and music video that's just come out (pardon the pun!), called "Bobbi with an I," which portrays a man who goes to a bar in drag. Here's the link to the video, and the lyricsOn the one hand, it's great to see the subject of drag/trans issues being addressed so neutrally (as the character is ( Read more... )

(note: this was originally written by me as a response to a series of transphobic comments made by readers of a queer news blog. I reposted it here because this is a message that needs to be heard and reprinted wherever. Feel free to reprint this article, just remember to give credit for it ( Read more... )

Today there are many facets of feminism, from the eary days of suffrage rights, to the days of man-hating lesbian feminism (which sadly is the most associated with feminism in mainstream culture today, despite the fact that it has nearly disappeared), to the "fight for equality", to the many different strands of radical feminism. The history is so ( Read more... )

In October, I started taking Spironolactone, a drug intended to curb my testosterone levels. It felt great to be taking a step forward toward my impending femaleness, and as each day passed, I felt myself become more and more at ease. I could enjoy myself more, with less testosterone to exacerbate all the loathed male features. Before long, I even ( Read more... )

...that question being, "Why transition at all?" It's a question echoed by many non-trans people, who don't understand what it is like being trans. Before I start answering this question though, I'd like to start off with a short story to help put things in the proper perspective. Growing up, I had a friend who lives with Cystic Fibrosis. Over and ( Read more... )

The Religious Right purports that by trying to define marriage as “the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others,” they are 'saving' the sanctity of marriage. Let's get some definitions down, first. By attempting to preserve the 'sanctity' of marriage, what the Religious Right is really trying to do is preserve marriage as a time- ( Read more... )

Shakespeare's famous line from Romeo and Juliet speaks volumes about what a name can mean. To Romeo, it meant nothing, the name Capulet was just another label, a way to identify Juliet, or more specifically, her family. Romeo ended up not caring that she was a Capulet, he only saw Juliet. But the play exposes to us just how important a name can ( Read more... )

Queer society is coming of age. We've moved from the 19th century, a time when all you could do was keep your relationships a secret, to the 21st, where "queer" can mean almost anything at all. Then, there were simply "the homosexuals" - the ones who were bizarrely attracted to members of the same sex only. Today we recognize so much more than that ( Read more... )

Recently a friend of mine has discovered my history as Chris. This is a friend who until now has only known me as Emily, and was previously unaware of my birth gender. This is a good friend, someone I value greatly. Before I write any further, I apologize for not telling you of my past and I apologize if this has now created mistrust between us. I ( Read more... )