I seem to have collected a lot of Trans links, and because I saw this on Twitter today (comment: Well this just broke me), I decided to post them now. Found the video on youtube so I could embed it.
I'm not crying, you're crying. (Happy tears!)
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This is SUCH a good article, and looks at things in a way I hadn't come across before:
Andrea Dworkin Was a Trans Ally
On the fifteenth anniversary of Dworkin’s death, her longtime partner observes that she is often invoked to support beliefs she actively repudiated in her work.
ETA: I completely forgot to mention this BEST OF ALL glinner interactions: Define a chair. (Huzzah he has been banned permanently from Twitter! And there was much rejoicing. I hope he now gets some help.) Seriously though - the chair thing, and the article above, both touch on the impossibility of defining 'woman' with a set of rules.
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The whole bathroom issue...
On the policing of toilets. (Clearly lays out the issues and has useful links at the end.)
And would you look at that, not all UK newspapers are transphobic. Nice article here by The Metro:
It’s dehumanising for trans people to have to worry about using the toilet
Apologies for the JK mention in the title, I'm deliberately trying to keep her out of this, but this article just made my heart hurt:
What JK Rowling should know about a transgender woman like me: Every day in public is risky
Trans people constantly adjust to the feelings of cisgender people. There aren't enough hours to fight every battle, enough rights to guarantee safety.
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And then a podcast!
Love in a Time of Science w/Dr. Emmy Zje
On this week's episode of Oh Hey Kiri! I talk with Dr. Emmy Zje, professor, teacher, and prolific tweeter, about her mission to make personal, internal identity a lot less mystifying through science, stories of experience, strong, supportive community.
(If you are on Twitter and not following Emmy Zje, make haste and click that Follow button! Smart, informative, entertaining.)
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And a couple more articles:
Ultra-Orthodox and trans: 'I prayed to God to make me a girl'
How The Matrix universalized a trans experience — and helped me accept my own
The film, now 20 years old, is probably the most famous art ever made by trans people. But its cultural legacy doesn’t end there.
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And finally. The artist is Gerda Wegener, and the portraits are of her wife Lili Elbe (more commonly known as 'The Danish Girl'). More information here.
I'm not crying, you're crying. (Happy tears!)
~
This is SUCH a good article, and looks at things in a way I hadn't come across before:
Andrea Dworkin Was a Trans Ally
On the fifteenth anniversary of Dworkin’s death, her longtime partner observes that she is often invoked to support beliefs she actively repudiated in her work.
ETA: I completely forgot to mention this BEST OF ALL glinner interactions: Define a chair. (Huzzah he has been banned permanently from Twitter! And there was much rejoicing. I hope he now gets some help.) Seriously though - the chair thing, and the article above, both touch on the impossibility of defining 'woman' with a set of rules.
~
The whole bathroom issue...
On the policing of toilets. (Clearly lays out the issues and has useful links at the end.)
And would you look at that, not all UK newspapers are transphobic. Nice article here by The Metro:
It’s dehumanising for trans people to have to worry about using the toilet
Apologies for the JK mention in the title, I'm deliberately trying to keep her out of this, but this article just made my heart hurt:
What JK Rowling should know about a transgender woman like me: Every day in public is risky
Trans people constantly adjust to the feelings of cisgender people. There aren't enough hours to fight every battle, enough rights to guarantee safety.
~
And then a podcast!
Love in a Time of Science w/Dr. Emmy Zje
On this week's episode of Oh Hey Kiri! I talk with Dr. Emmy Zje, professor, teacher, and prolific tweeter, about her mission to make personal, internal identity a lot less mystifying through science, stories of experience, strong, supportive community.
(If you are on Twitter and not following Emmy Zje, make haste and click that Follow button! Smart, informative, entertaining.)
~
And a couple more articles:
Ultra-Orthodox and trans: 'I prayed to God to make me a girl'
How The Matrix universalized a trans experience — and helped me accept my own
The film, now 20 years old, is probably the most famous art ever made by trans people. But its cultural legacy doesn’t end there.
~
And finally. The artist is Gerda Wegener, and the portraits are of her wife Lili Elbe (more commonly known as 'The Danish Girl'). More information here.
