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After hiding her female identity through grade school Brielle met a boy in high school who liked her for herself. She could be a girl with him and they could go on dates and do the things that a boy and a girl are inclined to do. But being open about her gender also made her the target of school bullies who never need much of a trigger to attack. Seeing a fellow student they recognized as male wearing makeup and feminine clothing was more than enough to attract their bad intentions. Once again depression took hold of Brielle. And perhaps the treatment was worse than the condition.
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Humans have a great capacity to slide into a life rhythm and make themselves believe that things will always be the same. No change day after day. So things that should be said get put off and go unsaid. Past abuses are swept into the dark closets of the mind and forgotten. Except they are always there. But confrontation over the evils of the past can’t happen when the abuser has left the land of the living. Porja was the victim of a father who worked hard, with beatings and lectures, to make her into a man. A futile task that only brought her pain. Her father recently passed away. Porja examines her feelings about this sudden change in the rhythm of her life.
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Kimberly pauses in her adventure to reflect on things that might have been. Lack of knowledge can keep a person captive and that’s what happened when she was young. Not knowing her dream was possible set her on a different path than the one she followed.
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Philadelphia, July 10, 2017 – Mazzoni Center’s Board of Directors announced today a transition plan for interim and permanent leadership for the organization. The plan focuses on ensuring continued fiscal and operational stability in the near term, while also laying the groundwork for future leadership that is dynamic, innovative and accountable to the needs and […]
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It’s The Week In Trans! Today we learn that there is a mini series featuring trans athletes. The speaker of the house in Texas opposes the “bathroom bill.” Gavin Grimm’s case will be heard in the fall. Bob the Drag Queen has a couple of movies coming out. Cali sets trans regulations. Aleshia Brevard has passed away. The Church of England is welcoming trans people. A male former cyclist champ is now a female sports commentator. Minor league hockey gets trans friendly. The synth player for LCD Sound System comes out as trans. A British Muslim of Arab descent is a fierce drag queen and filmmaker. Turkish police arrest trans activists who demonstrate pride. There’s all that and a lot more plus several TWIT Awards!
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Sophie’s friend, author and columnist Jennifer Finney Boylan, contacted her back in May and asked if she would like a ticket to attend the GLAAD Media Awards in New York City. At first Sophie was upset because she was scheduled to work the day of the event. But her boss, being a good boss, realized that this was a special moment and gave her the day off. Today Sophie writes about her adventure, the people she met, and how the experience changed her.
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Fiber is not only good for you digestive system. In hot summer weather natural fiber clothing is more comfortable. Today Lorraine Anderson, head seamstress at The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, discusses the benefits of all natural fibers. The choices available include linen, cotton, silk, and hemp, among others. Each offers different properties but all of them, when used to create a summer frock, will help to keep you cool and dressed well.
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Katherine Diaz gives her opinion on straight men who want to be with trans women. En Español, of course. Katherine feels that men who find trans women attractive are not, as society may cast them, pursuing trans women with male genitalia as a way to experience homosexual acts without going to bed with a masculine person. She feels that they appreciate a trans woman’s body and feminine sexuality, and that trans lovers know what a man finds most pleasurable.
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Raquel and Mark, two parts of one person that became separated after drinking a strange potion, have been transported to another land. They have been told by a witch that they must trek to the north and battle the Magistrate but that one of them will not survive the confrontation. What are the true intentions of the old witch? Is she on their side? Or is talk of this Magistrate nothing but lies? Who will perish? Learn more in Chapter 10 of Metamorphosis.
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It’s time for The Week In Trans! Today we learn Rachel Levine, the physician general of Pennsylvania is featured on NBC Out’s series on prominent LGBT people. Republicans in congress are working to stop trans people from serving in the military, and the secretary of defense has delayed incorporating them into the ranks. The V.A. is not paying for veteran’s trans care. A trans woman with industrial silicone in her face hopes to get it removed on a reality show about bad plastic surgery. Trans women want to be attractive but that can put them in danger. The Trump administration has nominated an attorney who has sued the government over HB2 to run the Civil Right Division of DoJ. Drag king Diane Torr has passed away. There’s all that and a lot more waiting for you in TWIT!
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Sophie Lynne puts on her Page Pundit hat and reviews the Young Adult novel If I Was Your Girl by trans writer Meredith Russo. The book has won a ton of major awards, including Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, ALA Stonewall Book Award – Winner, Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year. See what Sophie thinks of it and its value to cisgender and trans people in today’s Page Pundit Post.
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Today we introduce a new voice to TGForum. Meet M, a 17-year-old who identifies as genderfluid. M came out as such to classmates and staff in the ninth grade. She brings a younger voice to TGForum and has benefitted from all the work done by trans activists before she was born. Her perspective is much different from that of a 60-year-old who stayed in the closet till they were 50. We look forward to her contributions from her point of view for many years to come. Thanks to Sophie Lynne who met M and told is about her.
