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Trans Women Pose No Threat to Cis Women, But We Pose a Threat to Them if We Make Them Outcasts

By Rebecca Solnit — 2020

Growing up in San Francisco, the loudest, proudest queer town around, made it clear to me that gender was what you made of it.

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The Fight for the Future of Transgender Athletes

A group of influential women’s sports advocates say their proposals are about fairness. But LGBT activists say their plans would endanger transgender rights — and transgender lives.

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“I Am a Woman and I Am Fast”: What Caster Semenya’s Story Says about Gender and Race in Sports

The constant scrutiny into the runner’s medical history reveals what happens to women who don’t conform to stereotypes.

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Beyond They/Them: What Are Neopronouns?

Xe/xem, ze/zir, and fae/faer are catching on as alternatives for transgender and nonbinary people

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See Us Clearly: A Buddhist’s View of Transgender Visibility

Ray Buckner offers a personal view of what it means to be Buddhist, gender-queer, and trans—and why they all fit together like “a miracle.”

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Sharing Trans Joy at the First Residential Retreat for the Transgender and Gender Expansive Community

“Creating Joy In Community,” the first residential retreat for transgender people, brought together 50 members of the transgender, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, and non-binary community at Big Bear Retreat Center in California.

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Decentering the Narrative: Trans Folks, Body Image, and EDs

Conversations surrounding eating disorders, body image, and beauty standards are generally centered on the narratives of straight, cisgender* women. However, these conversations often exclude the experiences of many LGBT people who also struggle with body image concerns and disordered eating.

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Eating Disorders in Transgender People

Eating disorders have historically been believed to primarily afflict heterosexual, affluent, cisgender, thin, white women.

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What Loneliness Does to the Human Body

The bodies of lonely people are markedly different from the bodies of non-lonely people.

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Raising LGBTQ+ Kids

Your child just came out to you. Now what? Here are some things to keep in mind. 

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An Introduction to Transgender Well-Being

It is important to note that every person’s gender journey is unique.

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Transgender Well-Being