February 2012
14 posts
fuck yeah sex education: glitter-femin1sts:... →
glitter-femin1sts:
lifeofatokophobic:
You will never truly understand how offensive rape jokes are if you’ve never been raped.
You will never truly understand how racism feels if you have white privilege.
You will never truly understand how it feels when people say words like “gay”…
You will never understand how painful public bathrooms are if you have cisgender privilege.
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WatchCool stuff :)
Current thoughts on masculinity...
Masculinity is almost an unspoken yet forceful entity in our culture. Lately, I’ve been struggling with internalized perceptions of masculinity, and roles I’ve put on myself. Not because I wanted to, but because I’ve felt like I had to.
A series of personal happenings have forced me to consider male expectation in ways I’d never been forced to. When first coming out, I...
Transgender People are Completely Banned From... →
stfuhypocrisy:
The shit hit the fan in the trans blogosphere last night, when it came to light that there is a disturbing new section in the Identity Screening Regulations used in airports throughout Canada. Simply put, Transgender People are Completely Banned From Boarding Airplanes in Canada.
The offending section of the regulations reads:
5.2 (1) An air carrier shall not transport a...
January 2012
29 posts
fuck yeah sex education: A Wish List for... →
transcending-anatomy:
I wish for no one to be labeled as a “(wo)man”, or even as “(fe)male-bodied”, because of their anatomy. I wish for the chance to describe my own body and to name my own parts.
I wish for discussion about how to come to terms with my body, how to ease the pain of…
I’ve developed a curricula for work that incorporates all of those wishes and some other trans...
What to do with the world's remaining Twinkies... →
In light of Hostesses bankruptcy, here’s a rather comprehensive list of things to do with Twinkies as their numbers dwindle.
Forced Trans-Vaginal Sonogram Law →
I’ll sum this law up, according to my understanding — A woman wants to get an abortion in Texas and is forced to have a sonogram before she is able to. The point being that if a pregnant woman sees a sonogram or hears the heartbeat of her fetus, she will be less likely to get the abortion. The law does not require the woman to see the sonogram or hear the heartbeat, however.
Also,...
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generalsextips:
Almonds are high in libido-boosting vitamin E. The sweet fragrance of almonds has been said to arouse sexual passion in girls.
This explains a lot — I drink almond milk like a boss.
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fuck yeah sex education: The LGBT Community &... →
sexpositive:
I wrote this presentation for an internship at a Sexual Assault Counseling Center, and adapted it for a Take Back the Night event that I was a part of in college. If you’d like the actual presentation, let me know and I’d be happy to send it along!
The LGBT Community and…
December 2011
46 posts
Submission: Point Foundation Scholarships: for... →
theselfmademen:
Description of purpose: “Point Foundation provides financial support, mentoring, leadership training and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.” If you are a student in need of scholarship money for a 4-year college or grad school, check out Point Foundation. Applications are due February 10, 2012....
Partying on New Year's Eve?
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Considering safe sex as a trans individual...
I work full time as a sexual health educator, and I frequently feel some hypocrisy in what I teach as I don’t remember the last time I had safe sex. It’s not that I don’t worry about my health and safety or my partner’s health and safety, it’s just that the safe sex options out there are limiting for my sexual behavior and sometime deny my gender identity.
When it...
Day Twenty Three: What stereotypes are put on...
There are loads of them – almost none of them good. Trans people are freaks, mentally ill, or are turned into some sexual and erotic fantasy. Trans people don’t have family or friends to support them, and inevitably end up lonely and/or homeless. Trans people will never be the gender they say they are. All trans people physically transition, and in fact, you aren’t trans unless you do. Trans...
Day Twenty Two: Do you feel being trans holds you...
No way. Not in any way, shape, or form. Potential employers honestly don’t know what to do with my matter-of-fact way of being out most of the time. Either they jump on board with me, and become an advocate themselves, or they give me free rein to be myself. I don’t give them any other choices haha
I’m going into social services, so the field innately is rather liberal and open-minded. So my...
Day Twenty One: Your views on the cis-gendered...
*cisgender — I hate adding an -ed ending on -gender words. No one should be saying transgendered. It implies there’s a past tense in being trans, which is not the case. Likewise, there’s no past tense in being cisgender. No one says femaled or maled. Many people, even within the trans community use the word transgendered, so I’m sure people have different views but...