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When We Become Weavers: queer female poets on the Midwestern experience

Here is the cover to the anthology I am being published in (as: Jennifer-River). You can find more information on the anthology here:...

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Living in the Cut

Balding, drawn, and haggard Beat by time and life: Testosterone the dagger That took away her life. Filed under: Fiction/Poetry

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The SRS Question (a Caitlin On … post)

I’m standing in the hallway outside my classroom. It’s 7:30 AM and the students are wandering zombies aimlessly shuffling about before first period. Boys are punching one another in their simulated...

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Trans* Dignity

As a trans woman and resident of the DC area, I am greatly in favour of the DC Office of Human Rights’ campaign to promote trans* awareness and dignity, however, and here is where I will be offending...

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T*ypical Love Story

This is a true love story involving a trans woman and a trans man. It is beautiful. T*ypical Love Story No part of this film is mine. All credits and sources are documented within the film. Filed...

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Escapism (a Caitlin On … post)

Sundays are by tradition a day to relax. Trade your heels for a ratty pair of sneakers, put your hair up in a ponytail, and bum around in a pair of sweats. On Saturday you ran your errands and on...

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Song for Myself

Song for Myself a poem for National Coming Out Day Jennifer-River Of myself I sing. That I should know who I am, Though I have lain hidden in the dark. Of myself I sing. That my lover’s whisper Should...

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11-4

Love is how they tilt their head when they smile Love is how they touch your hand Love is how their thinning hair doesn’t matter Love is how their faults are quirks Love is how their arm feels ’round...

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Removal of GID From DSM V May Not Be What It Seems

There has been a lot of talk today about how Gender Identity Disorder is being removed from the DSM V, but don’t break out the champagne, yet, because there is a catch. Transvestic Disorder has been...

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An Open Letter to the GSM/LGBTQ Community

I am tired of the hate people express toward one another. I am tired of how they go out of their way to find people to hate, express hate to, and post hate about. I am tired of cis people hating trans*...

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Trans* Theology: On Trans* Individuals, Inclusion, and Christianity

One of the most vexing questions for trans* and cis Christians is how God views trans* individuals. Both inclusionists and fundamentalists turn to the Bible for support, however, the passages that...

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A Place to Stand?

This is difficult to say, i really don’t think there are words that accurately reflect the depth of my emotions on the subject or the pain i feel when acknowledging the issues involved. After a lot of...

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The HRC and Trans* Exclusion

The HRC has issued an apology for asking a trans individual to remove the Trans* Pride flag from the marriage equality rally. They stated that the persons who asked this were not living up to the HRC’s...

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Un-Memorizing the "Silence is Sexy" Date Script

Reblogged from Queer Guess Code: A woman once told me pointedly something that has stayed with me to this day.  We were kissing.  Lying on the cold wood floor, my hand traveled across her stomach and...

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Un-modified

I look forward to a day without modifiers. I look forward to a day where I am a girl without t-. I look forward to a day where I am a woman without first being trans. I look forward to a day . . . I...

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On Socialisation

From the article “Follow up re: “I date women and trans men” by JOS: ”Cisnormativity, essentialism, & socialization “I’m also baffled by the assumption that trans women were all successfully...

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Trans* 242: Advanced Theory

This is an addition I would add to the article: Not Your Mom’s Trans* 101. As a transsexual there is something I really want cis people to understand, though keep in mind that I do not speak for all...

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Every Tuesday

Every Tuesday Across 1400 miles Of separateness i Skype with my parents Every Tuesday In scheduled family time my supportive Father Misgenders me, again Every Tuesday ‘He’ as me slips from his Lined...

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Behind the scenes at CNN: How the media fails on Chelsea Manning’s gender »...

From the article: ... Jake replied that he spoke with a trans activist who said there were 250,000 trans people in America. He said that’s not that many, and that even the LGB community, “of which you...

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“I Ate the Bits”

i just finished rewatching the entirety of Firefly; i do it at least once a year. It really was an incredible show and it is a shame that Fox did not give it a fair chance. River is my favourite...

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