Birth doesn’t necessarily grant us personhood. Our daily interactions constantly validate us as people. There is a great quote from Judith Butler that explains this… Read More »The constant invalidation of personhood
Back in the day, like way back… say 400 years ago, if an individual questioned authority or long-held beliefs they could be tried for heresy. Heresy is defined… Read More »Transgender people burning at the stakes as modern-day heretics
A term has popped up on my radar. The use of “dead name” instead of “birth name” when someone is referring to their name before… Read More »3 reasons I won’t use the term ‘dead name’
Surrounded by red canyons. I wrapped my hand around the strings of the yellow balloon and jumped. My feet lifted off the ground and I sailed through… Read More »An ode to Amy
Generally, I write my blogs and columns as a way to bridge the gap between people outside the gender binary and those living deeply within it.… Read More »3 Fuck Yous to anti-transgender bills
[readolog_dropcap ]I[/readolog_dropcap]n 2003 I searched online for other trans guys. I found a LiveJournal Community called FTMVanity. In the same vein (or should I say vain)… Read More »A request on the anniversary of my top surgery: Let’s be nicer
[readolog_first_paragraph]”For this reason illness disrupts the continuity of the biography, at times turning the self literally at the mercy of the body,” from Body/Embodiment: Symbolic… Read More »Gender Identity Dysphoria: Self at the mercy of the body
In past columns, I’ve mentioned the gender binary and talked about a middle space of gender. I’ve received feedback that gender and/or sex is an… Read More »Breaking down the gender binary
Judith Butler discusses what it means to be ‘human’ in her book Undoing Gender, “The category of the “human” retains within itself the workings of… Read More »Gender Cube: Visualizing the Multi-dimensions of Gender
Why I removed my blog I had this blog removed from the HuffPost but left it on my website. When I published it here… Read More »Why I removed my blog from the HuffPost: The fine line between creating change and creating walls