I wanted to let folks know that I’ll be able to share an interview I did with Diamond soon. I’ll probably be able to upload the interview sometime this weekend on my research blog. We talk about his research experience, the history of terminology, his “rivalry” with John Money and more. I found Diamond to be […]
Over the last 24 hours, I’ve spent about 12 of them scanning Phyllis Frye’s 1970s trans documents. I don’t know that I can even put into words how those documents affected me. Most of us don’t know that we all owe Phyllis a debt of gratitude. In Houston, we trace our community back to Phyllis. On the […]
This is Part II of a 5-part series designed to highlight the similarities in the rhetorical tactics commonly used by both Separatists and Fundamentalists. While a Fundie might say that “If gay marriage is legal, America will have hurricanes in the future,” this series reviews some of the ways in which Separatists have claimed that […]
90.1 KPFT Radio Interview: History of Transgender Language [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/36566598″ iframe=”true” /] . . Old German Trans Terms The more things change, the more they stay the same. From someone being cis to having explicit trans umbrella terms, we’ve been there done that… about 100 years ago. A while back, I had posted a 30-year […]
Here’s a few more interesting finds I thought I’d share: 1907: Transsexual = Cross-sexed 1908: Trans-sexual = Cross-sexual 1915: Trans-sexed = Trans-gendered 1971: Transsex added to Dictionary 1973: Transsex in Glam Rock 1977: Trans-sexed
While I’ve noted the similarities between Separatism and Fundamentalism before, I wanted to point out yet another similarity between the groups: unsubstantiated prognostications of DOOOOM… unless the masses repent. This is my first of a 5-part pwnage of the top 5 failed Separatist predictions of doom. Let’s get started! Failed Forcast of Doom #1: IRS Deductions Remember […]
As many of you know, I have another blog that’s rather dry and is only focused on recording the interesting bits of trans history I come across. A great deal of what I post has to do with the language used to describe the non-cis experience. Here’s a few bits that I’ve not yet shared on this blog: […]
There’s nothing wrong with being colorful when demolishing a falsehood and there’s nothing wrong with robust and vigorous debate… in fact, there’s everything right about that process. The continued tradition of robust debate around language, the objective merits of Separatism vs Inclusionism, communal goals, etc. is a sign of health and should be valued. Community is about unity and NOT uniformity.
