Most Recent Pieces
How to Spot a Cisgender Woman
The Trump administration recently released guidance on how to spot transgender women to make it easier to discriminate against us. I won’t bother repeating the details or linking to that here, instead for the people who run women’s spaces like shelters, clubs, and so on I want to offer you a more helpful guide. You
Coding in Binary: Gender and “Biological Sex”
Folks love to ask trans people about two topics: sex and gender. Sometimes they’re genuinely curious about the differences between these things and what those mean. Sometimes they’re trying to catch us in an elaborate rhetorical trap wherein we either admit that gender is fake, admit we have some crazy ideas about sex, or admit
RE: JK Rowling’s Latest Transphobic Tangent
Original Question: Ok, so I have a question. (Picture for context) I understand the science behind intersex and how the sex of a person is a lot more complicated than just the binary system we’re taught. I also know that gender is something entirely different and is a spectrum. I also consider JK
Why You Should Stop Calling Trans People Brave — And What to Say Instead
Being called “brave” is incredibly high on the “pet peeves” list of almost every trans person I know. Here’s what to say instead.
Suddenly Summer Body Positivity
Getting a summer body has a whole new, and more literal, meaning for me this year. What does it feel like to be comfortable in a body that breaks all the rules you grew up with?
The Shameful Ego of Parents with Terrified Trans Children
That I am a woman is somewhere inside of me. That part arrived long before I had advanced thoughts about gender politics. That part saw the other girls and knew I was like them and saw the boys and was PISSED that I was saddled with them.