The TransAdvocate: Transgender, Intersex, & GenderQueer News & Essays

We have the largest trans archive still in the community's hands and we share with you some of the recent acquisitions from the last couple of weeks. This invariably wraps back around to current political narratives about trans people and we notice that anti-trans politicians seem to have a few skellies in their own closets! More info: http://tfahouston.com http://transadvocate.com http://brazil.transadvocate.com http://tdrfund.us http://unitybanquet.com Support us: https://patreon.com/transadvocate

Making politics work for the trans community, even in the South. - How the a Texas trans community fought off dozens of "Bathroom Bills" - How a Texas trans community produced the biggest queer political event in one of the largest cities + Hear one of the most powerful Texas REPUBLICAN politicians come out in support for trans equality + Hear from America's first our trans judge PLUS: - Review of what's going on in Houston's trans community - How you can get help - How you can get involved More info: http://tfahouston.com http://transadvocate.com http://brazil.transadvocate.com http://tdrfund.us http://unitybanquet.com Support us: https://patreon.com/transadvocate

Into the nexus of the ‘gay alt-right feminist’ movement: Original Article: http://transadvocate.com/are-misogynist-homophobe-terf-slurs_n_20729.htm Support TA: https://www.patreon.com/transadvocate

We’re always hearing how we’re supposed to “RESIST.” What can that look like when you live in the Deep South in Trump’s America or when your community just faced a historic natural disaster? Find out how trans people living in Texas manage to do it. Support the TransAdvocate at our Patreon: http://patreon.com/transadvocate Support the Trans Disaster Relief Fund: http://tdrfund.us Volunteer with the Trans Disaster Relief Fund, Trans Unity Banquet, Trans Archive, or Pride Celebrations: http://www.tfahouston.com/volunteer-teams/ Submit your article for publication on the TransAdvocate: http://transadvocate.com/submission-guidelines Are you a trans, intersex, or genderqueer victim of a natural disaster? Get direct assistance here - Trans Disaster Relief Fund: http://tdrfund.us/ Are you trans, intersex, or genderqueer and are going to college or trade school? Get a scholarship here - Trans Scholarship Fund: http://nebula.wsimg.com/5efb09b410ee55a4a064354c02ff354f?AccessKeyId=4A2B0E9AB852D91A5E43&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 Landing page for this podcast: http://transadvocate.com/podcast-resist-rebuild-getting-it-done_n_20852.htm

The TransAdvocate crew discusses Intersex Awareness Day with TFA Board member and pioneering Intersex activist, Koomah. Landing page for today's podcast: http://transadvocate.com/podcast-intersex-awareness-day_n_20832.htm

The TransAdvocate podcast crew discusses the trans response to natural disasters, plus a review of upcoming events. On the Pod: Cristan Williams, Robin Mack, and Alexis Melvin

An Australian Media Corporation Takes a Punch at Trans Youth, Using the ‘60 Minutes’ Brand By Kelley Winters, Ph.D. On September 10, the Australian media giant, Nine Entertainment, aired a long-anticipated news report “about what can go wrong when doctors misdiagnose a child as transgender.” The story headlined their Australian version of the American CBS program, “60 Minutes,” describing a teen youth, Patrick Mitchell, who had socially and hormonally transitioned from male to female, and back to male again. The segment was promoted as a breaking scandal about “how experts can get it wrong” and bring “self-discovery marred by misdiagnosis” to youth suffering the distress of gender dysphoria. Producers suggested that affirming medical and mental health providers make “fast judgments” and fail to allow youth “time to figure it out.” A dark, foreboding teaser video flashed an all-caps headline, “THEY CHANGED HIS BODY,” to suggest that care providers caused physical harm to Patrick with cross-sex hormonal treatments, having permanent, undesired consequences. More: http://transadvocate.com/an-australian-media-corporation-takes-a-punch-at-trans-youth-using-the-60-minutes-brand_n_20751.htm

Pride in the Park (PITP) are podcast shorts dealing with a topic TransAdvocate writers are talking about right now. More on this topic: https://twitter.com/transadvocate/status/853249280865382401 Support the TransAdvocate: https://www.patreon.com/transadvocate

