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Author of My Husband Betty writes about gender & queer things, politics, cranks, & the trans. Boyd has been running an online group for couples since 2000, and has spoken at many trans conferences and also at special events. Originally from Brooklyn, she currently teaches gender studies at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI.
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5M ago
I am very sad to hear that the trailblazer Lynn Conway has passed.
She invented things I don’t even understand, created one of the most ferocious and useful trans websites back in the day, and was a friend and fellow crank.
I always felt richer and smarter talking to her, and am glad she started to be recognized by the wider world in recent years, garnering honorary degrees and other lifelong achievement recognition (including a very belated apology from IBM for firing her for transitioning).
Thank you, Lynn, for everything. Here is Lynn in her own words, and Dallas Denny’s obituary is below ..read more
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1y ago
(My friend Jessica has been doing some awesome queer history of Wisconsin on Facebook, but this summary was too good to not pass on. – hbk)
Wisconsin LGBTQ
Continuing our celebration of LGBTQ history on the last day of Milwaukee Pride, here are some other facts about my home state:
1. Milwaukee had its own version of Stonewall, eight years earlier at the Black Nite Bar
2. LGBTQ recorded history in Wisconsin dates to an 1894 arrest in Black River Falls
3. In 1976, just months before Harvey Milk, James Yeadon defeated 13 other candidates and was elected to public office as an openly gay man – tw ..read more
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1y ago
I recently received a question, via email, from a young person about birth control.
“I am a 17 year old closeted trans guy who is looking for ways to mitigate dysphoria. I have access to binders, but I am physically unable to use one for health reasons. I have moderate to severe acne and have been recommended that I start estrogen-based patch birth control to mitigate it. However, my friend told me that the hormones included in patch birth control could have “feminizing” effects, such as breast growth. I looked on the internet to see if this was true, and there seems to be a lot of conflicting ..read more
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1y ago
I’ve been gathering and sending these to people lately but thought it might be time to gather a bunch of them, so here goes:
Chase Strangio on the Arkansas law
Brian Lehrer on WNYC with guest Kate Sosin
My favorite podcast, Is This Democracy, on why the attack on trans rights is an assault on democracy.
Mother Jones on the organization that wrote these anti trans laws and pushed them on to state legislatures (that is, it’s no coincidence that they all seem similar)
Heather Cox Richardson, everyone’s favorite historian, on why standing up for trans rights is a basic issue of equality, saying ..read more
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1y ago
A partner recently sent me this piece she’d written for a contest and I was struck not just by the writing style but by the deep urge, as ever, to get a partner’s truth you in the world. Enjoy.
Transition in 2000 Words – by Ariela Rosa
May 24, 2022
I wanted to say I appreciate R’s commitment to building community and giving everyone a voice. Their style in leading with heart, reaffirming that the conversation is a safe space, and being open to everyone’s inputs is so appreciated.
I stop to ask R, my spouse, if he has changed his pronouns.
“Oh yeah,” they say. “I was encouraging people at ..read more
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2y ago
The NYT published a shitty ‘both sides’ op ed today that is supposed to be about Roe but is basically a transphobic POS.
My coment:
It’s inexcusable that anyone would fall for this bait: divide and conquer, over and over again, and white women – I’ll use the term since it’s the one you prefer – fall for it the hardest.
I am one so don’t at me.
As a feminist who has been committed to gender liberation for my lifetime, and who has been working with an for trans and non binary people for a couple of decades, it pains me to see women cling to a biological reality that is now criminalizing all of u ..read more
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2y ago
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2y ago
Trans Education Network of Texas: https://secure.everyaction.com/Aluze8fLdEmlU5KgX5Ar1w2
Equality Texas: https://linktr.ee/EqualityTexas
ACLU Texas: https://www.aclutx.org/https://www.aclutx.org/
TX Trans Health: https://txtranshealth.org/for-patients
TX Trans Kids: https://www.txtranskids.org/
Organización Latina Trans Texas https://secure.actblue.com/donate/organizacion-latina-trans-texas-1
Trans Pride Initiative: https://www.tpride.org/support.php
OutYouth (Austin): https://www.outyouth.org/ https://www.outyouth.org/
Allgo: https://allgo.org/donate ..read more
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3y ago
I wrote a new (free) piece for Patreon today and then started wondering about all the things I’ve written over the years about the Towers and that Tuesday.
So, in order of their appearance, this one from 2005, and a peaceful image that did my heart good when I first saw it, and that I still call Wish.
Then, in 2008, this kind of throwaway piece that still packs a wallop because it was true; from the first time I flew in a plane after that day.
Two pieces from the 10th anniversary, one of which I wrote in 2007 for a grant application, and the other – about the dogs.
A few years later, when fost ..read more
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3y ago
For our 20th anniversary, I had this plate and artwork commissioned because queer artists are the best. Kaffers Illustration on Insta and FB.
(And yes, of course I have more to say about what it means/what it takes to make it to a 20th wedding anniversary as a trans couple, but not today ..read more