OK. I will admit it, sometimes I am a “lurker” on Facebook. You know, one of those people who observes friends’ feeds but does not participate in or comment on their posts. You have to love people like me! Recently, in my role as lurker I have observed a number of debates on the general topic of “Are you trans enough…” Often, they result in spirited debates around “are crossdressers really trans”; “is genderqueer really a thing” or “trans people who are stealth are the problem not the solution.” I am always amazed at how – as members of a frequently oppressed minority - some trans people are more than willing to be exclusionary. In my personal case, it took me years to come to the concl
Here is a great article written by our friend Isabelle that was published on their website by the folks at Cosmopolitan. You can find the original article here. Congratulations to Isabelle on being published nationally and to adding her voice to those seeking equality and respect for trans people! 1. Being seen as a fetish is so tiring A LOT of the time, people just want to have sex with transgender people because it’s some sort of fetish for them. The majority of us don’t want to be seen as a fetish and want to be loved and respected like EVERY. OTHER. PERSON. 2. People always want to talk surgery Often on dates our bodies become The Hot Topic. SO many times our dates have asked about wha
