Transman weird thoughts and musings

theselfmademen:

agentrusco:

ryansallans:

If meeting me on the street or passing me by in a department store, I’m sure Mitt would define me as a man. If he saw me with my girlfriend, I’m sure he would say,  those are the type of people that should marry, a man and a woman.

What would he do and what argument would he have if I leaned over to him and said that I was born female and had transitioned to male? How would he then change the statement that he gave reporters yesterday?…”I have the same view on marriage that I had when I was governor,” Romney said. “I believe marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman…” 

In the end, Mitt…what really defines a “man” or a “woman”? How many ways will you twist and turn the definition to fit your narrow-minded view of gender?

In the end, Mitt….why the f*ck should you care about other people’s relationships?

In the end, Mitt….you harm yourself more by NOT recognizing the power of LGBT relationships, our families, and our need, like all other tax payers in this country, to be protected.

This is why trans people should be integral to the gay marriage debate.

This is why we should stop using the term “gay marriage” because it completely invalidates the transition of heterosexual transmen. 

While Obama was announcing his support for gay marriage, Argentina was formalizing rights for transgender adults to get publicly-funded sex change operations and ID changes. Top that, America. (photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

strangersatthemall:

gay-from-space:

thesexuneducated:

typingfrantically:

Let me talk to you about books.

Specifically, one book. This book.

This book should be a best seller. This book should be required reading for graduating from high school. Before you get that diploma, you read this book.

This book deals with debunking “Neurosexism,” which is a very fancy term for all of that evolutionary psychology bullshit that people spill about those “brain differences” between boys and girls.

This book debunks such myths as:

• Boys are better at math than girls
• Women make crappy lawyers/business CEOs/etc, as their brains are not cut out for aggression.
• Men make crappy counselors/primary school teachers/primary parents/etc, as their brains are not cut out for empathy.
• MEN ARE BUILT FOR GOING OUT AND HUNTING WHILE WOMEN ARE BUILT FOR STAYING HOME AND BABYMAKING IT’S NOT SEXISM IT’S JUST BIOLOGY
• And many other such myths.

Furthermore, this book covers topics such as: 

• Neurosexism and gender perceptions in multiple races (as this is not a singularly white experience, just as the western world isn’t a singularly white experience)
• Sex discrimination in the workplace, and how women are (or, more often, are not) allowed to behave
• How science is used (badly) to support many of these claims
• Experiences of trans* people, both through interviews and empirical studies.

AND FINALLY - It is all brilliantly researched, cited, compiled - and it’s easy to read! Cordelia Fine actually manages to be funny while writing this, which I think is important, because it makes all of this information infinitely accessible.

Delusions of Gender has reinforced what Oberlin taught me: The gender binary is stupid and arbitrary, and dangerous. And it is a self-perpetuating bias that needs to be addressed to be overcome.

Summer Reading! 

I WANT TO READ THIS PLEASE

This needs to be on my bookshelf NOW.

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90percenttea:

Oh yeah, and this is important.

(I wish I could find the original and link to it…if anyone can, please let me know)

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sunfoundation:

Conducting Demystified

The New York Times, in collaboration with the New York University Movement Lab, explains music conducting in this beautifully produced video. It’s part interview with Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, and part rendering of motion capture data, which represents Gilbert’s conducting.

To capture the data, the Movement Lab installed high-speed motion capture cameras, and Gilbert put on one of those funny-looking suits with the sensor balls on them. He conducted, and they recorded his body and his hands.

chaseross:

my life…. its…complete….

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queersecrets:

[image: rainbow flag with black writing. text: what scares me the most is that i think i hate me more than anyone will ever love me]

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james-st-james:

drama llama

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90percenttea:

doodlepoop:

Sometimes in America, if you’re not a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant Straight Male, you deserve all the human rights violations you experience.

Why are WASPS still the only people will complete rights?