One thing that the movement uses to try to keep out transwomen and make them into the ‘other’ category, if not try to make them men, is the idea of Womyn-born womyn. Womyn-born womyn is a form of discrimination that exerts cisgendered privilege of having born into a sex that accurately and correctly corresponds to [...]
The First Rule of Respecting Trans People: Don’t Use the Old Name
About a week ago, my sister phone me a few times and then hung up right when I picked up the phone. I did finally reach her and I asked her what’s up and then she decided to call me by that old male name. Anyone in this situation knows what happened next – click. [...]
Obtaining the Deposit for the Surgery
In about one month, I will have successfully saved up enough money to send Dr. Pichet in Thailand my deposit so I can secure my price and date for vaginoplasty (more commonly known as sex change surgery). This job is a full-time job at $11 per hour and with that, I think I can send [...]
Interested in changing your name? Better get a second court order!
After talking with my old high school, it turns out that they refuse to change my name on my records and to issue a new birth certificate. Their rationale is that I do not have a court order which specifically requires the Klein Independent School District to update their records, so they feel that they [...]
The Death of Angie Zapata and How We Can Use This as a Learning Experience
In Greeley, Colorado, an evil and despicable man has decided to hurt a young, beautiful transsexual woman by the name of Angie Zapata. Smaller newspapers, such as the Greeley Tribune, across the region have been getting her name wrong, as well as gender pronouns. However, more prestigious papers such as the Denver Daily News have [...]
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