This was the era of Anita Bryant’s crusade against lesbians and gays. “As a mother,” Bryant said, “I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children.” This was the predominant belief; this notion that gays and lesbians need to “recruit” people to grow in numbers, and therefore are grooming children. It was very effective, as it tapped into primal fears that one’s own sons and daughters could be in peril from a menace that the parents could not legally control. And yes, the notion of “recruiting” is itself a quaint euphemism for child molestation. The assumption is that the only way one becomes gay is if they end up in a gay sexual relationship, not due to any sort of natural human variance. his was the era of Anita Bryant’s crusade against lesbians and gays. “As a mother,” Bryant said, “I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children.” This was the predominant belief; this notion that gays and lesbians need to “recruit” people to grow in numbers, and therefore are grooming children. It was very effective, as it tapped into primal fears that one’s own sons and daughters could be in peril from a menace that the parents could not legally control. And yes, the notion of “recruiting” is itself a quaint euphemism for child molestation. The assumption is that the only way one becomes gay is if they end up in a gay sexual relationship, not due to any sort of natural human variance.

Owning Endosex Privilege and Supporting the Intersex Community WPATH, Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM), and Sex Variant Bodies Author: Margo Schulter is a pioneering trans Lesbian feminist and moderator of the Conversations Project‘s community group. Narrator: Koomah is an intersex educator, co-founder of Houston’s intersex group, moderator of the Conversations Project community group, and board member of TFA, the TransAdvocate’s parent organization. Audio Editors: Rani Baker & Cristan Williams ------------------------------------------------------- Support the TransAdvocate at: www.patreon.com/transadvocate ------------------------------------------------------- Other versions: Article: http://transadvocate.com/owning-endosex-privilege-and-supporting-the-intersex-community-wpath-intersex-genital-mutilation-igm-and-sex-variant-bodies_n_18868.htm E-Book: http://transadvocate.com/i/Owning_Endosex_Privilege.epub ------------------------------------------------------- TransAdvocate: Web: transadvocate.com Twitter: twitter.com/transadvocate FaceBook: www.facebook.com/transadvocate ------------------------------------------------------- Music Credits: 1.) TheOperator by Malaventura is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. 2.) Across the Sky by Kevin Hartnell is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License. 3.) Night Owl by Broke For Free is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Bathroom Bills & The Dialectic of Oppression Political discourse situated around the minority use of bathrooms has featured significantly in numerous social equality struggles, from the fight to preserve racist Jim Crow laws to the sexist battle to keep the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) from being ratified. Rhetorical themes featuring bathrooms, privacy, and safety concerns are integral aspects of a specific and identifiable political dialectic used to incite, promote, and sustain the fear that an oppressed group may well rape, molest, harass or infect the majority group should equality between the two groups come to pass. In contemporary times, this political dialectic features prominently in narratives supporting North Carolina’s recently passed law mandating that transgender people who’ve not been able to amend their birth certificate use the restroom assigned to them at birth rather than the restroom that matches their transitioned status, irrespective of legal identification or phenotype. Proponents of laws like North Carolina’s so-called “bathroom bill” assert that these laws are needed to ensure that A.) the privacy of cisgender people is respected; B.) without these laws, rapists will dress in drag in order to molest little girls in the restroom; and, C.) transgender people are actually perverts and pedophiles who need to be prevented from accessing women’s restrooms... ------------------------------------------------------- Support the TransAdvocate at: https://www.patreon.com/transadvocate ------------------------------------------------------- Other versions: Article: http://transadvocate.com/the-politics-of-transphobia_n_18825.htm Video: https://youtu.be/OgPP00YLT8Q ------------------------------------------------------- TransAdvocate: Web: https://transadvocate.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/transadvocate FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/transadvocate ------------------------------------------------------- Audio: 1.) TheOperator by Malaventura is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. 2.) Across the Sky by Kevin Hartnell is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License. 3.) Night Owl by Broke For Free is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Kelly Winters reads a version of her TransAdvocate Essay, reviewing the significant lie "desistance" advocates push when tricking people people into believing that most gender dysphoric grow out of being trans. TransAdvocate Essays: The New York Magazine Lies To Parents About Trans Children | If you like TransAdvocate Essays, please support us at https:/patreon.com/transadvocate ------------ Music used with permission by bensound.com and: Tears of Niobe by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/54246 Ft: Javolenus

Houston Trans Day of Remembrance after the defeat of HERO and an uptick in anti-trans Houston assaults. "Dirt Rhodes" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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