TRANScend GENDER

Livejournal has a feature which I’ve never used - a daily question with which to inspire posts in those who lack anything else to write about. It’s a bit hokey, but today’s question caught my eye:
Do you ever want to be of the opposite sex? If so, what attracts you to the idea? If not, [...]

Filed under: Blogging | Tagged: awareness, blog, bloggers, Blogging, confessions, gender, gender bender, journal, livejournal, self-reflection, writer's block | No Comments »

Evangelical Christians have to be one of the mainline groups in America who frequently show their disapproval of any lifestyle or marriage other than that of being between one man and one woman.  I happened to read an article yesterday about a group of Gay and Trans Christians who are trying to build bridges into [...]

Filed under: Blogging | Tagged: bill hybels, christian, christianity, diversity, gay, gender, gender diversity, glbt, Julie Nemecek, lesbian, LGBT, nemecek, Soulforce, Transgender, transsexual, willow creek | No Comments »

Living in Britain I am proud of how tolerant we have become as a nation. I always thought that we were fully open to new ideas and different ways of life, after all for one thing we are a truly multi-racial nation, built up of communities from all over what was the British Empire. But [...]

Filed under: News | Tagged: discrimination, driving, female, gender, islam, muslim, religion, sheffield, transexual, Transgender, transsexual, uk, united kingdom | No Comments »

This site has always been open for contributors.
In fact, the reason transcendgender.com was developed was to create a community where people could post and share their ideas, personal stories and struggles, and gender-related issues they felt were worthy of public discussion. (It’s also a place where contributors can link to their own personal blog [...]

Filed under: Admin | Tagged: bisexual, blog, bloggers, contributors, gay, gender, gender identity, genderqueer, lesbian, News, queer, Transgender, videos | 7 Comments »

On a post to her personal blog, and cross-posted to Bilerico and Transadvocate, Mercedes Allen reflects on the responses to her original Uh-oh post, including several that have been reported here and elsewhere.

I and others have been accused of scaremongering in the ongoing debate(s) surrounding this issue. Dr. Forstein has some excellent points for us [...]

Filed under: Commentary, News, Transgender | Tagged: Transgender, transsexual, transexual, gender, GID, gender dysphoria, DSM, autogynephilia, blanchard, dsm V, lawrence, psychiatry, zucker, Education, psychiatric gatekeeping, bilerico | 1 Comment »

Today making its way into transgender-related news was a link to the Southern Arizona Gender Alliance interview entitled “Political Perspectives: Transgender Realities,” a 1/2 hour program produced by Access Tucson. The show is being shown via Access Tucson through the month of May but has been divided into three parts on YouTube, and now here. It’s a worthy watch, and SAGA’s Michael Woodward and Amanda Simpson did a fantastic job with the interview.

Filed under: Commentary, News, Transgender, Video | Tagged: Access, Amanda Simpson, cable, gender, Michael Woodward, politics, SAGA, Southern Arizona Gender Alliance, Transgender, transsexual, tucson, Video, youtube | No Comments »

I had a rather cool experience recently which showed me how small the world is - and how the right approach can cause people to be accepting even when you don’t expect it. My friend Abby suggested I share it with you all.
It all started one day at work - I was at lunch with [...]

Filed under: Blogging, Commentary, Life Experiences, Transgender | Tagged: awareness, coming out, crossdress, crossdresser, Education, gender, glbt, Humor, ifge, job, life, Reach out, tmi, tmi-band, tucson, understanding, Video | 4 Comments »

Once again, traditional gender roles are challenged.
From the Arizona Daily Star, April 28, 2008:
It would be an overstatement to say male au pairs and male nannies are threatening the dominance of Mary Poppins and Julie Andrews and their ilk. What does seem to be true, however, is that awareness about male caregivers has been on [...]

Filed under: News | Tagged: gender, life, Roles | No Comments »

(Post inspired by this post from Donna Rose)

So, many of you have probably seen my name popping up recently in comments around here (and other places, such as 360 and Livejournal) and wondered “Who is this strange person and why is she here?”

A brief summary to start with - I am female-bodied, and female-identified (Cisgendered, [...]

Filed under: Blogging, Introduction | Tagged: blog, gender, Introduction, life, Roles | 2 Comments »