Too Political

Two transgender activists who carried signs against racism and for refugee lives at Antwerp Pride on 11 August 2018 were banned from their local trans organization as a result.  Members of the same organization were participating in Pride as part of nationalist-right wing but they were not deemed ‘too political’.  There are people in our … Continue reading Too Political

No more trans portraits please

I really hate how transgender experiences are individualized whenever they’re made visible. We’re always represented through portraits and biographies, dozens and dozens of them, but all individual. Everytime someone wants to do something for transgender people you can be damn sure they’re going to do more portraits. The goal is always to ‘humanize’ us, but … Continue reading No more trans portraits please

The Purge Of Transgender People From American Life Has Begun

Sorry about the long post everyone. Huffingtonpost.com posted this article by Brynn Tannehill on 4 September 2017 and deleted it roughly 2 days later. To preserve the content, please share, reblog and above all copy-paste and post on your own and on different media. No need to credit me. Steal and distribute.  === Two years … Continue reading The Purge Of Transgender People From American Life Has Begun

EUROPEAN TRANSGENDER ACTIVISTS ALERT

In february this year, trans activists in the US acted to make sure that Dr. Kenneth Zucker, a prominent advocate of conversion therapy for transgender youth, would no longer speak at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).  Zucker is a horrible person whose clinic was closed after extensive emotional abuse of transgender children. … Continue reading EUROPEAN TRANSGENDER ACTIVISTS ALERT

Trans and Intersex activists statement for the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH)

This document was read by Joshua Sehoole in representation of the 40+ trans and intersex activists from all regions participating in the WPATH Conference in Amsterdam, and submitted shortly after. It seems that *now* WPATH and USPATH realize that pathologizing us can be a political issue. Guess what? Colonizing us while just ignoring us is … Continue reading Trans and Intersex activists statement for the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH)

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