Waiting in Line For the Ladies Room at the Capital: Negotiating 19 Percent
by: Tania Zaparaniuk It would be, awkward, if women made only up 19% of the people in this country. Even as I write this, and say that - I’m hard-pressed to […]
Tag Archives: Gender
Fiction: Falling In To Place
by: Timothy Elliot Again, she steps onto the steel platform to cross over the highway. Today, she may be one of only a handful to have walked this path, interesting […]
Don’t Paraphrase My Penis: Calling My Surgery What It Is To Me
by: Shelby Green Despite years of trying to assign meaning to it, the act of paraphrasing my penis has been a failure for society. Good. Nietzsche wrote that language assigns […]
Reclaiming a History
by: ellie june navidson A few weeks ago i posted a picture of myself on my Facebook account. This isn’t in any way shocking news on its own, but the […]
I Am Not the Sum of My Parts: Reflections on My Trans Identity
by: Lindsey Dietzler I am not the sum of my parts; a penis does not make me a man, an uterus does not make me a woman. I am not […]
Non-Binary Problems: How The “Breastfeeding Man” Challenges Societal Gender Roles
by: Khai Devon Normally, when I write about (or read about) the struggles of trans people for full acceptance, it is about the struggles of binary-identified trans people to be […]
Shanghai’s Pride: Observations of the LGBT Community in China
by: Sophie Turton The issue of gay rights continues to be a prominent thread within the global tapestry, as activist groups across the world, particularly in the US, petition for […]
See Me As I Am: On Preferring Gender Neutral Pronouns
by: Khai Devon I prefer gender-neutral pronouns. Gender-neutral pronouns are my preference. Please use gender-neutral pronouns when you are referring to me in the third person. I’m not a she. […]
In The Waiting Room: A Tale of Transnormativity
by: ellie june navidson i’m sitting in a large, frigid, waiting room. My chair is stiff yet somehow comfortable. i immediately entrench my nose in a novel, not wanting any […]
I Have Rights Too: Why I Refuse to Vote Republican in November
by: Lindsey Gavel When I was in high school, I started menstruating. I was a late bloomer, to be honest. But from day one, my cycles were abnormal. I was […]
