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12 April, 201722 February, 2017

Public accommodations bills aren’t just about bathrooms

A derelict locker room.
Posted in gender, LGBQT by s.e. smith

Transphobic public accommodations bills targeting the trans community are often reduced to bathrooms, but people are ignoring the fact that they also cover changing rooms and other gender-segregated spaces.

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3 March, 20174 March, 2017

Be careful when it comes to talking about trans people in 2017

Two smiling people at the Trans*March Berlin, dressed similarly in jeans and black hoodies. One has auburn hair, and the other has purple hair and big sunglasses.
Posted in gender by s.e. smith

It’s going to be a lot more dangerous to be trans in America. Please think carefully about the power you wield if you know that someone is trans, or are aware of their deadname.

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29 December, 20163 November, 2016

Voter ID laws highlight another problem — navigating the government while trans

Blue lights at night.
Posted in gender, politics by s.e. smith

Think voter ID laws are bullshit? So do I, and it gets worse for trans people — being caught on the voter ID wave is a reminder of the larger difficulties when it comes to getting accurate identification.

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28 September, 201613 July, 2016

No, nonbinary people are not ruining everything

A crowd at a trans rights rally.
Posted in gender by s.e. smith

Some are claiming that the push for nonbinary and otherwise gender nonconforming visibility is harming trans people, but that argument doesn’t quite hold water.

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8 August, 201621 May, 2016

We are so much more than bathrooms

Joyful trans people marching in a parade, waving pride flags.
Posted in LGBQT by s.e. smith

In all the attention over bathroom bills, I fear that other aspects of the trans experience, and trans oppression, will not be addressed.

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26 July, 20165 May, 2016

Try writing more than transition stories

A road sign advising the observer that there is a detour ahead.
Posted in gender, media by s.e. smith

So you’ve discovered that trans people exist! Congratulations, you. Did you know that we’re about so much more than our transition narratives?

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15 July, 201624 April, 2016

Let’s be real about the target of bathroom bills: Trans women

A multistall bathroom with a sign indicating that it is available to all genders.
Posted in gender, politics, social justice by s.e. smith

Bathroom bills are transparently targeting trans women, and pussyfooting around won’t change that.

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2 July, 201623 April, 2016

Prince, Bowie, and finding gender

A sign from an art show, reading DAVID BOWIE IS.
Posted in gender by s.e. smith

With a plethora of gender ambiguity in pop culture today — though not nearly enough — it’s easy for some to forget the incredibly formative and affirming influences of Prince and David Bowie on the lives of gender variant youth all over the world.

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27 June, 20169 April, 2016

Reproductive rights includes fertility treatment for trans people

A sign with a drawing of a family, informing the viewer that WE ARE TRANS PARENTS
Posted in social justice by s.e. smith

Conversations about reproductive rights routinely leave out both the trans community and the right to parent. Guess where that leaves trans parents.

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2 June, 20169 March, 2016

Gender is not just a spectrum but something that evolves with time

Street art of a black figure in a pink skirt throwing an object that's a bit hard to discern in this photo honestly
Posted in gender by s.e. smith

The social evolution of our relationship with gender has admitted the understanding that it’s a spectrum, but it’s also something that can appear in a state of flux, and that’s something that should be validated as well.

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