Blundervist (n) - a person who calls themselves an activist, but in fact just blunders wildly around making everything worse. See also: blundervism
Blundervism is characterised by well-meaning but inane attempts to “tackle” an issue, usually by people not directly affected by said issue. It often…
I am not “becoming a man.” I have been a man since the day I was born. What I am is a man with one hell of a birth defect. That birth defect is my entire body. Some cis people have various chromosomal anomalies that result in physical issues. I have a chromosomal anomaly that has resulted in physical issues. My chromosomal anomaly is being born with an extra “x” chromosome and missing a “y” chromosome.
(via artoftransliness)
Mx. does not like penises and has made the assumption that the trans* woman (let’s call her Ms.) has a vagina. The question is, does Ms. need to disclose that she has a penis, or does Mx. need to disclose that ze doesn’t like penises? Well, let’s…
RadFem 2012 is a radical feminism conference being held in London in July. Its website proclaims “women together for liberation”, but as it turns out, they don’t mean all women. RadFem’s participation policy states that the conference is open to “women born women living as women”. This is a change from an earlier policy of being open only to “biological women”, which – as one wry Tweeter commented – presumably refers to women who work best at 40 degrees. Either way, this policy clearly discriminates against trans* women who might wish to participate in the conference. A trans* woman may live as a woman, experience the pressures, discrimination and inequality associated with being woman, but according to RadFem 2012, they are not quite enough of a woman to be welcome at the conference. This, quite clearly, is discriminatory, disgusting, and – we believe, and very much hope – totally out of step with what most feminists think.
Royal Holloway Feminism Society has members who hold a wide range of theoretical perspectives on feminism – and probably even more who prefer to define themselves as “feminists” rather than as “___ feminists”. As a group, we have different views on many things, including on the importance of women-only spaces in feminist campaigns. One thing that we can all agree on, though, is that transphobia has absolutely no place in our idea of feminism. Equality and transphobia cannot live side by side: you cannot fight for one whilst displaying the other.
We are an active feminist group, and our members have attended several different feminist conferences, and many other feminist events in the past year. However, we will not be supporting or recommending that our members attend RadFem 2012, because we believe that doing so would implicitly support the transphobic stance of the conference. We would encourage other feminist groups to take a similar stance. We suggest that the organisers of the conference rethink their policy, because by excluding trans* women, they will be missing out on the participation of many passionate, dedicated feminists, both trans* and cis, who refuse to be associated with such a transphobic policy and believe that all women should stand together for liberation.
(via transqueery)
A page from our Self Made Manual on hormone changes
In June 2012 people all over the world will watch the planet Venus transit across the Sun. Venus will pass directly between the Earth and Sun on the night of June 5th and the morning of June 6th. This historic event can be seen, at least partly, from many parts of the world and will not…
Many parallels between where gay rights were in the 70’s to where trans rights are now. Coming out and sharing _is_ a political act. Trans rights now!
Showing off the guns :-D (Taken with instagram)
