I feel like I spend a lot of time, on here in particularly, talking about what we, the trans community, don’t have but should have, need but aren’t allowed, and
Tag: transition
Mothers and MeMothers and Me
I rifled through old papers in yet another fit of obsessive cleaning. Mixed in a folder of stickers, old poems, and magazine clippings I found a couple letters from my
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
Transition Now Tax Deductible, But Who Counts?Transition Now Tax Deductible, But Who Counts?
The US Tax courts ruled transitional care tax deductible yesterday in response to a case O’Donnabhain v. Commissioner. The ruling reverses the IRS’s position set in a 2005 decision to
Republican Candidate Paul Scott Targets Trans FolkRepublican Candidate Paul Scott Targets Trans Folk
Paul Scott, republican candidate for Michigan secretary of state released his platform last week and was kind enough to include transfolks in his agenda. Among his desired changes of immigration
What we used to be….What we used to be….
Lots of folks are talking about David Letterman’s transphobic behavior on the Late Show in regards to recent government appointee Amanda Simpson. Letterman discusses Simpson’s appointment and how she is
The Future of Trans in Genetics?The Future of Trans in Genetics?
Recently scientists have found that a specific gene can be altered to make a female body begin functioning as a male, and another to make a male function as female.
Doctor, DoctorDoctor, Doctor
Remember that time I went to the gyno, and I looked like a man? My gynecologist’s office is out in the suburban area of Morrow and Montgomery, which is about
Parallel UniverseParallel Universe
There is a parallel universe I live beside. It is so close that it surrounds me, and yet I am not inside it. I was looking through my spanish book,