Why TERFs Aren’t Feminists
When people ask me why, as a cishet woman, I’m so passionate about transgender rights, I always tell them it started with Harry Potter. As a musical theater kid, I always had a lot of gay friends, but it wasn’t [...]
The Complexity of Passing as Cishet
If something keeps coming up, I know it’s worth writing a blog article about. And in the last few weeks, with LGBT+ clients, friends, and media references, the idea of passing – intentionally or otherwise - as cishet (cisgender and [...]
Gender Roles Q&A
I was recently contacted by a middle school student in Kansas who was doing a research study about the impact of gender roles. Her questions were thought-provoking, especially given her young age (I thought she was a university student when [...]
Laverne Cox is My New Hero
Anyone who has been spending a lot of time with me lately can tell you that my newest obsession is the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black.” Written by Jenji Kohan and based on the memoir of the same [...]
Transgender Issues 101
Happy Independence Day! Today, we celebrate the independence of our country from Britain, which includes, among other things, the assertion that all people are created equal! Well, ok, the Constitution says it’s all men, which was definitely the initial intention [...]