Twenty years ago, a now defunct trans newsletter captured a really interesting moment in trans history: a linguistic tipping point. As I’ve noted: “transgender” has been around since at least 1965; “transgender” was not “coined” by Virginia Prince; transsexuals have been using the term “transgender” since the 1970s; and, “transgender” was used in a modern […]
I’ve noted before how TERFs inspired the violence inflicted upon Stonewall hero Sylvia Revera. Until now, I wasn’t aware that their cruelty was extended to the transperson who coordinated and paid for overturning anti-gay NY laws: Women in the GLF were uncomfortable referring to Rivera—who insisted in using women’s bathrooms, even in City hall—as “she.” […]
Official Souvenir Program of the 1979 National March on Washington, Page 40 It should be noted that the organizer of the 1st MOW was Ray Hill from Houston, Texas. Trans Leader from Houston, Phyllis Frye (center, holding American flag) Phyllis Frye, leading the Texas contingent [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/71779612″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Official Souvenir […]
First of all, before I get into addressing her recent piece in the Advocate, I must own my own bias where Riki Wilchins in concerned. I’m not a knee-jerk fan of hers. I was around when she lobbied congress (along with Nancy Buermeyer and Winnie Stachelberg in 97, 98 and 99) telling them that trans folk were happy to be taken out […]
Is. Dead. The GenderReality blog was dedicated to asserting that: 1.) Virginal Prince coined transgender 2.) Transgender means heterosexual crossdresser 3.) Virginia Prince conspired to force transsexuals under the “transgender umbrella” 4.) You’re a sociopathic man if you disagree GenderReality was a perfect example of how the Prince Fountainhead Narrative poisoned trans discourse.
I think I should start this post with some back-and-forth arguing between one of the organizers of the first International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy (ICTLEP, 1992), Virginia Prince and her supporter: “Said another way, you trashed [Virginia Prince]! You stole her linguistic contribution to the community from the community and ran down […]
From everyone’s favorite internet troll: “There has been something of an ongoing debate online over the origins of what can be called the “Transgender Paradigm.” The rather notorious kook and gender fascist Mr. “Cristan Williams” has tried to claim that the term has a long history, and that the fact that the term, and the movement […]
A RadFem has been trying to troll me for about a week. She not only asserted that I’m male, but that I’m emotionally unstable, that by boobs aren’t perky and that I need to get surgery for that. Has anyone else noticed that some RadFems seem to morph into an amalgam of Ralph Kramden and […]
