Category: Gender
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How to win a debate against a transphobe.
As a former competitive debater and a veteran of many, many Internet debates, I want to share some of my favorite clever comebacks against transphobic talking points. These are just suggestions, of course; feel free to rephrase them in your own words. They say: “What is a woman?”Best response: Give a trans woman that makeup…
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The Bad Guys Won And We Are Still queer.
Every time I get really scared about what the Trump administration is going to do to queer people, I remember the 1990s. (Because I’m that old.) Of course gay and trans people existed then, but in terms of visibility and official recognition in the US, we were either closeted or on the margins of society. It was…
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The View From The Other Side.
I have been a man in the eyes of the world for almost eight years now. I transitioned slowly, thinking maybe people would be more accepting if they saw I wasn’t “rushing into things,” if I gave them a chance to adjust. Or maybe I thought I could do it so slowly that nobody even…