Transgender
Transition Journal
I’ve noticed that there’s a lack of transition diaries, resources, etc on tumblr catering towards trans women. They exist, of course. But I figured I’d jump on board. For anyone interested in following my journey- Charlotte Chronicles (I am also more than willing to offer my own insights upon request)
What is Women and Hollywood’s stance on trans*women?
I was told they’re a feminist blog revolving around women in television & film but I couldn’t find anything about trans*women in their blog (I might have just not found it though.) It seems that what they really should be called is Cis-women and Hollywood but I’m not sure. I was directed by someone to apply for a job with them but I’m not sure if I would fit in with their blog, I’m a trans*guy (they wouldn’t know that since I don’t really pass and don’t correct most people because I don’t feel safe talking about that stuff just yet, except with close friends.) and if they don’t even recognise trans*women then I wouldn’t want to work for them. Does that make sense? Basically I was wondering if anyone knew if they are trans-friendly or not.
TranSquat
Friends, and friends of iPhone. Hi, my name is Billy. I wrote an iPhone app called TranSquat. In a nutshell, it is a gender neutral bathroom finder that locates bathrooms that are gender free relative to your current location. You can search, add and share safe locations. It was written by and for the trans community. It is powered by data from safe2pee. You can help build the app by downloading and adding locations in your own communities.
On a personal note, I wanted to write an app for the trans community. It is also my fundraising goal to get 3000 downloads to help finance my surgery with Dr. Charles Garammone. So far, I only have 2956 to go. Every download helps.
Even better, if you would like to support this project you can donate to my top surgery fund at:
http://billyjack.chipin.com/dr-garramone .
Any help appreciated.
Finally, if you could share this with others whom might find this app useful and would like to support this project that would be much appreciated too!!! Thanks for reading.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/transquat/id521546602?ls=1&mt=8
Transgender woman leads race for judgeVictoria Kolakowski, who’s running for Alameda Count Superior Court judge in a November runoff election, declares on her campaign Web site that she hopes to make history.
“If I am elected, I would be the first openly LGBT superior court judge elected in Alameda County, the first openly LGBT person elected countywide, and the first transgender trial court judge in the United States,” it states.
The question is how much it should matter.
Kolakowski, 48, transitioned from male to female in 1989 during her last year in law school and had sex reassignment surgery in 1991. She has 21 years of legal experience, including stints as a private attorney, corporate attorney and, currently, an administrative law judge.
Mostly symbolicKolakowski says her gender is important in symbolism and inspiration for others, but she wants voters to mainly consider her professional experience.
Anonymous asked: How should people refer to transgenders? How do you know when to say he or she?
If you’re truly not sure, I think politely asking the person which pronoun they prefer is the best way. If you try to guess and get it wrong, then you are at a serious risk of insulting the person.
love and searching for your soul: 10 Myths About Transmen →
- All FTM’s come from the lesbian community, and after transition are heterosexual (that is, attracted to women).
- Transsexualism/transgenderism can be “cured” by psychotherapy. Transsexual men are really just lesbians.
- FTM’s did not exist until after World War II, with the advent of…
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Katastrophe (AKA Rocco Kayiatos) is a mogul in the making. This future hip-hop king makes his own beats and raps (waxes) poetic about a number of topics. His first album, 2004’s Let’s Fuck, Then Talk About My Problems dealt largely with his transition, and the good and bad surrounding all that. His subsequent releases, 2007’s Fault, Lies, and Faultlines and last year’sThe Worst Amazing manage to break away from that theme, managing to talk about disadvantage in education, economic opportunity, queer culture and community. His beats mix the more traditional aspects of hip-hop with dance-pop, electronica and rock inspired tracks. He mixes things up in a way that few in his genre do, and it’s quite refreshing to listen to.
He is also, along with photographer Amos Mac, a founder of Original Plumbing magazine, the first dedicated to FTM culture and life. I’m telling you, mogul in the making.
Trans Student attacked at CSULB speaks at rally
“I’ve been terrified to come back to campus… The person who attacked me knew my name… pushed me back into a stall and carved “it” into my chest.
For those of you that don’t know why “it” is such a derogatory term, it takes away a person’s humanity. It takes away their personhood and makes them less than human.
Know that what happened to me didn’t just happen to me – it happened to the entire community… Those of us that are visibly queer, those of us that are out about being queer, are scared.”
Trans*Racism, Queer Racism
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I would like to call out my fellow white trans* and genderqueer folks on some serious racism and cultural appropriation I see within the trans*/GQ spaces we dominate. This racism carries extra weight when we are educating cis folks on what language to use when referring to trans* people(s).
First: the term “Two Spirit” belongs to First Nation/Native American/indigenous people. Period. White trans* folks should not use it for ourselves nor should we be telling white cis people what it means without explaining who can (and can’t) use it. (Note: Saying “I’m kind of like a Two Spirit person” or “I would like to use that term for myself since I think it’s really beautiful, oh but I won’t” still counts as appropriating that term.)
Second: your birth/government name is not the same thing as a slave name. I was recently in a closed, mostly white trans space when someone made this comparison. Specifically he was suggesting it as a great, snarky come-back for anyone to use when cis people ask “So what’s your ‘real’ name?” General rule: if you want to talk about an overlap between your oppression and someone else’s whose oppression you don’t share, you should speak from your personal experience of privilege, not your assumptions about their experience of that oppression.
Lastly, and these ones apply to all white queers:
1. Don’t write-off the term “men who have sex with men” as being the same thing as gay men. Gay was named for/by white men and lots of MSM of color don’t use that term for themselves, for various and diverse reasons.
2. No, your experience of being in the closet in white middle-class America is not the same thing as the experience of being DL in a community of color — and no, that’s not because “people of color are more homophobic than white people.” Again: speak from and about your privilege, not for and about someone else’s oppression.
Quoted from here (and whoa, for once, I actually recommend reading the comments).
Challenging the Inexplicability of the Transgender Community →
(Via Sociological Images)
… a photo project that is designed to draw our attention to how the kinds of questions we ask transgender people makes them feel like inexplicable Others.
In other words, these questions get asked not only because transgender people break the rules, they get asked because the rest of us can be so inflexible, utterly confounded when other around us challenge our assumptions about the world.