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It isn’t just in baseball that pitch matters. It’s very important that a trans person can deliver their verbal communication in a pitch that matches their gender presentation. And if you are a trans woman with a low pitched voice are you doomed to be called “sir” whenever you speak? Not necessarily. Today voice therapist Marc Mitnick talks about the pitch difference between male and female voices. Turns out it’s only half an octave difference.
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Angela vents about the right wing media’s constant attacks on transgender people. They publish article after article about trans being a “trendy” thing for kids. Then they claim that parents are pushing their kids to be trans. Or the liberals and progressives have an evil agenda that calls for the destruction of our society as trans people invade ladies’ rooms across the land to pee next to your daughter, wife or sister. Angela believes she has seen the reason the right wing is so against us. Read on and see if you agree.
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Conservatives go on and on about how subversive trans identities are not real. They try to paint us as deluded, mentally unstable, or try to pass of the entire phenomena as a fad or trend. Admitting that trans people are feeling what they are feeling is impossible for them so they have to embrace all the phony reasons they come with for why people say they’re trans. Sabrina Symington addresses that in today’s cartoon.
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Linda continues her series on her meetings with the support group, Bracoholics Anonymous. This group is primarily composed of crossdressers but also contains a few men who only dress in lingerie under their male attire. The bracoholics focus mainly on the joy of wearing a pretty bra and like many of their members Linda was first attracted to that particular garment. In today’s post she reports on things she learned from other members of the group.
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Jeffrey Marsh is a gender fluid, gender queer trans activist, writer, and all around nice person. Jeffrey is know as the anti-bully. Jeffrey’s book How To Be You was published in August of 2106. In April of 2017 Jeffrey gave a TEDx Talk on gender identity. It begins with Jeffrey telling the audience that they got an apology from their father for his treatment of them. If you have a gender fluid or queer identity watch this TEDx Talk.
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Today we learn that a beauty pageant winner speaks about trans issues in Israel. The AMA passes a resolution concerning trans patients. The US Dept. of Commerce got push back after removing anti-discrimination language. NYC trans firefighter Brooke Guinan is a Pride Parade grand marshal. Don’t expect openly trans troops anytime soon. Danica Roem won her primary race in Virginia. Bathroom bill in Texas news. Trans Korean singer Harisu divorces. Eddie Izzard makes Bill Maher nervous. There’s all that and a lot more, plus several TWIT Awards waiting for you in TWIT!
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Empower people to enhance the quality of their health and overall well-being by providing access to culturally sensitive high quality healthcare, HIV/AIDS services, health education, and social services. Bebashi – Transition to Hope, an acronym originally standing for Blacks Educating Blacks about Sexual Health Issues, is the second-oldest AIDS service organization in the Philadelphia, Pa. […]
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Get your notebooks out and prepare to pay attention. Dr. Dana Bevan’s lecture today is all about the science of choice. Some people say that transgender individuals choose to be trans. Trans people say that being trans is not a choice. If it was a choice many say it is not a choice they would make since being trans can bring so much stress and so many problems. So what does the science say? Today Dana writes about choice and touches both scientific and philosophical views on whether or not we consciously chose anything, at all.
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R.e.s.p.e.c.t., that’s what Cate O’Malley is talking about. Why can some men be such jerks online? Cate has had far too many online interactions with men who think every girl wants to see a photo of their manhood as soon as she responds to their first email. Cate has a way to deal with the pushy guys and she talks about it in her blog today.
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Kimberly has been blogging about her journey into womanhood. In her past posts she has written about how she came to realize that she was transgender, and how she started to explore her local area early in the morning. She would dress like a lady on the way to her office and stop in at stores that were open very early so she could interact with some people in her true gender. What goes with early mornings? Breakfast, of course. Today Kimberly writes about what happened when she started having breakfast at Denny’s.
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As we are on track to witness a record number of murders of trans people here in the United States, we are no doubt seeing a record number of qualified transgender people running for public office and that is a terrific way of fighting back. DANICA ROEM Danica Roem has worked in her personal and […]
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A new contributor joins TGForum today. Her name is Brielle and she is at the beginning of transition. In her first four blogs she will tell you about how she came to the point in her life when she had to begin that transition. She has lived through a lot and shares all the details of her story, holding nothing back. Today she starts at the beginning and covers childhood through her teen years.
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Sophie is concerned that her generation of trans people has not succeeded in clearing the way for the younger generations of trans people. Progress was being made and recognition and respect was being earned and then a change of administration shifted the federal stance on transgender right from positive to negative. Sophie writes about two encounters she had while at work that demonstrate the success of the work that has been done and the need for continued work.
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On June 8 The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund held their 2017 Freedom Awards in New York City. Awards were presented to people and organizations who made a contribution to TLDEF’s mission. Angela Gardner traveled to the Big Apple to report on the event. Here is her report and several photos from the event.
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