The recent legislative and funding threats to abortion rights, sexual assault, and sexual health (aka Planned Parenthood) have been described as an attack on women’s health. I do not agree
Tag: genderqueer
Trans Role Models Chosen by Non-Trans People?Trans Role Models Chosen by Non-Trans People?
This is one of my rare less-professional rant posts that I could not not write, even though I’m supposed to be headed out the door for a gig in Columbus.
Pictures of a Genderation – Gender Outlaw: The Next GenerationPictures of a Genderation – Gender Outlaw: The Next Generation
I’ve never been a book person. Reading has never come easy to me, resulting in my rarely reading anything. Sure, I read signs and emails and 142 character tweets, but
Tools of Our Own DemiseTools of Our Own Demise
My community continues to throw me curve balls. Recently I was given an account of a rather discouraging discourse that took place on stage at a local show. The emcee,
The State of T and MeThe State of T and Me
I started taking T three years ago. I knew it was something I wanted, I was positive, I was prepared, I was terrified. Me, less than one month before starting
The Fucked-Over FemmeThe Fucked-Over Femme
This past weekend was Femme 2010, the biannual Femme Conference put on by the fantastic Femme Collective. The Femme “community” is like any other where it is in actuality many
A GenderQueer’s Bad RomanceA GenderQueer’s Bad Romance
I tried working out some intro about my experiences as a performer to go along with this post, but I feel the performance speaks for itself. It is a commentary
Ableism, Access, and Gender Identity DisorderAbleism, Access, and Gender Identity Disorder
This past weekend I was invited to be a speaker on the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference’s plenary panel “Five on Five: Winning The Removal of GID from the DSM-5.” [image description
France Removes GID, The World Trudges into Trans Rights?France Removes GID, The World Trudges into Trans Rights?
Note: This happened over a month ago, and most of us never heard about it. Dude, we need to step up our community’s communications, myself included. A significant event has
Transiversary: Excerpts from the Past 4 YearsTransiversary: Excerpts from the Past 4 Years
Today, February 17, 2010, marks the 4 year Transiversary for o’l Midwest GenderQueer. It has been a long road, and will be longer still. I would like to take this