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- The Dangers of Detrans TERF Entryism: Lessons for Organizers from OH HB 68
- “Still dreaming of running over the trans activists”: Sharon Beck, leader of anti-trans parent group Cardinal Support Network and wife of SEGM’s cofounder, “guided” Ohio Rep. Gary Click on his trans care ban
- Counterpoint: Ohio trans youth care ban veto was a victory for a gatekeeping surveillance state targeting trans adults
- New trial exhibits in Doe v. Ladapo: DOH worked with Genspect leaders Stella O’Malley and Joe Burgo in July 2022; Hilary Cass met SEGM’s Patrick Hunter to discuss Florida’s anti-trans report; Jamie Reed’s attorney Vernadette Broyles chose the lineup of detransitioners speaking at the Board of Medicine
- The Observer gets it wrong: Anti-gay and anti-trans conversion practices have always appealed to “fluidity” of both sexual orientation and gender identity
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Archives
Category Archives: Philosophy and language
Fractals, not pyramids: Why “8th grade biology” isn’t enough
Previously: Chromosomes: Cis expectations vs. trans reality, How sex hormones work, and their use by trans people In the years I’ve spent covering gender topics on YouTube, I’ve occasionally encountered one particularly strange objection to the core principle of transness, … Continue reading
Posted in Biology of transition, Philosophy and language, Rhetoric
Tagged biology, philosophy, science, transphobia
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Bigot bus on tour: When “biological reality” is neither real nor biological
On March 1, a bus in Madrid bearing an anti-transgender message from a conservative Catholic group was impounded: The slogan on the bus read: “Boys have penises, girls have vulvas. Do not be fooled.” A Catholic group, Hazte Oir, had … Continue reading
No More Rachel Dolezals
Her noxious presence isn’t just offensive – it’s become dangerous to trans people. Continue reading
Posted in History, Media, Philosophy and language, Transphobia and prejudice
Tagged language, media, philosophy, race, Rachel Dolezal, transphobia
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Chromosomes: cis expectations vs. trans reality (Gender Analysis 14)
(Support Gender Analysis on Patreon!) Previously: Bathroom bills: dehumanization and control, Stop calling trans women “male” There’s a popular belief that XX or XY chromosomes should serve as the sole determinant of whether someone is a woman or a man. This … Continue reading
Why do you call yourself a lesbian if your girlfriend has a dick? (Gender Analysis 12)
(Support Gender Analysis on Patreon!) Zinnia: Hi, welcome to Gender Analysis. The sexuality of trans people and our partners is something that many cis people struggle to understand. Misconceptions about who we are lead to oversimplified folk theories of what … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Philosophy and language, Sexuality, Transphobia and prejudice
Tagged partners, sex, sexual orientation
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