Gweat Twittering Twoubles!
It is becoming clear to me that much of 2013 will be taken up by analysis of current events, looking at them more closely and with an eye to the ways in which trans lives are overwritten by Ciscentrism...
View ArticleTransphobic Troubles
Once again, I was asked by someone, who was offended not only by my existence but by my unwillingness to allow them to set the terms of my engaging with them, who the hell I think I am. That is always...
View ArticleWhy the Creating Change Conference Matters
It is Sunday as I write this, Rufus, a shortish missive that I hope will find you dwelling on the day in a pleasant manner as I allow the soreness of feet from hills in heels fade from the weary legs...
View ArticleYes, Pronouns are the issue.
Or, more accurately, they are symptomatic of the issue. The issue that underlies all the rest of the stuff, the issue that creates the fundamental problems. The use of the proper pronouns, the use of...
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Riding the Rails
I really do introduce myself as follows: My name is Antonia D’orsay, and I am Black and White and Red all over. It does the trick of relaxing people. They laugh. It is a good intro, and not what one...
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Transness 102
Transness 102 Conceptualizing Transcentrism within Oppression 8/31/2013 Dyssonant Expressions & Antonia Elle D’orsay (Download this in a formatted PDF here, or at the bottom) Greetings and...
View ArticleOn Chelsea Manning
In a normal course of events, I wouldn’t be all that interested in wading into a fight that is as ugly as this one has become. This is not a normal course of events. This is the worst possible course...
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Raymond Responds
On September 14th, Janice Raymond responded to a particular set of complaints lodged against her that requested that she not be allowed to speak at the conference on ending prostitution in Norway. The...
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Images of Transness, Revisted
IT has been just shy of 14 months since I first visited to notion of how Trans people are portrayed in the media, with a focus on the mainstream representations, and in that year I have taken the work...
View ArticleMssrs Colbert & Stewart
I have been involved in politics to some degree or other for as long as I can remember. I am not, however, a political junkie, despite my job requiring me to be somewhat aware. Throughout my life, as...
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Trans is not who I am; it is a what.
I recently received a communication from an individual on Facebook wanting to get my input on his decision to change his first name. I don’t know anything about this person as an individual human...
View ArticleWhy Piers Morgan is a violent, transphobic, and not on our side
Hi all. Been a while since I had something new to say and the time to say it. Sorry about that. The last two nights were interesting; Piers Morgan, a CNN host, had asked Janet Mock on his show and...
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