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Identity VS Definitions

Nov 30, 11

Posted by Cristan in Language, Language Wars

Views: 812If you’re a researcher or provide services to a target population, how do you work with identity vs reality vs definitions? How does your datasets deal with: White people who do not identify as white Non-transsexuals who identify as being transsexual Transgender people who do not identify as being transgender Black...

A Drama Preemption

Views: 877As I said before, I set out doing research into the etiology of the term “transgender’” to satisfy my curiosity about claims made about the term. I’ve therefore focused on the eras which are most consistently discussed: 1970 – 1979, 1980 – 1989 and 1990 – 1999. However, in satisfying my curiosity by going...

Thai Buddhist Ex-Trans Ministry

Jul 16, 11

Posted by Cristan in Buddhism, Civil Rights, Derp, Right Wing Watch

Views: 2125I recently discovered that there is an ex-trans temple in Thailand that is trying to chant, meditate and bully the trans out of trans people. Wat Kreung Tai has a special program for male-bodied trans people between the ages of 11 and 18. The “Kreung” in Wat (Wat = monastery in Thai) Kreung Tai has a certain...

The Rise of “Transgender”

Jul 12, 11

Posted by Cristan in 2010s, History, Language, Language Wars

Views: 521 My article on The Rise of “Transgender” at the Bilerico...

Transgender Retablo Ex Voto

Jul 12, 11

Posted by Cristan in Art, History, Language

Views: 700 Transgender Retablo Ex Voto Retablos are small oil paintings on tin, wood or copper that venerate Catholic images of faith. The below retablo is an excellent example of an ex-voto, which is a votive offering of devotion, or in this case, gratitude for divine intervention. This retablo depicts a hate-crime being...